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Release Date:
26 March 2004 (USA)
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Tagline:
No king rules forever.
Plot:
A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war. full summary | add synopsis
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Kingpin
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Drug Dealer
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Death
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Retribution
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Blood Splatter
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Awards:
1 nomination
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(2 articles)
First English Language Coffin Joe Film!
(From Dread Central. 7 December 2008, 9:01 AM, PST)
Scooby Doos It Again
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 29 March 2004)
(From Dread Central. 7 December 2008, 9:01 AM, PST)
Scooby Doos It Again
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 29 March 2004)
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Shakespeare in inner city America
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | DMX | ... | King David |
 | Michael Ealy | ... | Michael |
 | Drew Sidora | ... | Ella |
 | Antwon Tanner | ... | Blue |
| Robby Robinson | ... | Man in Apartment |
 | Luenell | ... | Jasper (as Luenell Campbell) |
 | David Arquette | ... | Paul |
| Clifton Powell | ... | Moon |
 | Wealthy Linn Gener | ... | Asian Girl |
| Jeff Sanders | ... | Sentry Guard #1 |
 | Tommy 'Tiny' Lister | ... | Rockie |
| Shakira Vanise Gamble | ... | Co-Worker |
| Big Daddy Wayne | ... | Red |
 | Damion Poitier | ... | Alvin |
| Eric Payne | ... | Orderly |
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Rated R for strong violence, drug use, sexuality and language.
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88 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Australia:MA |
Iceland:16 |
Germany:16 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Argentina:18 |
Finland:K-15 |
France:-16 |
Hungary:18 |
Japan:R-15 |
Singapore:M18 |
UK:18 |
USA:R
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Henry Gibson, who has a brief silent cameo near the end of the film as the funeral home director who steals King David's watch and ring, is the father of screenwriter James Gibson.
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Seconds of Pleasure
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This is a story about revenge. If it were about somebody named Hamlet or Oedipus or Corleone then the violence would be described as in service to the art of the story. In this movie two young men, one black the other white, get caught up in a story of illegality and revenge. The two wind up tied together around the story of a third man, who one tries to rescue and one kills.
This is not a great movie; the soundtrack is predictable and the pacing is uneven. Still, when the dead guy starts talking, the viewer's perception changes, and that kind of moment indicates something is happening in the script and on the screen that is important. "He had this nobility..." the white character enthuses about the dead dealer to his black girlfriend. She is less than impressed. This is a movie where no one is noble: why is the white character hanging with a black girlfriend? Does he like her or does he need "street cred."
If race wasn't a part of this movie, then this would be a movie about characters who take a series of missteps and pay for them. However, in the reviews of this movie, because the main characters are black, it is a movie about depravity. Like the narrative of victims of Hurricane Katrina innocence or guilt... salvation or damnation... is determined by the color of skin. For a viewer who doesn't see skin color first, this is a well- acted, disturbing revenge story.