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New Line Cinema | Release Date: September 6, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
18
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
2
Negative:
14
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
A rapper doesn't make the story fresh. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Hits hard and pulls no punches in telling its brutal story. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
Features less than 10 minutes of music in its mercifully brief 83-minute running time. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Very seriously confused in its objectives. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Normally, I'd recommend a movie like this only to diehard fans. But even they may want to wait until it hits cable. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleRussell Smith
Definitive modern cinematic eye-candy with all the connotations of empty calories that term implies. Read full review
25
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
A vanity vehicle for the dubious acting talents of Pras. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
Never comes alive. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Glib, sense-numbing action fantasy. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldSara Wildberger
This misguided gangster rap movie had every strike against it from the start. Read full review
20
Village VoiceJessica Winter
The staging and performances are awkward, the frequent shoot-outs a snore. Read full review
20
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Deteriorates into a gory shoot-'em-up gangster movie with a quick-fix ending that leaves many threads dangling. It could have been something more. Read full review
10
Film.comErnest Hardy
Flawed at its very core. Read full review
10
VarietyRobert Koehler
Patently absurd in both the details and larger aspects, the ultraserious pic is undermined by poor casting. Read full review
10
L.A. WeeklyJohn Patterson
Gormless, gutless little home movie. Read full review
10
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
This awkward fable of ghetto redemption mixes painfully earnest message-delivery with occasional scenes of brutal violence. Read full review
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