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Shottas

Play trailer Poster for Shottas R Released Feb 27, 2002 1h 35m Crime Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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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 Full Review 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 Full Review Sheri Linden Hollywood Reporter Writer-director Cess Silvera delivers an empty, bullet-riddled exploitation combo of attitude and poses. Nov 8, 2006 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Jason Gorber Film Scouts A straight-ahead Jamaican gansta flick, it's a lot of fun, if empty. Rated: B Jun 21, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review Hunter B Still great after so many years and RESPECT to MAD MAX Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/10/23 Full Review Human K Engaging all the way through. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/28/23 Full Review yx r Shottas is another example of how rotten tomatoes critics and the audience polarise one another with the usual being the audience in the right. Don't listen to critics and just watch this Jamaican classic to form an opinion yourself good or bad either way. Other than the pacing from one arc/scene to another being terrible it's really enjoyable for the majority of the time with the acting from the leads like Marley and Benz carrying heavy Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/01/23 Full Review Ehsan A I can't lie Mandem, this movie is an old school Jamaican classic. The plots kinda confusing and max does genuinely scare me but this movie was baaaaad. Still waiting for the sequel though but movies a 10/10 showing true Jamaican culture with them man moving mad with their machines Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Prapti C worst movie i ever seen the plot was all over the place best movie ever Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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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