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Wikipedia article
'Urban Menace' is a 1999 American horror film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Snoop Dogg, Big Pun, Ice-T and Fat Joe.
Premise
After a church burning in which a preacher and his family are killed, the preacher's insane ghost (Snoop Dogg) starts killing off the members of the gang responsible.[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/urban_menace/ 'Urban Menace' (1999)], 'Rotten Tomatoes', retrieved July 31, 2017.[http://www.mrqe.com/movie_reviews/urban-menace-m100062679 'Urban Menace' (1999) (V)], 'Movie Review Query Engine', retrieved July 31, 2017.Robin R. Means Coleman, 'Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present', New York: Routledge, 2011, , [https://books.google.com/books?id=pYpeBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA200#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 200].
Cast
* Snoop Dogg as Preacher Caleb
* Big Pun as Crow
* Ice-T as Narrator
* Fat Joe as Terror
* T. J. Storm as King
* Vincent Klyn as Shadow
* Romany Malco as Syn
* Tahitia Hicks as Holt (as Tahitia)
* Eva La Dare as Jolene(as Karen Dyer)
* Ernie Hudson Jr. as No Dice
* Jahi J.J. Zuri as Cool D
* Rob Ladesich as Harper
* Michael Walde-Berger as Harper's Boss
* Michaela Polakovicova as Hooker
* Ed Satterwhite as Crow's Posse
* Jason Stapleton as Crow's Posse
* Lubo Salater as Crow's Posse
* Robert Ughoro as Caleb's Posse
Production
Director Pyun shot 'Urban Menace' simultaneously with 'The Wrecking Crew' and 'Corrupt' in a derelict factory in Eastern Europe, originally intending 'Urban Menace' and 'The Wrecking Crew' as sections of a single film; the producers decided to make two films. The budget only permitted two stuntmen, making deaths repetitive. Pyun often superimposed the stars' faces onto stand-ins. Half the finished film was lost in transit, requiring substitution of rough duplicate footage; large parts of 'Urban Menace' are in black and white and the photography is often blurry.Douglas Pratt, 'Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More!', New York: Harbor, 2004, , [https://books.google.com/books?id=vxmg-LuBTWIC&pg=PA1299#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 1299].
Reception
The film was regarded as low-quality; the DVD provides an option of skipping it and simply listening to Ice-T rapping. However, one critic praises the hip-hop and rap soundtrack and crisp sound effects.
See also
* List of hood films
References
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