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Belly

  • 19981998
  • RR
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
12K
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DMX and Nas in Belly (1998)
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Two young friends involved in organized crime and drug dealing find that their priorities differ.Two young friends involved in organized crime and drug dealing find that their priorities differ.Two young friends involved in organized crime and drug dealing find that their priorities differ.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
12K
YOUR RATING
    • Hype Williams
    • Anthony Bodden(story)
    • Nas(story)
    • Hype Williams(story)
  • Stars
    • Nas
    • DMX
    • Taral Hicks
    • Hype Williams
    • Anthony Bodden(story)
    • Nas(story)
    • Hype Williams(story)
  • Stars
    • Nas
    • DMX
    • Taral Hicks
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    • 151User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
    • 36Metascore
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    Videos3

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    Trailer 1:27
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    Photos73

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    Louie Rankin in Belly (1998)

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    Nas
    Nas
    • Sincere
    DMX
    DMX
    • Tommy 'Buns' Bundy
    Taral Hicks
    Taral Hicks
    • Kisha
    Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins
    Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins
    • Tionne
    Hassan Johnson
    Hassan Johnson
    • Mark
    Oliver 'Power' Grant
    Oliver 'Power' Grant
    • Knowledge
    • (as Power)
    Louie Rankin
    • Lennox
    Stan Drayton
    • Wise
    • (as Stanley Drayton)
    James Parris
    • LaKid
    Method Man
    Method Man
    • Shameek
    Kurt Loder
    Kurt Loder
    • Kurt Loder
    Benjamin F. Chavis
    Benjamin F. Chavis
    • Rev. Saviour
    • (as Minister Benjamin F. Muhammed)
    Tyrin Turner
    Tyrin Turner
    • Big
    Jay Black
    • Black
    John 'B.J.' Bryant
    • Thug #1
    Prince 'Blunt' Graham
    • Thug #2
    Wondosas 'Kilo' Martin
    • Thug #3
    Shaun Morrison
    • Housekeeper
      • Hype Williams
      • Anthony Bodden(story)
      • Nas(story)
      • Hype Williams(story)
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    • Trivia
      The scenes where the characters are seen smoking weed in the film are real, the marijuana blunts being smoked are not props.
    • Quotes

      Rev. Saviour: I knew you were coming... so I sent everyone away... because I believed my final moment was at hand. Before you pull that trigger... and take my life, I would like the chance to tell you some things, perhaps to think about after I am gone. Don't worry about me stallin'. My people have orders to leave me to my studies for another 15 minutes. I will only take five. Can you bear with me? Will you? Then make up your mind. Today marks the change of not only a New Year, but a new millennium. Take a look around. The majority of the youth roam the streets... dealing in drugs, sex and violence, thinking these things have no real effect on life. Crimes without real punishment. An uncaring, unfeeling generation... without knowledge of self. This is the future of our nation, the future of our people. Do you think hatred and evil will go unpunished? The world is now feeling the heat... from flames it has kept burning since the beginning of civilization. You represent that fire. You and I are just a small part of God's plan. The evil men of this world have applied every method possible... to deceive its occupants. And each time with greater success than anticipated. But no more. Tonight, with this new millennium, God will begin to overcome this evil. I represent the truth... to the people. Without truth, nothing is sacred. The lie-that's what the devil is all about. You know that, that's why you're here. The truth is, we all play a grave role... in our own destruction. Your money. Your lifestyles. The things that people value and covet so dearly... are the bait that lures them out of the light. Through the love of others... I have power. The truth gives me this. Those that fear me send you here, here to murder all that I say. They use what you fear against you. Your fear of death, your fear of imprisonment. Where in this world is anyone safe from death? You see the lies you've been told? The path you take is not your own. Have you ever thought about how precious a life is? How difficult it is to create? How loosely and easily it has been for you to take away? Brother, help me. Help me to do what's right. Help me to stop the slaughter of our children. Help me to put an end to the disrespect... and the dishonor of our most valuable resource: the black woman. Help me put an end... to the destruction of the young mind through the use of drugs, alcohol. Help me to build up a population of great thinkers. People who create change... through thoughtfulness and spirituality. Will you choose that truth? Will you? Will you choose the light over the darkness? Hold it, stay where you are. Will you choose life? It's time. It's time, man. It's time.

    • Connections
      Featured in Mýa Feat. Noreaga & Raekwon: Movin' Out (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Back to Life
      (a cappella version)

      Performed by Soul II Soul

      Written by Jazzie B (as Trevor Berrisford Romeo)

      Published by SONY/ATV Music

      Courtesy of Virgin Records America, Inc.

    User reviews151

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    9/10
    A noir musical for the new millennium.
    I expected "Belly" to be a self-indulgent, expanded version of the gangster rap videos that gave Hype Williams the power in Hollywood to make a feature film. I was right, but what I didn't expect was for it to be so good. I was mesmerized by "Belly" from the opening sequence of choreographed violence and music. Critics of this film should look to its film roots - film noir - movies that grow from the underground crimeworlds in America, that pleasure us with their money schemes, guns, and drug use. "Belly" has this, and more style than I have seen in any movie in recent years. It has dazzling visuals, and a respectable plot that borrows from "Scarface" among others. The acting is respectable, and I didn't see the movie as a piece of media to exploit the careers of its stars, I found it to be a good piece of cinema that legitimizes Nas, DMX, Method Man, Taral Hicks, and Tionne Watkins as actors. The music is great, notably the D'Angelo's "Devil's Pie" that shows crime being played out. The cinematography is stylized and beautiful. The dancing in Jamaica, the shootout in the strip club in Omaha, the opening sequence, the climax with the reverend where the issues that the film may be exploiting are addressed and in my eyes therefore considerate. Its a shame this film was so overlooked by critics. I think within it lies the future of both the gangster movie and the musical.
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    • GoatPoda
    • Oct 10, 2001

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    • Release date
      • November 4, 1998 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Irvington, New Jersey, USA
    • Production company
      • Big Dog Films
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    • 1 hour 36 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS

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