| Shottas | 
 enlarge | Director: Cess Silvera
Actors: Ky-mani Marley, Spragga Benz, Paul Campbell (iv), Louie Rankin, Wyclef Jean
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 3425
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 95
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: COLD13607D
UPC: 043396136076
EAN: 0043396136076
ASIN: B000JRYOPG
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Release Date: January 2, 2007
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Product Description
An unapologetically raw urban drama about friendship loyalty & greed set in the life of two shottas (jamaican term for gangster) trying to live their dream. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/25/2008 Starring: Kymani Marley Spragga Benz Run time: 99 minutes Rating: R
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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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 SHOT-TAZ!!! December 11, 2008
IF you liked Scarface and you think Wyclef is a Cornball-this Movie is for you.
This movie tells the tale of a couple of Kids in Jamaica who want to fulfill every Ghetto Bastard's dream of becoming Rich. In doing so these boys end up becoming Every Other Ghetto Bastard's dream: Being a SHOTTA...which is the term for Gangster in Jam'Rock.
Absurdly Violent(maybe not THAT Bad, but ABSURDLY VIOLENT sounds good...) Hella Violent with MANY MANY allusions to Scarface, which this movie is obviously paying homage to. Basically if One is looking for a Gangsta Flick- and doesn't mind a few obvious references to the Pacino classic, then just BUY THIS MOVIE. You will Like it. In fact those allusions are rather appropriate, and they really take very little away from the movie.
Oh and Also Wyclef Jean is in this movie, and he is WAK. But hell what can you say? There's always got to be a downside. Plus use the subtitles, It will help the hell out of ya'll if you ain't Jamaican..
 action November 30, 2008
great movie if your even more familiar with jamaica. REAL GRIITY gangsta type movie and the acting isnt bad. ONe of my favs.
 Review of Shottas June 12, 2008
The film was ok. But i was thinking that the history was more exciting. But it's a nice movie.
SHOTTAS GOOD June 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
TO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS MOVIE, I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE HOW GOOD IT WAS. THE LANGUAGE AND THE ACTUAL REALITY OF THEH LIFESTYLE OVER IN JAMAICA WAS TRUTHFUL.
IT WAS WORTH THE BUY
 Ky - Mani was the best in Shottas April 25, 2008
The movie was okay, It really didn't tickle my fancy. Every main character in the film obviously doesn't like a woman of colored - What was that all about? I am totally surprise multi-racial women weren't been betrayed as some type of trophy. Ky- Mani was the man for real though.
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