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| Shottas |  | Director: Cess Silvera
Actors: Ky-Mani Marley, Spragga Benz, Paul Campbell, Louie Rankin, Wyclef Jean
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 4,456
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D13607D
UPC: 043396136076
EAN: 0043396136076
ASIN: B000JRYOPG
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Release Date: January 2, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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
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.
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 SHOTTAS March 8, 2010
Susan A. Fay (Pittsburgh,PA)
This movie has sub titles but don't let that stop you from getting it. My 21 year old grandson watches it over and over again.
 I Finally Found It! December 14, 2009
Geri A. Polk (Salem Cty, NJ USA)
I'm very pleased with my purchase. It was exactly what I asked for. I received it very quickly and it was packaged very safely. This is not a mainstream movie and I didn't think I would be able to find it but I found it here! Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!!!
the most pathological gangsta movie ive ever seen December 10, 2009
A. Hendrix (USA)
great gangsta flick lots of action and heavy body count it will keep u off ur feet
the guys in the movie are totally pathological and psychopathic and lack any form of a conscience whatsoever which makes this movie a total gangsta flick
for a gangsta movie this is probably the best one besides new jack city, belly, godfather and scarface and it will keep u off ur feet. what kind of movie wouldnt be a good gangsta flick if it takes people out of kingston (the murder capital) and moves them to miami where they extort drug dealers and enjoy it
then it backfires and the drug dealers strike and kymani marley really goes off the top and seeks them out which makes this movie GREAT!!! his revenge is sweet and he seeks out all the drug lords and even shoots their girlfriends totally badass
lots of automatics and gunfire makes shottas title say it all
UP THERE AS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES January 29, 2009
Dorian Barrett (Greenville, NC)
I first heard about this movie from watching the previews on DVD of another movie I was watching, so I rented the movie and was blown away!!
I now own my own copy of Shottas and never tire watching... each time is like watching for the first time.
The story is a powerful one! I can understand why this movie has quickly spread via the underground, but I do not understand why Shottas hasn't received the full recognition it deserves from Hollywood.
If you love ScarFace then you'll love Shottas even more is all I have to say.
I'm so glad there were subtitles...lol and the Shottas dictionary, there was no way I would've understood what some things being said were. I didn't know how one word "bloodclat" could have so many synonyms: bumboclaat, rassclaat and pussyclaat, lol.
I can't wait until the sequel comes out!!
action November 30, 2008
Adam Epperson
great movie if your even more familiar with jamaica. REAL GRIITY gangsta type movie and the acting isnt bad. ONe of my favs.
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