| Urban Menace | |
|---|---|
) | |
| Directed by | Albert Pyun |
| Produced by | Paul Rosenblum Tom Karnowski Mark Allen |
| Written by | Hannah Blue Andrew Markell Tim Story |
| Starring | Snoop Dogg Big Pun Ice-T Fat Joe |
| Cinematography | Philip Alan Waters |
| Edited by | Errin Vasquez |
| Distributed by | Filmwerks Imperial Entertainment |
Release date |
|
Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Urban Menace is a 1999 horror film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Snoop Dogg, Big Pun, Ice-T and Fat Joe.
Premise
After a church burning in which a preacher and his family are killed, the preacher's insane ghost (Snoop Dogg) starts killing off the members of the gang responsible.[1][2][3]
Production
Director Pyun shot Urban Menace simultaneously with The Wrecking Crew and Corrupt in a derelict factory in Eastern Europe, originally intending Urban Menace and The Wrecking Crew as sections of a single film; the producers decided to make two films. The budget only permitted two stuntmen, making deaths repetitive. Pyun often superimposed the stars' faces onto stand-ins. Half the finished film was lost in transit, requiring substitution of rough duplicate footage; large parts of Urban Menace are in black and white and the photography is often blurry.[4]
Reception
The film was regarded as low-quality; the DVD provides an option of skipping it and simply listening to Ice-T rapping.[3] However, one critic praises the hip-hop and rap soundtrack and crisp sound effects.[4]
See also
- List of hood films
References
- ^ Urban Menace (1999), Rotten Tomatoes, retrieved July 31, 2017.
- ^ Urban Menace (1999) (V), Movie Review Query Engine, retrieved July 31, 2017.
- ^ a b Robin R. Means Coleman, Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present, New York: Routledge, 2011, ISBN 9780415880190, p. 200.
- ^ a b Douglas Pratt, Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More!, New York: Harbor, 2004, ISBN 9781932916003, p. 1299.
External links
- Urban Menace at IMDb
- Urban Menace (1999) at AllMovie