Urban Menace
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Directed by | Albert Pyun |
Produced by |
Paul Rosenblum Tom Karnowski Mark Allen |
Written by |
Hannah Blue Andrew Markell Tim Story |
Starring |
Snoop Dogg Big Pun Ice-T Fat Joe |
Cinematography | Philip Alan Waters |
Edited by | Errin Vasquez |
Distributed by |
Filmwerks Imperial Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Urban Menace is a 1999 "black horror" film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Snoop Dogg, Big Pun, Ice-T and Fat Joe.
Plot
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.[1][2][3]
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.[4]
Reception
The movie was regarded as low-quality; the DVD provides an option of skipping it and simply listening to Ice-T rapping.[3] However, one critic praises the hip-hop and rap soundtrack and crisp sound effects.[4]
References
- ↑ Urban Menace (1999), Rotten Tomatoes, retrieved July 31, 2017.
- ↑ Urban Menace (1999) (V), Movie Review Query Engine, retrieved July 31, 2017.
- 1 2 Robin R. Means Coleman, Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present, New York: Routledge, 2011, ISBN 9780415880190, p. 200.
- 1 2 Douglas Pratt, Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More!, New York: Harbor, 2004, ISBN 9781932916003, p. 1299.
External links
- Urban Menace on IMDb