Shottas
by Cess Silvera
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Actor: Ky-Mani Marley, Louie Rankin, Paul Campbell (IV), Spragga Benz, Wyclef JeanDirector: Cess Silvera
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-02
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Shottas
Movie Review: UP THERE AS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES
Summary: 5 Stars
I first heard about this movie from watching the previews on DVD of another movie I was watching, so I rented the movie and was blown away!!
I now own my own copy of Shottas and never tire watching... each time is like watching for the first time.
The story is a powerful one! I can understand why this movie has quickly spread via the underground, but I do not understand why Shottas hasn't received the full recognition it deserves from Hollywood.
If you love ScarFace then you'll love Shottas even more is all I have to say.
I'm so glad there were subtitles...lol and the Shottas dictionary, there was no way I would've understood what some things being said were. I didn't know how one word "bloodclat" could have so many synonyms: bumboclaat, rassclaat and pussyclaat, lol.
I can't wait until the sequel comes out!!
Summary of Shottas
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
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