ced650 While at first, the film would be more inspired by the "Blaxpoitation" no doubt the result would have had any other (much more importantly, of course).Here are just a hint of "Blaxploitation". Suspicion is the right word because for fans of this genre (like me), since the rest of the film is really in the horror classic, seen many times (even worseby the way, good for Bones ). Bones are talking about, we feel greatly inspired by Freddy Krueger. Except that in contrast to Krueger, who would iconise Bones after vision, sadly missing the boat.Whose fault is it, what? Try to answer them, mentioning Snoop Dogg (Very average,as usual as an actor) who really tons (But not the Actors Studio's for sure). In short we made the Snoop Dogg, or is an actor, a true, would have more charisma (like all the heroes of Blaxploitation) the character and create a real character in itself.Snoop Dogg has to just stay a fan of the genre "Blaxploitation" but he never will be an icon.Otherwise the film is far from bad, the past of Bones is the best route according to the film.After it's like I said before already seen the (Including, some good ideas).As for the director, he does not sign by his best film, which for me is none other than "Surviving The Game", but signs with "Bones" means a film that with a director in full possession of his could give a result equal to "Surviving The Game".

Lucien Lessard Jimmy Bones (Snoop Dogg) is a business man, who was well respect in the urban neighborhood of Chicago in the 1970's until he mysterious disappear without a trace. Now over twenty years, Bones' house was turned into a Gothic ruined. His spirit still lives on in the neighborhood in the body of a black evil dog! When a group of middle-aged kids (Khalil Kain, Merwin Mondesir, Sean Amsing & Katherine Isabelle) decides to buy Bones' home and turned into a dance-night club. But these four friends are experiencing something odd and as well meeting local people (Pam Grier, Bianca Lawson and Ron Selmour) knows that house isn't what it appears to be and especially they have deep dark secrets, they are not telling. But more trouble are starting, when one of kids father (Clifton Powell) discover that his son bought that house. The father isn't happy as well, along with an corrupted police detective (Michael T. Weiss) and a low-life Drug Dealer (Ricky Harris) do have something to do with Bones' disappearance. While the spirit of Bones is planning to come back in the real world and having his revenge.Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson (Bulletproof, Never Die Alone, Surviving the Game) made an enjoyable Gothic supernatural horror movie with an refreshing sense of humour. Although this film was an Box Office BOMB, when it came out in the fall of 2001. Dickerson's visual style recaptures some of the Italian's Horror Movies of the 1970's and as well for the some of the soul of the Blaxploitation films. But after the two/thirds of the movie. It becomes an mess, when Bones finally is back on the real world and the picture does have an unsatisfying conclusion. But "Bones" does have its fair share of campy humour, Dogg does have an strong presence in the movie as well for Dawson and especially Grier do look good in the movie. Good performances and Style over Subtance does makes this enjoyable mess, worth a look. A must see to capture Dickerson's visual style in Widescreen. Which it's a must on DVD. Written by Adam Simon (The American Nightmare, Brain Dead, Carnosaur) and Tim Metcalfe (Fright Night Part 2, Kalifornia, Revenge of the Nerds). Super 35. (*** ½/*****).

El_Rey_De_Movies An attempt to make a modern-dress Gothic melodrama that is just not successful. Ernest Dickerson has a good grasp of the iconography of horror films, but he can't put them together well enough to make a good scary movie. He borrows concepts and images liberally from Clive Barker, Dario Argento, and Mario Bava - but all it shows is that he's a good copycat, not that he's a good stylist. From the idea of evil reviving itself by consuming a victim (Barker's "Hellraiser", but cinematic ally dating at least back to Hammer's "Dracula, Prince of Darkness" from 1965), thru the rain of maggots (Argento's magisterial "Suspiria"), to the disembodied hand reaching out of the darkness to torment the dead man's lover (Bava's masterpiece, "Whip and the Body"), there really is nothing here that we haven't seen before and better. The conceit of setting it in a ghetto with an all-black cast promises an interesting variation on your basic "revenge from beyond the grave" scenario, but beyond the music and fashions it's still a pretty clichéd film. One of the problems is that Dickerson just can't seem to leave well enough alone - like the maggot scene. OK, it's raining maggots and it's terrifying, we get it already, is it really necessary to go for the gross-out by showing people EATING them? Or the scene where Maurice is killed - again, the dog-spirit eats Maurice to give form and substance to Bones' cadaver, we get it, it's not necessary to linger on the details of the chow-down. It's never scary - just disgusting. Even his attempts to inject humor are forced and heavy-handed, with the idiotic scenes of Bones carrying the heads of his victims and having them carry on an interminably pointless conversation. And again, he doesn't show it to us once, there's at least three long scenes with the chatty heads so whatever humor there was is pounded into unconsciousness thru repetition. But the most glaring problem with this movie is that we are asked to sympathize with a character who is, at bottom, just as big a bad guy in life as the crack dealers who murder him. Dickerson tries to show us Bones as the protector of his 'hood, but come on - he's exploiting his people just as much with his numbers game, or did it never occur to anyone to ask how Bones got the money for his supah-dupah fly crib when everyone else around him lives in complete poverty? For a MUCH better horror movie that reflects the black urban experience, rent "Tales from the Hood" instead.

Mark Walston Snoop Dogg showed that his success as an on-stage performer is no fluke. He has presence and skill, and is a very believable hero-turned-villain in this film. I definitely recommend the film.I would have liked to see more development of Pam Grier's character. Grier can definitely carry a film, and this one needed carrying at times. Some of the scenes are more gruesome than I prefer, and could have benefited from more work on the script and less on the special (gruesome) effects.The flashback scenes put Snoop Dogg in his true element - the funky 1970s. Those alone make the film worth watching.Altogether, this is an above-average film that will keep the attention of most people. You'll find yourself cheering for old Bones as he looks for his next victim.