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Snipes relies too much on a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario for its own good. Oct 4, 2002 | Rating: 2/4
Snipes relies too much on a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario for its own good.
Susan Stark
A loud, low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism 'urban drama.' Oct 4, 2002 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
A loud, low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism 'urban drama.'
Terry Lawson
Undone by its overly complicated and derivative screenplay, the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters. Sep 24, 2002
Undone by its overly complicated and derivative screenplay, the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters.
Frank Scheck
Highly watchable stuff. Sep 20, 2002
Highly watchable stuff.
Michael O'Sullivan
Snipes is both a snore and utter tripe. Sep 20, 2002
Snipes is both a snore and utter tripe.
Ann Hornaday
Involving at times, but lapses quite casually into the absurd. Sep 20, 2002 | Rating: 2/4
Involving at times, but lapses quite casually into the absurd.
John Anderson
'...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.' Oct 4, 2002 | Rating: 3/5
'...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.'
Anita Schmaltz
A little judicious editing would have helped a lot, but the talented cast matches the film's ambitions and compensates for its modest budget. Sep 19, 2002 | Rating: 2.5/5
A little judicious editing would have helped a lot, but the talented cast matches the film's ambitions and compensates for its modest budget.
Ken Fox
Trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie Snipes is enough to give you brain strain -- and the pay-off is negligible. Sep 20, 2002 | Rating: 1/4
Trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie Snipes is enough to give you brain strain -- and the pay-off is negligible.
Megan Turner
As is often the case with ambitious, eager first-time filmmakers, Mr. Murray, a prolific director of music videos, stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold. Sep 19, 2002 | Rating: 1.5/5
As is often the case with ambitious, eager first-time filmmakers, Mr. Murray, a prolific director of music videos, stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold.
A.O. Scott
A cockeyed shot all the way. Sep 17, 2002 | Full Review…
A cockeyed shot all the way.
Laura Sinagra
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