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Bones (2002)

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BONE COLD Snoop Dogg and Grier are digging up old movie cliches

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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

By Evan Serpick

Evan Serpick

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.

Posted Feb 26, 2002

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