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Bones (2002)

Reviewed by Evan Serpick | Mar 01, 2002

Evan Serpick

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EW's GRADE

C+

Details Release Date: Oct 24, 2001; Rated: R; Video Release Date: Feb 26, 2002; Genre: Horror; With: Pam Grier and Snoop Dogg; Distributor: New Line Cinema

$\'BONES\' CRUSH A stylin\' Dogg and Pam Grier Bones, Pam Grier, ...$

Image credit: Bones: Shane Harvey

'BONES' CRUSH A stylin' Dogg and Pam Grier

Give the Dogg a bone: Snoop's portrayal of zombified gangsta Jimmy Bones echoes the sadistic cool of horror titans like Krueger and Myers. In the 1970s, Bones, a benevolent hustler who actually walked around the hood handing out cash, was killed by crack-slinging rivals. When some meddling kids aim to turn Bones' ''Amityville''-style townhouse into a dance club, a beast is resurrected that only Pam Grier, his baby's mama, can tame. Sadly, the rapper's towering presence can't support a skeletal plot that collapses under the weight of its absurdity and one too many incidents of projectile maggot vomiting.

Originally posted Feb 26, 2002 Published in issue #642 Mar 01, 2002 Order article reprints

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