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Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 03-10-2002, 05:07 PM:

03/10/2002, Cinemark 17, Springfield OR, #4, scope, SR-D. About 10 people in the audience (not a good sign since Cinemark has an exclusive on this movie here). Image quality was outstanding: sharp, bright, and VERY steady. Who says the Christies can't put up a good picture?

Sound-wise though, the left screen channel was dead during the trailers and the first 45 mins of the feature. I reported it during the trailers, nothing happened until well into the show. It then came to life for a few minutes, but died again, came on again later and was working for the last half hour or so. And no detectable .1 LFE as in all their Dolby setups. Cinemark policy trailer was missing.

I expected a comedy, which this isn't. Story (such as it is) has something to do with stolen diamonds, extremely ruthless and cruel bad guys after their stolen diamonds, a lost winning lotto ticket, and plenty-o-trash-talk by Ice Cube and Mike Epps. There was exactly 1 good laugh, having to do with one of the bad guys' receding hairline. This is basically a violent gangster movie, people getting shot, tortured, etc., and not very funny. The best I can say for it is it looked good on the screen.