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Love and a Bullet

  • 2002
  • R
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
1.5K
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Anthony 'Treach' Criss in Love and a Bullet (2002)
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A hitman falls in love with the boss's girlfriend, who may just be his next target.A hitman falls in love with the boss's girlfriend, who may just be his next target.A hitman falls in love with the boss's girlfriend, who may just be his next target.

  • Directors
    • Kantz
    • Ben Ramsey
  • Writers
    • Ben Ramsey
    • Kantz
  • Stars
    • Kent King
    • Anthony 'Treach' Criss
    • Charles Guardino
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.0/10
    1.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Kantz
      • Ben Ramsey
    • Writers
      • Ben Ramsey
      • Kantz
    • Stars
      • Kent King
      • Anthony 'Treach' Criss
      • Charles Guardino
    • 18User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Kent King
    Kent King
    • Cynda Griffie
    • (as Kent Masters-King)
    Anthony 'Treach' Criss
    Anthony 'Treach' Criss
    • Malik Bishop
    • (as Treach)
    Charles Guardino
    • Damien Wiles
    Shireen Crutchfield
    Shireen Crutchfield
    • Hylene
    Sam Scarber
    Sam Scarber
    • Buddy
    Walter Jones
    Walter Jones
    • Cisco
    James Black
    James Black
    • Vaughn
    Parris Washington
    • Sala
    • (as Paris Washington)
    Mark Hicks
    • Omar
    Marlon Young
    Marlon Young
    • Wade
    Hakeem Dunn
    • Young Bishop
    Freez Luv
    Freez Luv
    • Frenchy
    Derek Mears
    Derek Mears
    • The Milkman
    Mushond Lee
    • Pretty Nate
    Tren'l Brunson
    • Shah
    • (as Tren'l)
    Bud Sabatino
    Bud Sabatino
    • Sal
    Greg Lewis
    • Herman
    Nicholas Hill
    • Dutch
    • Directors
      • Kantz
      • Ben Ramsey
    • Writers
      • Ben Ramsey
      • Kantz
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    fnordknt

    Confused?

    Love and a Bullet is a confused movie. At times it seems like a comedy with the use of the MF word more times in a sentence than any other word. But other times with its blood and violence it want to be a film trying to shock. All the while filled with philosophy that doesn't make sense to anyone and they note it. As love story starts to form, you feel small moments. You feel for Bishop on thanksgiving but then it becomes a comedy of errors again. This movie could have been better if it decided what it was before it decided who should die.
    pingu-1

    Uhhh...

    The movie has a love story with violent action sequences in the film which made me to enjoy this film. The way the film is made because of the aggression mixed in with charisma and character. It seems to me this movie is Memento meets Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. I find this movie alright but if you want to see this film, it's totally up to you.
    8roddick-1

    funny and very cool

    This movie was much better than I expected!

    I thought the story was very smart and original. Some good twists and turns.

    The action scenes were exciting, original and very, very cool. A bit more gory than I expected.

    The acting was pretty good. Especially since Treach is a rapper and sometimes there not very good.

    It was a nice blend of comedy and action. The jokes were very good. It's no wonder it was written and directed by Ben Ramsey, who did The Big Hit.

    Does anyone else think Treach sounds like Ice T, especially when narrating.

    Overall I thought it was a funny, exciting, original and very, very cool movie.
    jamesbourke50

    A very strange brew, but a very fun one too!

    Picture this if you will, just before the dawning of the new year, here's me and a bottle of the finest Jack Daniels, no Ice! Just straight up, and there i sit, popped in the dvd release of "Love And A Bullet".

    I Had no idea who Treach was, or to be honest still is, aside from hearing that he'd turned up in "Jason's Lyric" and the cover reminded me somewhat of the Keenan Ivory Wayans Flick, "A Low Down Dirty Shame", But these rather shallow points aside, there i sat, a glass of jack in one hand and the dvd remote control in the other.

    As the movie gathered a pace, i'll be honest, the whole thing resembled a mish mash of everything, no bad thing, to anyone who ever saw the Bokeem Woodbine movie, "BlackMale" Released over here in Brittain as "BlackMail" a movie like the one in question, that is just so overloaded with everything, you just have to see it to believe it.

    Treach's character, Malik Bishop has risen through the ranks of hoodlum hitman to professional Hitman, who suffers a crises of conscience, which is something that we are let in on, as we fade in at the beginning, then we flash back to where it all began.

    Where do we go from there? I think at that point the Jack Daniels was really kicking in, because what unfolded, was so wild and wacky, it all kinda made sense. This was a movie consisting of comedic moments, Kung Fu, some serious gun play and a very strange take on Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream speech, as spoken by Malik's white Boss.

    A really good soundtrack throughout, and a very, very good first time out performance by Sam Scarber as the Zen/Svengali Hitman, Buddy entrusted with the task of showing Bishop the finer points to being a hitman, more importantly, how to make a really good capuccino!

    In the morning, after the jack had slightly worn off, i watched the DVD again, however with the director's commentary, and you know what, the movie was even better. What can i say, yes the alcohol made things easier, but even with or without, this was a very easy movie to watch, even more so second time around.
    3R-heugden

    Not worth the film it has been printed on.

    What a massive desception this flick is, A movie based around a plot as thick as ice is on a hot-Summer night is usually something you don't want to step on, normally there would be some leverage before the layer breaks but beware step on this and you won't need a peddle you'll be swimming.

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    • Trivia
      Comedian Chris D'Elia's favorite movie.
    • Quotes

      Malik Bishop: [narrating after O.G. Buddy cusses out their boss Damien] Damien was definitely one rib short of a slab. Change was definitely in the air: change for Buddy, change for Damien and change for me. That afternoon I watched Buddy self-destruct just like I watched my father self-destruct. Buddy knew that going up against Damien was like blowing your own brains out. Damien was a crazy motherfucker, that's for sure. Suddenly, the things that Buddy talked about before, made sense: this was a shitty job.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Bad Movie Beatdown: The Art of War III: Retribution (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Dirty Hands
      Written by Antoine E. Journey and Warren Harris

      Performed by Twan Journey

      Courtesy of Lighthouse Marketing and Management

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    • Release date
      • August 30, 2002 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • De profesión asesino
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • TriStar Pictures
      • Key Entertainment
      • Ramcity Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $18,926
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,994
      • Sep 1, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $18,926
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 25m(85 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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