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Snipes (2001)

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Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 8

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Average Rating: 3.6/5
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Movie Info

Music video director Richard Murray makes his feature debut with this hip-hop crime thriller about an ambitious kid caught in the shady underworld of the recording industry. Sam Jones III (Erik Triggs) is a wannabe rap artist working menial jobs at Ill Wax Records by day and sneaking into the studio and laying down some tracks by night. His activities have already attracted the welcome attention of Cheryl (Zo Saldana), a bodacious marketing executive. Meanwhile, the company's villainous

R, 1 hr. 53 min.

Drama

Rich Murray, Rob Wiser

Feb 25, 2003

Innovation Film Group

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All Critics (16) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (9) | DVD (3)

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

October 4, 2002 Full Review Source: Detroit News | Comment
Detroit News
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A loud, low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism 'urban drama.'

October 4, 2002 Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | Comment
Detroit Free Press
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Undone by its overly complicated and derivative screenplay, the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters.

September 24, 2002 Comment
Hollywood Reporter
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Highly watchable stuff.

September 20, 2002 Comment
Washington Post
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Snipes is both a snore and utter tripe.

September 20, 2002 Comment
Washington Post
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Involving at times, but lapses quite casually into the absurd.

September 20, 2002 Comment
Newsday
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'...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.'

October 4, 2002 Full Review Source: Metro Times (Detroit, MI) | Comment
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

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

September 19, 2002 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
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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.

November 1, 2009
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