And to add insult to the injuries of my feminist sympathies.The three main characters, Dame (Damon Dash), Beans (Beanie Sigel) and El Pollo Loco ( N.O.R.E.) are all three grossly overweight. If you don't already know who all the rappers are, you might find yourself confused as the story progresses. And every time a new character was introduced there was a stop, flashback scene and voice-over before returning to the story. I can think of epic battle scenes that didn't have as many people in it. The complication came with the editing and the ridiculous amount of extra characters. A little comedy mixed with a little thuggin' almost made it decent. I'm hating again, aren't I? Too extreme? I'm sorry. However, fans of movies and just plain logic may vomit. Fans of The Roc will support the movie and may even enjoy it. Finally, they begin to stroke the ego of the man that picked up the tab for the last few years.and a piece of crap is made. He rebukes her insolence with a stare and continues," Once I get all the fellas together, N.O.R.E., Beans, Cam, Juelz, The Gunz, and my man Kanye it's ready! Lace everybody in RocaWear and State Property gear, (because the importance of saturated product placement is so much more important than a good story and can not be overstated) and just let them be themselves.well their rap images anyway! And one day, my grandkids' friends will sit and discuss with me the importance of my movie and how it impacted their lives, the same way Roots did for my Momma." The entourage sits quietly, reluctant to agree but eager to be on camera. "But if anybody can do it, you can!" She quickly recovers. But all the rest of us!" A nameless groupie who normally doesn't speak interjects, "But Dame! Yaw can't act and outside of Scarface don't know much about good film-making." She stumbles on the last word realizing that it isn't her eloquence with words that keeps her around. "I know!" he exclaims, "We'll make a movie! All of us.well except Jigga. Bored with platinum records and clothing lines, he smokes a blunt and ponders his next project. It's only 3 lines, but it's the happiest day of his life. The intense method training, the workout, the teeth 's his day. All the sacrifices are finally paying off. A small waiting room packed with 20 or so. He wheels over to the computer, logs into a chat room to discuss what's wrong with Hollywood. The seventh one this year and it's only April. The backstabbing, thievery and deception simmers, boils and ultimately spills into a gruesome finale-an old-fashioned shootout on the cold, unforgiving Philly streets.A young film student whose dreamed of making a movie his entire life sits in his writing chair and drops his head in disgust. Somewhere, buried deep within the ranks of one of these gangs, a ruthless criminal mastermind is conspiring to take them all down. Alliances are formed and shattered, and lifelong friendships are put to the test as the various crews deal and duel to the death. But he must first overcome the ghosts from a turbulent past. His deep pockets and stellar reputation prove to be valuable tools in Loco's plot to take over the streets of Philly. Loco, the flashy Miami playboy, is about to be released from prison. With a long list of enemies seeking territory and revenge, the self-proclaimed "cakeaholic" is forced into a vicious war. His Umbrella network is unmatched in cash-flow and manpower. Dame, the Harlem-born hustler, is also the top dog in town. He is driven and consumed by a festering hatred for his longtime rival. Beans, the imprisoned kingpin and hometown drug lord, struggles to keep his renegade ABM Crime Syndicate on the map. Three notorious gangsters wage a bloody battle for supremacy in the City of Brotherly Love.
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