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    Bones (2001)

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    By John Dedeke on March 21, 2002 Reviews

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    There was really no way for me to avoid at least a small degree
    of skepticism coming into BONES. How could anyone really take the project
    % seriously? The concept of a horror movie driven by a rapper with
    little acting experience outside of music videos was enough to raise
    questioning eyebrows, but couple that with the discouraging ad campaign
    issued by New Line Cinema to support their latest horror offering and it
    was really hard to have any faith in the idea at all.

    Thankfully, first impressions don’t always prove to be entirely
    representative, and you can’t always judge a book by its cover — or a
    horror movie by its rapper. As I watched BONES unfold I was repeatedly and
    surprisingly impressed with how well director Ernest Dickerson and all
    parties involved handled the film and managed to make it a really fun movie
    to watch — if not an entirely original one. Dickerson (who directed the
    horribly underrated DEMON KNIGHT) once again crafts a movie that seems to
    really capture the spirit of flat-out s-styl horror without falling prey
    to annoyingly ‘hip’ reflexivity. BONES is not a movie that winks at its
    audience at how cleverly ‘old-school’ it is, but rather just opts to give
    you the goods. And the goods are pretty darn good. This is by no means a
    ‘psychological thriller’; this is a horror movie, complete with plenty of
    surprising and fun killings and a very, very hearty helping of gore (the
    blood, right in tune with the overall vibe of the film, has the feel of
    late s splatter — garish and pasty).

    Throughout the first minutes of BONES I was amazed at how genuinely
    interesting the story was. It’s not wholly original, but it’s compelling
    enough to keep you wanting to see more. There are some pretty blatant nods
    to A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and HELLRAISER, but Dickerson and Co. pull
    them off very well, and they fit perfectly into the saga of Jimmy Bones.

    Which leads right into the all-important topic of Snoop Dogg The Actor vs.
    Snoop Dogg The Rapper. As I stated earlier, it’s hard not to have doubts
    about a rapper turned first-time actor, but Snoop Dogg actually comes
    across pretty well in his debut horror feature. Part of the reason for this
    is that the story keeps him as a side character for much of the film,
    preventing him from growing stale or turning into a joke — which,
    unfortunately, is what ultimately happens towards the latter half of the
    film. Once Snoop does show up in the film BONES begins to lose a little of
    its edge, but it’s not really Snoop’s fault. The final half-hour of the
    film treads on some corny ground, but manages to come out without losing
    TOO much credibility, and the last moments reeked of enough Fulci-ness to
    keep me smiling as the credits rolled and I was subjected to an obligatory
    rap tune by the star of BONES (thankfully Dickerson waited until the end of
    the film proper before throwing it in).

    #OVERALL SUMMARY
    BONES, while by no means the most original or complete horror
    opus to come out of Hollywood, knows what it wants to be and pretty much
    hits the mark dead-center. Though it dips into mediocrity in the closing
    act, there’s enough great stuff in the film to keep you entertained through
    its lesser bits.

    John Dedeke
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