![]() As a violent rough chino gangster movie Shottas truly excels. The sheer brutality and efficiency of the scene gives rare light into the dark world that the movie takes place in. While there are many violent gun toting action scenes the film really comes to shine during a robbery gone wrong at a Jamaican nightclub. While the film does focus on the violent coup d'etat preformed by main character Biggs the real focus of the film is the discretion and lifestyle of murder and corruption that the film is based upon. ![]() Shottas is a graphically violent handgun oriented gangster film dealing with ties between the Jamaican Mafia and Miami street life. I was thrown off by the Jamaican origin and theme at first but decided to watch anyway. I was looking for the coke lord with heavy violence drama that such films as New Jack City and South Central excellently portrayed. I originally found out about this movie while doing research on gangster films from the 90's. ![]()
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