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Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Beulah Bram A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Uriah43 This film begins with three friends in Detroit named "Vincent Long" (Ryan Phillippe), "Dave Hall" (Brett Granstaff) and "Sonny" (Curtis Jackson) setting out to ambush a car carrying a stash of diamonds. However, during the heist—and for no particular reason--Vincent shoots and kills the unarmed man carrying the diamonds and then fires his pistol at point-blank range at both Dave and Sonny before speeding away with the driver of the other vehicle. What Vincent doesn't realize, however, is that the bullet intended for Sonny was deflected by a crucifix he was wearing and upon recovering a minute later has filled him with a intense desire for revenge upon the man who betrayed him. To make matters even worse for Vincent is the fact that there are other parties interested in retrieving the diamonds and Sonny has further complicated things by getting the mob boss of Detroit named "Jack Biggs" (Bruce Willis) also involved. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was an okay film for the most part which could have been better with some added suspense or possibly a little more character development here and there. Be that as it may, while it wasn't a bad film necessarily, it wasn't nearly as good as it could have been and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Average.

shlomotvr sure , this movie have some obvious disadvantages- some b or c list actors , plot holes , clichés and so on . but it also has it merits - nice cinematography , high production values, cool soundtrack , the use of unprofessional actors who gives it an almost neorealism flare , the locations , but most of all i enjoyed the non Hollywood feel , an almost anarchistic feel i might say , of going off the platform of your regular blockbaster .50 cent is no denzel washington but still he possesses some genuine quality that is hard to define .it really give you some kind of weird rush that no mainstream Hollywood film would give you .

canadiancole-92-872935 I could use a lot more than 10,000 words telling you how bad this movie is, but I think I will focus on the worst parts to save time.3 friends from high school get together and commit crimes to support themselves and their families in "Detroit", a city so down on it's luck it can't afford police officers anymore. (Seriously...There is a 10 minute "chase scene" with gunfire through crowded malls and café's and never once do you hear a siren) After successfully completing a "5 million" dollar diamond heist, done in a crowded intersection and shooting up half the cars and buildings on the street in the process, one of the three happy high school comrades goes "Brutus" on his pals and shoots them both in the head. Err...Shoulders....killing one instantly (obviously. Shoulders are where criminals hearts are.)At this point "50 Cent", stumbles through 60 minutes of terrible dialogue and music, seeking vengeance, and casually dropping off corpses at a place where a weird guy grinds them into hamburger. (There should be one on every corner IMO.) At some point you learn that the "betrayer" killed his best friends because he wanted to pay a 100,000 dollar bribe to keep his deadbeat dad alive in prison. OH! By the way, he also has a sister who was the driver of the private car that they heisted at the beginning. (Shocker....you'd think his high school buddies would know her and recognize her...)Finally...The strange religious under-tones and random 1 on 1 therapy with the local priest...combined with the "random acts of kindness and charity" around every corner makes me feel like the movie is just Bible Thumper Propaganda.In the end...50 Cent drives off into the night in the most "unrecognizable/inconspicuous powder blue Classical car in the world" with 1 million in cash, after a diamond heist, a snatch and grab, a gun battle/foot chase, grinding up a corpse, buying drugs, arranging for an organized crime mass culling that he manages to just duck his head and run through. Yeah...At least he doesn't kill his friend! 50 cent be too good for that --- you feel me?

monalisa1964 Horrible movie. Predictable in the worst way ever. Even simple conversations don't flow. At all. Fifty Cent should perhaps stick to rapping, although I'm not sure about that, even. It feels like the writers were writing on the fly "oh darn, how do we get people to know that these two are actually family... have her say "i can't believe we're family" people always say that, don't they?". It's as if they couldn't decide what season it should be set in, sometimes its cold and there's snow on the ground, other times it looks like fall. The funeral for one of the guys happens at least a week after he dies... continuity is non existent. Acting is non existent. Plot is so thin you couldn't even wear it to bed. Bad movie. Bruce Willis looks bored and they must have paid him a great deal of money to be in it.