One minor disappointment: I didn't feel like they made much use of the setting. Hopefully it's more of the same, because I never got bored watching part 1. The judge still sends Beans away, and the movie ends, but I already have the sequel going, so I'll let you know where it goes from here. Ceasar lives and goes to court, but is blackmailed into changing his mind about testifying against Beans. It seemed like a very unprovoked response, and it ends up leading to Beans' arrest and conviction. It felt different from the rest of the violence in the movie because Ceasar wasn't arguing with or disrespecting Beans, he was just explaining what would happen if he did what Beans wanted. Instead of seeing it from Ceasar's point of view, Beans just guns him down. Ceasar comes off as being very straightforward, telling Beans that if he did this, it would put him in the middle of him and another dealer, explaining that he couldn't just change allegiance without endangering his own life. Beans meets Ceasar in his detail shop and tells him he has to work for him. But when Beans threatens a character named Ceasar, it felt like a turning point in the movie. For example, if he decided to kill other drug dealers to get them out of his way, it wasn't too shocking, since they had to know it was a dangerous lifestyle. As the story progresses, I felt like there was a logic to most of his decisions, even when he was doing something crooked. He is very straightforward and blunt about confronting every obstacle to his business. Beanie Siegel carries the story as the no-nonsense central character. The dialog feels very natural, and I believed pretty much every performance. I want to say the movie was well written, but I feel like it's hard to tell if there was a script or if the actors were mostly improvising. It was basically the same story as Scarface, but set in Philadelphia: a guy with nothing decides he wants to make a lot of money, so he starts killing people until he is the main drug dealer in his area. State Property kept me interested all the way through. But you were warned.Reviewed by jfgibson73 7 / 10 "Scarface" set in Philadelphia If you want to watch it to see how bad it is then fine. Lol! His reaction was a hoot! In short this is a bad movie simple and plain. The funniest part is when Beanie's lawyers tell him to cop a plea for a guy he just shot. You cant tell that the director knew that this film was rank and told them to keep going anyway. Damon Dash and Jay-z are stiff as mannequins in this movie also. Memphis Bleek's character was a riot for all the wrong reasons(when he shot a Beanie's car for honking the horn at him, I laughed so hard that I peed a little. He is not the only one who should stick to rapping. Beanie is so laughable in his role that sometimes I crack up when he comes on screen. Beanie plays a bully who runs around with a group of thugs that beat up on people in their hometown and issue them a warning that goes "get down or lay down"! The main flaw of the movie is that nobody can act. He is the most underrated rapper out of Rocafella Records but this movie stunk like week-old roadkill. Feel free to check out State Property if you wish, but have a dictionary handy, the dialogue can be tough to interpret and be aware, this movie, from what I've seen, is nowhere near comedic. I honestly felt that seeing the whole film would be a waste of my time. And after watching the first 13 minutes of the film, I knew that I had seen enough. With State Property, that just wasn't going to happen. (I don't want to give anything away for those people who plan on seeing it.) Don't get me wrong, I've seen a few films like this before, but with those films, it was easier to follow along with the plot. I also didn't see much point to what was going on in the film. Sure, rap artists swear a lot, and I was expecting that, but there was so much profanity and slang, that I found it very difficult to follow along. After watching only the first 13 minutes of the film, it seemed to me that the concept of making a movie was used as an excuse to let people swear. Watching the trailer, I don't mind, but that's about it. State Property turned out not to be a film that I am too crazy about. At first, I thought I would enjoy State Property, merely because I am a big fan of rap music, and there are a lot of rap artists in the cast, but I was wrong.
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