Wednesday 14 October 2009

MOVIE SYNOPSIS: A Day In The Life; Sticky Fingaz (2009); Lionsgate Films


If you know ONYX, the rap group from the early 90's which included big names; Fredro Starr and Sticky Fingaz, then you'd also know that Fredro Star and Sticky both released solo albums after the disintegration of the group.
Stick went on to make a classic album; 'The Autobiography of Kirk Jones' in which he used a unique format where the entire album played out on your audio decks like a movie, with most songs in master story-telling fashion and tracks following each other in sequence like scenes in a movie, he even begn the LP with the 20th Century Fox signature tune and sound effects.

This time around Sticky does the opposite; he writes, directs and produces this movie which plays out like a Rap album with EVERY conversation 'rapped' instead of plain speaking. The movie's creativity covers up for the poor acting and generic thug-life story.

The movies covers the everyday life of a gangbanger/streethustler/drug dealer who wants to leave the game after he finds out his girlfriend is pregnant, but before he can do this, he has to eliminate a rival gang leader who stole his stash and killed his peeps. At the end we find out who stays standing.
The movie features many known black faces including Mekhi Pfeiffer, Omar Epps, Omar from The Wire, Fredro Star, Mickey Rourke (Agent Don Self from the final season of Prison Break), Ray J and Sticky Fingaz himself.
Anyone who loves true Rap as exemplified by albums like 'Stillmatic', 'The Blueprint', 'The Autobiography of Kirk Jones' and 'Its Dark and Hell is Hot' will definitely love this movie.

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