Shottas 2002

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: Who says they don't write good women's roles anymore? The females on view fall into two prototypes: Hot Tub Chippie No. 2 or Plastic Surgery Fire Sale Victim No. 3. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: There's no Robin Hood here, just a lot of hoods. Read more

Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly: Shottas, based on a true story, has been sitting on shelves for a few years now, accruing mythology as a great film that's been unjustly sidelined. That, it is not. [It's] wretched. Read more

Evelyn McDonnell, Miami Herald: Unless you love senseless violence and gratuitous shots of fake breasts, you might want to listen with your eyes closed. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: 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. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: 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. Read more

Walter Dawkins, Variety: Read more

Luke Y. Thompson, Village Voice: ...if you're one of those who just bought the Scarface anniversary DVD for its new sound mix featuring louder explosions, this movie is highly recommended. Read more