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Bones is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Ernest R. Dickerson released in USA on 24 october 2001 with Snoop Dogg
Bones (2001)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 24 october 2001
Length 1h36
Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson
OriginUSA
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Ghost films, Hip hop films, Musical films, Gangster films
Rating44%
Bones is a 2001 American horror film directed by Ernest Dickerson and starring rapper Snoop Dogg as the eponymous Jimmy Bones, a murdered gangster that rises from the grave to avenge his death. The movie is a homage to blaxploitation films of the 1970s and incorporates numerous elements from the genre.
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In 1979, Jimmy Bones (Snoop Dogg) is a numbers runner who is respected and loved in his neighborhood as its respected member and protector. When he is betrayed and brutally murdered by corrupt white cop Lupovich (Michael T. Weiss) and drug pusher Eddie Mack (Ricky Harris), Bones' elegant brownstone building becomes his own tomb, and is closed.Actors
Snoop Dogg
(Jimmy Bones)
Pam Grier
(Pearl)
Khalil Kain
(Patrick)
Michael T. Weiss
(Al Lupovich)
Bianca Lawson
(Cynthia)
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