Belly (1998)

The first must-see film of the year.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

I think the reason people have such a hard time relating to this movie is that they don't understand that this movie represents the lives of real people. Its such a contrast to how people who aren't in the hood live there lives that it comes off as a joke to them. This movie embodies some of the lifestyles led by gangsters in America. DMX is a questionable role. He is erratic, high strung and was probably high while making the movie. But the scene where he forces himself on to high partner is profoundly deep and all too real in life. Now ask yourself, who could have done it better? Nas is a poet. His closing lines were artful. Method man is just great in any movie. The cinematography and sound track were amazing. Hype Williams really never got the credit he deserved for making such a masterpiece.

This movie is pathetic..in no way has it a proper plot or developed characters..also i hate the scene when the Jamaican gangster is rolling around in his mansion shooting the endless amounts of assassins..it is a complete rip off of scarface(the last scene)Do not see this movie...and rappers should stick with rapping.I am writing this comment here to warn those who might be thinking of watching this movie.It may appeal to fans of Nas and dmx but not because of their acting abilities believe me .There is no originality in it either...every thing is a composition of other movies thrown together in this piece of crap of a movie....the only reason to watch it is if you want to laugh at the corny acting and dialogue...stay away from this movie otherwise

I turned this off after 45 minutes (and maybe that lowers my credibility). Three Characteristics of a good movie are plot, cinematography, and acting. This movie s*cked in all three. The director seemed to admit how bad the acting was by having Nas narrate to give understanding to the characters (or lack thereof). Every single actor in that movie, besides maybe T-Boz, s*cked. I can't believe someone could recommend this s**t to me. The Visuals suck. The long flashy and colorful scenes make me afraid I'm gonna get a seizure. The cinematography made no sense, it was like watching a bad Hy-phi video (a double negative).In the matter of taste there is no dispute but I must say I firmly disagree with most of the comments made. It was so ****ing unoriginal. You can tell that these rappers want to do these movies to try to look bad a**. I can just imagine Hype Williams and the rest of the crew watching this movie and thinking it's some sort of masterpiece, when it was more of a mass-piece of s**t.

there's a reggae song that comes on in the movie when Dmx and the Jamaican guy go to an "island" i really need to know its been bugging me for two years. please help i need the name of the song and or the artist if someone would not mind helping me out that would be great but know I'm just writing the ten line minimum of bull crap by the way this movie is average its just that Nas really needs to take some acting courses or something because he was horrible his wife can use the help too because her acting was horrible as well talking to someone requires emotion, she was just reading off of a script. since I only have eight and a half lines I have to bull crap this last line, this really grinds my gears.