Snipes

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Snipes

R

Released Oct 4, 2002

1h 53m

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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Erik Triggs (Sam Jones III) is a good-natured Philadelphia teen and aspiring rapper who works at a hip-hop record label. There he hangs with rising superstar Prolifik (Nelly) during the day and works on his own music after hours. However, when Prolifik is kidnapped and his unreleased album is stolen, the record label's sleazy owner, Bobby Starr (Dean Winters), assumes Erik and his friend Malik (Mpho Koaho) are responsible. The two soon find themselves on the run.

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Susan Stark

Detroit News

Snipes relies too much on a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario for its own good.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 4, 2002

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Terry Lawson

Detroit Free Press

A loud, low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism 'urban drama.'

Rated: 2/4

Oct 4, 2002

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

Undone by its overly complicated and derivative screenplay, the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters.

Sep 24, 2002

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Aug 21, 2005

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Anita Schmaltz

Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

'...Mafia, rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely, but likable, hero.'

Rated: 3/5

Oct 4, 2002

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Ken Fox

TV Guide

A little judicious editing would have helped a lot, but the talented cast matches the film's ambitions and compensates for its modest budget.

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 19, 2002

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Its Good. I Love Nelly

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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There's nothing new or fresh that this movie offers but it isn't all bad. A few good performances and story that is sometimes interesting make this, depending on your taste, a passable flick.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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i like dis movie cause its good lol

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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I LOVE THIS MOVIE NELLY IS TOO FINE!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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ITS NOT DA BEST MOVIE!!! BUT I LOVED DA MOVIE CUZ NELLY WAS THE LEAD IN DA MOVIE!!! I LOVE NELLY!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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this is my kind of movie mystery and violence plus my favorite rapper nelly in it shit it deseved 5 stars

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Rich Murray

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Synopsis

Erik Triggs (Sam Jones III) is a good-natured Philadelphia teen and aspiring rapper who works at a hip-hop record label. There he hangs with rising superstar Prolifik (Nelly) during the day and works on his own music after hours. However, when Prolifik is kidnapped and his unreleased album is stolen, the record label's sleazy owner, Bobby Starr (Dean Winters), assumes Erik and his friend Malik (Mpho Koaho) are responsible. The two soon find themselves on the run.

Director: Rich Murray
Producer: Rich Murray, Chris Schwartz
Screenwriter: Rob Wiser, Rich Murray
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: 20th Century Fox, RuffHouse Productions, Ruff Nation Films
Rating: R (Violence|Brief Nudity|Some Drug Use|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 4, 2002, Wide
Release Date (DVD): Nov 16, 2004
Box Office (Gross USA): $70.1K
Runtime: 1h 53m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital

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