Black Scarface
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Black Scarface |
| Original title | Because Game of Life |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1998 |
| length | 35 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael Martin |
| script |
Regina McLeod Master P |
| production |
Stevie Lockett Marvin Wadlow Jr. |
| music | Tommy Coster |
| camera | Lawrence Hanson |
| cut | T. David Binns |
| occupation | |
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Black Scarface (Original title: Da Game of Life ) is an American short film by Michael Martin from 1998. The gangster drama comes from the production of Master Ps No Limit Records . The main roles are played by rappers Snoop Dogg and C-Murder .
action
At the beginning of the film, Smooth is shot. He then tells his story off-screen :
Smooth makes his first money in dog racing . Together with his cousin Money, he then enters the sports betting business . Together they Turkish basketball games. If the players fail to parry, Money will beat them up, including rising star Jasper. Shortly afterwards, Money goes to jail. Meanwhile, Smooth rises to the big players in Las Vegas . He founds a profitable casino for blacks on the Strip , but it is run by the Mafia . When Money comes out of jail, Smooth hires him as head of security. Despite Money's somewhat quick-tempered temperament, things are going well at first. Smooth marries the barmaid Peaches and moves into Bugsy Siegel's house . But Money makes a serious mistake: he kills the man who collects the protection money. Smooth and Money hide in Bugsy Siegel's house. Mafia troops storm the property and kill Money. However, Smooth can escape through a secret passage. Together with Peaches he tries to start over. When he wants to collect his money like he used to at greyhound races, he is shot twice by Jasper.
background
At the end of the 1990s, label owner Master P got into the film business. He has made, directed or starred in some films. The films were mostly set in the gangster milieu and adopted elements of the gangster film. Black Scarface appeared directly on video and was framed by an anti-drug commercial and two music videos.
Contrary to what the German rental title suggests, Black Scarface is not a "black" version of Scarface , although the shooting towards the end is based on it, but rather Master P's version of Casino . In Germany, the film was released as a single DVD and as part of the Gangsta Rapper Box box set with a number of similar films.
Web links
- Black Scarface in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Nathan Rabin: Da Game Of Life. AV Club, April 24, 2002, accessed November 15, 2011 .
- ^ Synopsis. (No longer available online.) Allrovi, formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 15, 2011 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Black Scarface in the online film database
