Shottas

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The most impressive thing about "Shottas" is the nerve the promoters of this tacky cheapo had, when comparing it to the likes of "City of God," and "Scarface." Technically speaking, "Shottas" is fine, but the total lack of character development destroys this one. A bunch of unsympathetic Jamaican murderers run around Jamaica shooting other drug dealers. Then they go to Miami and shoot some more drug dealing murderers. Unfortunately, nobody cares who dies, because there are no decent guys, or loyal friends, just a bunch of scumbags shooting each other. There is not even a female character to sympathize with; every woman in this trash is a cheap * who will screw any gangster with a Rolex and a gun. Seemingly penned by a 10 year old, this is insulting garbage of the worst kind. Shot with an annoying and dated MTV music video style, "Shottas" is noisy, headache-inducing vomit. How dare they compare this throwaway to a masterpiece like "Scarface." I would say more, but I have already wasted enough of my time on this commercial effort to shock the mainstream crowd... What a depressing embarrassment for all involved...

This is one sick movie. Described on the cover as the 'wickedest bloodclot gunshot movie ever!', Shottas proceeds to live up to those expectations. The Soundtrack is really good, sets the tone and atmosphere to the key. There is no pointless subplots involving a female lead. I was really surprised that the actual story was much better than expected. I thought I was in for one of those stupid movies with rappers (i.e. Belly). Kymani Marley and Spraga Benz are both excellent.

I find it absurd how many users believed this movie to be a "real" or at all a factually rooted depiction of the Jamaican and Miami criminal life. You people really need to read some books and turn down the rap music. This is absolutely one of the worst movies I have ever seen because it is absolutely unbelievable from the very start to any person with a brain over the age of 18. If you gave me one word to describe it, I would use cheesy. Unintentional comedy and poor acting is laden throughout the film, like the scene when the camera zooms out and Max is using a decapitated arm to smoke a cigarette (hilarious). The screen play seems like it was written by ametuers that neglected any sort of research on their subject before penning it. This movie is at its best, a decently filmed student film, but as an actual feature film it is laughable. During "intense" shoot out scenes, the movie shamelessly borrows its score from the Matrix. The scene when the lead character, Biggs, pulls his car up to Wyclef Jean as he's standing on the corner, playing a "Haitan Gangster," and has his extortion attempt foiled, might've been the single stupidest and worst written scenes in any gangster movie. The entire movie is just not believable, which is the key to any good or decent crime movie. The movie shouldn't play out like an ignorant fantasy, but rather like the story you read about in the news paper on your way to work. The only thing the movie was good for was the soft-* scenes with two smoking hot girls, Biggz's girl and the jewelry store girl. The sound track featured some good songs as well, although if this was a real movie I highly doubt any of those rappers would allow their songs to appear on this pitiful rendition of a movie.

this by far is One of the realest movies from Jamaica to hit the streets internationally since Rockers and Harder they Come...Cess Silvera Has by far Made one of the Greatest Jamaican Movies of Modern time...The Official New Release is So Crisp and Clear.Beats the Bootleg that I've had since 04...Lookin forward to Shottas 2...The Revised Soundtrack that Stephen Marley did Far surpasses the Wack Wyclef Soundtrack from the bootleg. Ky-Mani and Spragga Benz are Perfect for the roles they portray, Along with the rest of the carefully hand picked cast of the film. It's real and raw and shows the corruption of the Jamaican Government and Police that continues today.

Video merchant said was a modern day harder they come. And then noted the big name artists Wyclef, Spragga benz and Bob Marleys son. How could you go wrong? Video quality really bad, maybe I got the DVD bootleg? Story unimpressive and lacking any real moral twists. Every scene is just macho word play and shootouts. I could care less if anybody got murdered. Classics like the harder they come or say good fellas,scarface or godfather had feeling, ,action, violence and a story. This flick has no heart more akin to a glorified music video. Good music & T/A , acting wasn't terrible but overall under-developed plot. Do yourself a favor and skip this one.

If you like shoot em ups then this will appeal to you and to be real you shouldnt be watching if you don't i supppose thats why it is called shottas. It basically follows the fortunes of two young men who grow up as close as brothers. They are the original shottas two youts who grow in the ghetto and use ghetto menatlity to get them out. They go to America and ive a good life for a while until all the bad deeds in their past consume them. On the whole the film is very entertaining and to some degree real( however the last time i was in kingston i saw a father beat hs son for playing guns) it highlights not only the poorness of Jamaican people but also the political entities that keep them poor and how these entities use the so called bad men of yard to put them in power. Kymani and Spragga's acting is a very good effort and if the opportunity arises for them to continue they will no doubt become very good at it, i am not too sure who wrote the dialouge but it is very real and it shows "wayne" to have a wicked sense of humour. Oh and watch out for Max and the sick mentality he has which is another way of projecting the futility and destruction caused by the greed to be the richest and baddest man.