Rotten
It's tough to imagine how someone could make a movie about Jamaican gangsterism that's so devoid of political content, but that's hardly Silvestra's biggest problem.
John Anderson, Newsday
Shottas
Friendship, loyalty & greed.
2002 · 1h 35m · R
Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Cess Silvera
,
Adam Doench
,
Lyndale V. Pettus
Overview
A raw urban drama about two friends raised on the dangerous streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Biggs and Wayne take on the "Shotta" way of life to survive. As young boys, they begin a life of crime, eventually moving to the US where they begin a ruthless climb from the bottom. They remain bound to each other by their shottas loyalty as they aggressively take control of the Jamaican underworld.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
19%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Shottas has everything a bad music video should have -- close-ups of foreign sports cars, women with painful-looking implants stepping in and out of hot tubs, ugly men with gold teeth waving around automatics.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Rotten
Stars from reggae and other musical worlds give acting a try in Shottas, a witless, misogynistic, gratuitously violent, drug-culture-worshiping film.
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
Rotten
Writer-director Cess Silvera delivers an empty, bullet-riddled exploitation combo of attitude and poses.
Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
Unless you love senseless violence and gratuitous shots of fake breasts, you might want to listen with your eyes closed.
Evelyn McDonnell, Miami Herald
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