Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
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6
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By Anita Schmaltz
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Feb 24, 2011
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'...Mafia, rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely, but likable, hero.'
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New York Times
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3
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By A.O. Scott
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Feb 24, 2011
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As is often the case with ambitious, eager first-time filmmakers, Mr. Murray, a prolific director of music videos, stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold.
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Village Voice
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2
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By Laura Sinagra
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Feb 24, 2011
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A cockeyed shot all the way.
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Washington Post
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2
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By Ann Hornaday
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Feb 24, 2011
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Snipes is both a snore and utter tripe.
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Newsday
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5
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By John Anderson
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Feb 24, 2011
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Involving at times, but lapses quite casually into the absurd.
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New York Post
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2
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By Megan Turner
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Feb 24, 2011
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Trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie Snipes is enough to give you brain strain -- and the pay-off is negligible.
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Hollywood Reporter
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2
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By Frank Scheck
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Feb 24, 2011
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Undone by its overly complicated and derivative screenplay, the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters.
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Washington Post
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8
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By Michael O'Sullivan
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Feb 24, 2011
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Highly watchable stuff.
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Detroit News
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5
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By Susan Stark
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Feb 24, 2011
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Snipes relies too much on a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario for its own good.
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Detroit Free Press
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5
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By Terry Lawson
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Feb 24, 2011
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A loud, low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism 'urban drama.'
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