Coming Soon. |, November 10, 2001 Splits the difference between horror and social commentary, with pallid returns. Bones is one mess that really can't get cleaned up. "[6] Mike Clark of USA Today felt that Dickerson's talents were wasted in directing this "wannabe chiller" and was only brought in to fulfill a studio mandate for Halloween, concluding that, "[I]f grossness gives you the giggles, at least a couple of the movie's effects indeed put a little "wow" in this cinematic bowwow. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Just confirm how you got your ticket. Was this review helpful to you?
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The five decide to keep Jimmy's murder quiet or they won't be able to open the nightclub and they bury the remains.
[9] Stephen Holden of The New York Times praised Snoop's portrayal of the title character, saying he's "ultimately scarier than most conventional Hollywood monsters", and Dickerson for infusing the film with "a special glee and an unusual density of scary imagery.
[3] The film also has a score of 42 on Metacritic based on 21 reviews. (547) IMDb 4.2 1h 36min 2001 X-Ray R In this hip and stylish horror film, Street hustler Jimmy Bones (Snoop Dogg) is mistakenly brought back from the dead and seeks revenge on those who killed him over twenty years ago. "[10], Ed Gonzalez of Slant Magazine noted how the film's cinematography and horror images borrowed elements from Dario Argento's Suspiria, concluding that "[T]he film's decapitated-head-aplenty finale is ludicrously overwrought, but who cares when a socially conscious horror flick gives death such a fabulous mac daddy face?
Use the HTML below. As William, a lumbering man in his 50s, and Brooklyn, a six-year-old child, try to outrun an unseen evil, Brooklyn decides to tell William four moralistic but deeply horrific stories to ... See full summary ». Jimmy pins Eddie to the wall with glass shards, decapitates him, later doing the same to Lupovich, but keeps their heads alive to transport their souls. Also, he got fed up living in Bones' shadow and he wanted to be as popular and successful as him. With each new victim, the terror mounts, and Bones' vengeance spins out of control, threatening everyone in his path, including his former lover, Pearl. Patrick uses his knife to chop Jeremiah's arm off and he disappears into hell.
"[7] Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle criticized the film for being "ill conceived" with its plot structure and not focusing more on Snoop's character and his revenge tale. A look at the history of black horror films and the role of African Americans in the film genre from the very beginning.
While exploring the basement, Patrick, Cynthia, Bill, Tia, and Maurice find Jimmy Bones' body and they realize that he was actually murdered. |, October 30, 2001 Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. Bones fails on so many levels that you don't even know were to begin. [5], Spence D. of IGN commended Dickerson's direction and Snoop's performance but felt the film overall cribbed too heavily from A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Omen and the Amityville Horror films for a script that fails at social commentary and tonal consistency, concluding that "Injecting humor into a horror picture is one thing, but when the horror and the comedy become indistinguishable that's when you know you're in trouble.
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Bones is a 2001 American horror film directed by Ernest Dickerson and starring rapper Snoop Dogg as the eponymous Jimmy Bones, a good-hearted, murdered gangster that rises from the grave to avenge his death. Don’t worry, it won’t take long. The bogus script doesn't leave anyone in the cast, including the usually impressive Pam Grier, much chance of a stellar performance. As for the blood & gore, there's plenty of it, but the majority of it relies on maggots & tons of gore that just grosses out more than scares.
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As a diehard fan of the genre, I say avoid this film like the plague. |, June 23, 2020 This film is terrible, the acting is terrible and the story has been done many times before, and better done as well. Movie Info Jimmy Bones (Snoop "Doggy" Dogg) is a legendary protector and patron of his thriving neighborhood. |.
The timeline flashes forward to 2001, where the neighborhood has become rundown and Jimmy's brownstone building is a condemned ruin.