Shottas
Actor(s):
Ky-Mani Marley, Spragga Benz, Paul Campbell (IV), Louie Rankin, Wyclef Jean
Director(s):
Cess Silvera
Label: Sony Pictures
Publisher(s):
Sony Pictures
Studio: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
MPN: COLD13607D
Format(s): AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Rating: R (Restricted)
List Price: $14.94
Our Price: $9.49
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Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
In the tradition of Scarface and The Harder They Come, Shottas is an unapologetic raw urban drama about two friends raised on the dangerous streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Biggs (Kymani Marley) and Wayne (Spragga Benz) take on the "shotta" (Jamaican term for gangster) way of life to survive. As young boys, they begin a life of crime, eventually moving to the U.S., where they begin a ruthless climb from the bottom to the glittering top of a criminal enterprise in a Miami filled with fast cars and gorgeous women. The two men remain fiercely bound by their shottas loyalty as they aggressively take control of the Jamaican underworld.
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In Jamaican patois, a gangster is a "shotta" or "shot-caller." Like The Harder They Come and Third World Cop, Cess Silvera choreographs his crime drama to a reggae beat. Bob Marley?s son Stephen provides the music, while Wyclef Jean drops by as a dealer. The saga begins in late-1970s Kingston. Teenagers Biggs (J.R. Silvera) and Wayne (Carlton Grant Jr.) have had their fill of poverty, so they get a gun and start looting and shooting like the shottas they idolize. Flash forward 20 years and Biggs (Stephen?s actor/musician brother, Kymani Marley) has just been deported from the States. He picks up where he left off, joining Wayne (DJ Spragga Benz) and the psychopathic Mad Max (Paul Campbell, Dancehall Queen) in the thug life. As with Pacino's Tony Montana, Miami is their ultimate port of call. Silvera acknowledges the debt to Brian De Palma's Scarface, but there isn't as much drama here--just a lot of violence (spurting blood is a running motif). Cinematographer Cliff Charles uses all manner of visual trickery to lively up the joint, like grainy black and white, slow motion, and jump cuts. The soundtrack also helps to keep things moving, but it's hard to feel sympathy for those who feel no sympathy for anyone but themselves. Vicious as he was, Montana still had a smidgen of sensitivity. As with The Harder They Come, this English-language production is subtitled due to strong accents and pervasive slang. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Customer Reviews
Review of Shottas
The film was ok. But i was thinking that the history was more exciting. But it's a nice movie.
SHOTTAS GOOD
TO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS MOVIE, I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE HOW GOOD IT WAS. THE LANGUAGE AND THE ACTUAL REALITY OF THEH LIFESTYLE OVER IN JAMAICA WAS TRUTHFUL.
IT WAS WORTH THE BUY
Ky - Mani was the best in Shottas
The movie was okay, It really didn't tickle my fancy. Every main character in the film obviously doesn't like a woman of colored - What was that all about? I am totally surprise multi-racial women weren't been betrayed as some type of trophy. Ky- Mani was the man for real though.
Perfect Shopping Experience
This product arrived before I expected it, was exactly as it was described, and was well packaged. I would recommend this seller to anyone.
Jamaicans Inspire the World
It went from bootlegg to major. it was good enough to make it major it's gotta be good enough for you. it's like rags to riches...
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