Shottas

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Shottas

R

Released Feb 27, 2002

1h 35m

Crime

Drama

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Deported from the United States, two drug dealers (Ky-Mani Marley, Spragga Benz) travel to Miami and continue their violent ways.

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John Anderson

Newsday

It's tough to imagine how someone could make a movie about Jamaican gangsterism that's so devoid of political content, but that's hardly Silvestra's biggest problem.

Rated: 1/4

Nov 14, 2006

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Neil Genzlinger

New York Times

Stars from reggae and other musical worlds give acting a try in Shottas, a witless, misogynistic, gratuitously violent, drug-culture-worshiping film.

Rated: 1/5

Nov 10, 2006

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Sheri Linden

The Hollywood Reporter

Writer-director Cess Silvera delivers an empty, bullet-riddled exploitation combo of attitude and poses.

Nov 8, 2006

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Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

This is not good. The acting was abysmal and even though I'm not well-verse in Jamaican culture but this was just not a good movie.

Rated: 1/5

Jan 20, 2022

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Brandon Collins

Medium Popcorn

It is entertaining even though it's all over the place. It's so crazy but it's short so the pain is temporary.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 20, 2022

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Jason Gorber

Film Scouts

A straight-ahead Jamaican gansta flick, it's a lot of fun, if empty.

Rated: B

Jun 21, 2007

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Kevin B

A cult classic movie. It's a movie that is gritty and authentic...

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/17/24

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Tye S

‘It’s f***ed up what da critics said about this movie mon’ “Full of senseless violence”? Well, I’ve never heard of violence that makes sense. That’s the point. Yes, it’s blown out. Yes, the plot is kind of shot out. But it will always be a cult classic in my(and many other people’s)book. All these years later, and the characters still bump around in my head. What more can you want?

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/16/24

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Hunter B

Still great after so many years and RESPECT to MAD MAX

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/10/23

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Human K

Engaging all the way through.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/28/23

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great movie. i'm not sure why some of the reviews said it's full of senseless violence. sure, a lot of people die, but with each scene less and less people are left. the happy ending doesn't indicate that it was good to kill all those people, and if you listen to the music it's constantly about wanting to get away from violence. i would not compare this to scarface the way that many reviews are, because in general it was way better written, produced, and acted. scarface legitimately glorifies this stuff, whereas shottas shows us from start to finish that if you start a fire, the fire will blaze up higher. exponentially increasing violence was the point of the film, culminating in the protagonist losing all his friends and family and just getting some money in return.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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The movie is deeply lacking substance! Too much shootings and killings without knowing why and what's the motive. The scenes are more like snippets and this make the entire movie very confusing. So much senseless killings without proper motives. Going on constant shooting rampages is not all that makes a movie interesting to watch, sorry 😐 a good movie needs to have a beginning, a plot, a theme, and a good ending this is not the case in this movie!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Synopsis

Deported from the United States, two drug dealers (Ky-Mani Marley, Spragga Benz) travel to Miami and continue their violent ways.

Director: Cess Silvera
Producer: Jennifer Farrell, Fabien Pruvot, Cess Silvera, David-Michael Petragnani
Screenwriter: Cess Silvera
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Jean Silvera Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Access Pictures, United Artists
Rating: R (Language|Drug Content|Sexuality/Nudity|Strong Violence)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 27, 2002, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 22, 2019
Runtime: 1h 35m

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