Shottas

Infobox Film
name = Shottas


caption = Cover to a bootleg copy of "Shottas" (2002).
director = Cess Silvera
producer = Jennifer Farrell
Wyclef Jean
Randall Emmett
Fabien Pruvot
Cess Silvera
Norman Silvera

writer = Cess Silvera
starring = Spragga Benz
Ky-Mani Marley
music = Wyclef Jean
cinematography = Cliff Charles
editing = Danny Saphire
distributor = unreleased
released =
runtime = 95 minutes
country = Jamaica
language = English
budget = $200,000
preceded_by =
followed_by =
imdb_id = 0281190

"Shottas" is a 2002 Jamaican crime film about two young men who participate in organized crime in Kingston, Jamaica and Miami, Florida. It stars Spragga Benz, Ky-Mani Marley, and Wyclef Jean and was written and directed by Cess Silvera. Despite its low budget, the movie employs an engaging storyline and the distribution of an unfinished bootleg made it a cult favourite long before its official direct-to-video release in the United States by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in 2006.

The film takes its name from a Jamaican term for gangsters.

Cast

*Biggs - Ky-Mani Marley
*Wayne - Spragga Benz
*Mad Max - Paul Campbell
*Teddy Bruckshut - Louie Rankin
*Richie Effs - Wyclef Jean
*Gussy - Screechie Bop
*Raquel - San San
*Dangles - Jabba
*Drewie C- Shotta

Plot

The film tells the story of two young men, Wayne (Spragga Benz) and Biggs (Kymani Marley), who grow up together in the tough and dangerous streets of Kingston. They rob a soda truck and shoot the truck's driver while still in their early teens.

The robbery money is used to purchase visas to go the United States, where they continue their criminal activities, hustling on the streets of Miami. Wayne is then deported to Jamaica and continues his surge in crime, where he begins to extort money from business people. Biggs gets deported a few years later. After facing problems with the police (Babylon) and politicians, the two head back to Miami alongside Mad Max (Paul Campbell). Upon returning, they are informed that Miami has a new king, Teddy Bruckshut (Louie Rankin). The three pay Teddy a visit to extort him. They extort, beat, and murder their way to the top of Miami before their dream ends in a thrilling shoot out.

oundtrack

*Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock
*Barry Brown - Far East
*Nitty Gritty - Trial and Sticks
*Little John - In the ghetto
*Bob Marley - Coming from the cold
*Bounty Killer - Dead this time
*Hawkeye - long Bad time
*Spragga Benz & Lady Saw - Backshot
*Damian Marley - Catch a Fire
*Big Yard Allstars - Gangsta Story
*Tonto Irie - It a ring
*Ky-mani Marley - Fire
*Junior Cat - Would A Let You Go
*Pinchers - Bandelero
*John Wayne - Call the police Me
*Nicky Seizure - Quench the fire
*Ky-mani Marley - I Believe
*Ky-Enie - Rain
*Inner Circle - Discipline child
*Nicky Seizure - Revelation time
*Ky-mani Marley - The March
*Kenneth Milligan - Shottas

External links

* http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/shottas/
* http://www.pimpland.se.com/