Biggs and Wayne take the loot and get visas to go to America. 38 snub-nosed revolver without permission from a marihuana dealer who conceals it in an old sneaker in a woodpile. They learn that he has lots of loot, but he doesn't pack a pistol to protect himself. One day they spot a delivery man with a fat wad of bills in his fist. Our protagonists, Biggs and Wayne are barefoot and broke as youngsters in Kingston in 1978. Several die, shot down like dogs, next to their man in or on whatever mode of transportation that they had at the time. Women are objectified throughout the gritty action as dispensable sex objects. Young Turks that groove on the gangster gunfights promiscuous, half-clad babes sporting fake and/or genuine boobs, and cool cars will relish this good looking movie. Authentic locales in both Jamaica and Miami enhances to the film's sense of realism. Indeed, Silvera directs "Shottas" as if it were a music video with liberal use of jump cuts, aerial visuals, slow-motion, varying shutter speeds, and amped up music. This account of two penniless kids that grow up in the West Indies to become murderous criminals with lots of reggae music sweetening the mix resembles a music video. Reviewed by zardoz-13 6 / 10 "Playtime Is Over!"įreshman writer & director Cess Silvera's "Shottas" is a shallow, cynical, but competently lensed, R-rated, blood-splattered Jamaican gangster saga in the tradition of William Wellman's "The Public Enemy" (1931) as well as Brian DePalma's "Scarface" (1983) with noisy gunfights and vile profanity galore.
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