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Snipes

Play trailer Poster for Snipes R,  2002,  1h 53m,  Mystery & Thriller/ Crime/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 25% 12 Reviews Tomatometer 77% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
25% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 77% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Erik Triggs is a good-natured Philadelphia teen and aspiring rapper who works at a hip-hop record label. There he hangs with rising superstar Prolifik during the day and works on his own music after hours. However, when Prolifik is kidnapped and his unreleased album is stolen, the record label's sleazy owner, Bobby Starr, assumes Erik and his friend Malik are responsible. The two soon find themselves on the run.

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Susan Stark Detroit News Oct 4, 2002
2/4
Snipes relies too much on a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario for its own good. Go to Full Review
Terry Lawson Detroit Free Press Oct 4, 2002
2/4
A loud, low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism 'urban drama.' Go to Full Review
Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter Sep 24, 2002
Undone by its overly complicated and derivative screenplay, the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 21, 2005
2/5
Anita Schmaltz Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Oct 4, 2002
3/5
'...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.' Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Rich Murray

Director

Sam Jones III

Erik

Zoe Saldaña

Cheryl

Nelly

Prolifik

Dean Winters

Bobby Starr

Rashaan Nall

Floyd

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Movie Info

Synopsis Erik Triggs is a good-natured Philadelphia teen and aspiring rapper who works at a hip-hop record label. There he hangs with rising superstar Prolifik during the day and works on his own music after hours. However, when Prolifik is kidnapped and his unreleased album is stolen, the record label's sleazy owner, Bobby Starr, assumes Erik and his friend Malik are responsible. The two soon find themselves on the run.
Director
Rich Murray
Producer
Rich Murray, Chris Schwartz
Screenwriter
Rob Wiser, Rich Murray
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
20th Century Fox, Ruff Nation Films, RuffHouse Productions
Rating
R (Violence|Brief Nudity|Some Drug Use|Language)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 4, 2002, Wide
Release Date (DVD)
Nov 16, 2004
Box Office (Gross USA)
$70.1K
Runtime
1h 53m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital
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