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Can Damon
Dash direct? Well, anyone who is willing
to take a chance and pay for State
Property 2 instead of purchasing the
bootleg, surely will find out.
ABM and Beans return with the continuing
saga of a street hustler gone big. Minus
Jay Z. That’s right folks. The HNIC who
had only 3 lines in the original State
Property does not return. So, that
leaves two dudes vying for the HNIC
position. Or is it 3? Enter Dame and
Biggis a.k.a El Plaga (Michael Bentt) .
El Plaga tries to get Dame and Beans to
take each other out. While El Plaga is
really seeking to gain control of the
Philly drug circuit. In the midst of the
drama, El Plaga uses his dead friends
(Loon & Omahyra) son El Loco (N.O.R.E)
to make the plan happen. As Beans
reflects on the events leading to a
lengthy jail sentence, his Ebonic
speaking wife Aisha (Sundy Carter) is
less seen in this film as the audience
is spared from her awful version of
Girlz n the Hood.
Not only does Damon act but this time
around he directs. Which puts this film
in a different light from the original.
State Property I had a more bloody
effect. With tons of dark scenes and
killing combined with music of the same
magnitude. But State Property II,
produced and directed by Damon Dash
shows his humorous side. And thankfully
enough, less naked girls and more focus
on the action and drama.
SP2 shows Beanie Sigel has improved in
acting. The entire aura of the film has
improved. Although it still has “first
time out the gate” looks to the quality
and type of shots used. And on one
occasion, a gun angle proves it should
have ended up on the cutting room floor.
And its set in Philly but was shot in
New York & New Jersey.
With the rising cost of ticket prices,
viewers would love to be spared films
that have no potential content to carry
it. But what is that potential? And does
any one viewer have the right to judge a
film based on its content, title or
subject matter? And can that potential
really be measured?
But don’t take it seriously or for face
value. The audience will definitely have
different views regarding SP2. Which is
an improvement compared to its original
tale of shots fired, heads beaten to a
bloody pulp and its fantasy fiction
story line.
The reality of having your items stolen
in jail, planned attacks against other
inmates, drug dealers looking for their
chance to be the man, are the realness
that this film does bring across to a
naïve public or an audience whose eaten
the forbidden fruit and already knows
the truth.
This story has been told a hundred times
over. So much it can be told in ones
sleep. But the different views are what
keeps people interested in hearing it
over and over again. It’s like when your
grandfather tells that same story. It’s
the way he does it each time that you
enjoy the end result. Even though it’s
the same result.
The difference between Boyz n the Hood
and State Property 2…dramatics. Both had
comedy, but Boyz in the Hood gave you
emotion. It made you feel. State
Property makes you feel too. Funny. Not
hilarious, out loud funny. More inside
joke funny.
Better approached this time around.
Figga deal me?
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