Belly

Belly

  • Director: Hype Williams
  • Writer: Anthony Bodden,Nas,Hype Williams
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: November 4, 1998
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Black Blood
  • Starring rappers DMX and Nas in Belly, DMX (Earl Simmons) plays Buns, an ambitious con man desperate for money, power and respect, while his best friend Sincere (Nas) tries to stop him illegal behavior. "Belly" vividly demonstrates the power of hip-hop culture that drives today's urban youth. TLC's T-Boz and Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man also star in the film. And "Belly 2" starring The Game was released in December 2008.

    Details

    • Release date November 4, 1998
    • Filming locations Irvington, New Jersey, USA
    • Production companies Big Dog Films

    Box office

    Budget

    $3,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $9,639,390

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $3,454,776

    Gross worldwide

    $9,639,390

    Movie reviews

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    • By Delpha 2022-10-21 16:38:37

      belly movie last words

      This year is an unusual year, a millennium. You see tons of young people being exposed to drugs, sex and violence. This generation only knows about crime, not punished. How their lives will be affected! He is our future, our hope, shouldn't they be punished? We are being poisoned by the civilized world. You and I are arranged by God. The wicked people in the world try their best to deceive. Although there are many successes, they will never happen again! In the millennium, God will conquer...

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    • By Natalie 2023-09-03 17:45:18

      I like the values ​​of the...

    • By Ewald 2023-07-24 05:21:18

      Nightclubs are robbed by neon lights, grandmother’s cellars are divided, it’s okay; if you don’t agree with your best friend, the boss sits around the table in a circle, it’s good; Jamaican mansion beheads a hundred people, aiming at the samba cutthroat killer, the enemy; Method Man assassin secretly rubs Frightening good women to lose to ashtrays, eh? The CIA bought the DMX assassination of the head of the black leader, and turned back to the shore to believe in the Lord and live forever, uh,...

    • By Dana 2023-06-29 16:24:54

      Facts have proved that a good movie needs at least a good script, and the director is still suitable for taking the old way of shooting...

    • By Greta 2023-06-25 14:26:53

      Make do with dmx very...

    • By Hank 2023-03-13 15:47:50

      American crime movie...

    Movie plot

    "Belly" stars rapper DMX as Earl Simmons as an ambitious con man desperate for money, power and respect while his best friend Nasir Jones tries to stop his illicit behavior. "Belly" vividly demonstrates the forces driving the culture of today's urban youth. Nominated for the 1999 Independent Spirit Award, Belly is a dark, poignant urban thriller whose biggest stunt is an all-star cast of platinum rap artists—early Simmons (aka DMX)...
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    Movie quotes

    • Sincere: I feel it's the only way. I don't feel a need to play the whole part in the entire movement. But, yo, if you just raise your family right, if I just live righteously, I be all right. Yo, my whole life is dedicated to change.

    • Rev. Saviour: I knew you were coming... so I sent everyone away... because I believed my final moment was at hand. Before you pull that trigger... and take my life, I would like the chance to tell you some things, perhaps to think about after I am gone. Don't worry about me stallin'. My people have orders to leave me to my studies for another 15 minutes. I will only take five. Can you bear with me? Will you? Then make up your mind. Today marks the change of not only a New Year, but a new millennium. Take a look around. The majority of the youth roam the streets... dealing in drugs, sex and violence, thinking these things have no real effect on life. Crimes without real punishment. An uncaring, unfeeling generation... without knowledge of self. This is the future of our nation, the future of our people. Do you think hatred and evil will go unpunished? The world is now feeling the heat... from flames it has kept burning since the beginning of civilization. You represent that fire. You and I are just a small part of God's plan. The evil men of this world have applied every method possible... to deceive its occupants. And each time with greater success than anticipated. But no more. Tonight, with this new millennium, God will begin to overcome this evil. I represent the truth... to the people. Without truth, nothing is sacred. The lie-that's what the devil is all about. You know that, that's why you're here. The truth is, we all play a grave role... in our own destruction. Your money. Your lifestyles. The things that people value and covet so dearly... are the bait that lures them out of the light. Through the love of others... I have power. The truth gives me this. Those that fear me send you here, here to murder all that I say. They use what you fear against you. Your fear of death, your fear of imprisonment. Where in this world is anyone safe from death? You see the lies you've been told? The path you take is not your own. Have you ever thought about how precious a life is? How difficult it is to create? How loosely and easily it has been for you to take away? Brother, help me. Help me to do what's right. Help me to stop the slaughter of our children. Help me to put an end to the disrespect... and the dishonor of our most valuable resource: the black woman. Help me put an end... to the destruction of the young mind through the use of drugs, alcohol. Help me to build up a population of great thinkers. People who create change... through thoughtfulness and spirituality. Will you choose that truth? Will you? Will you choose the light over the darkness? Hold it, stay where you are. Will you choose life? It's time. It's time, man. It's time.

    • Rico: I don't like that shit. Don't like that shit one bit.