Stars: Beanie Sigel, Jay Z, Damon Dash, Memphis Bleek, Omillio Sparks, Sundy Carter, Freeway, Dee Lee, Chris Eric Williams

Director: Abdul Malik Abbott

Summary: A guy decides to take on the American Dream by taking over the city and battling against the police and other gangsters.

Rapper Memphis Bleek and his Roc-A-Fella crew star in this gritty urban crime drama based on actual events. Determined to make big cash, local Philly thug Beans (Beanie Siegel) forms a gang he dubs the A.B.M. (All 'Bout Money) and declares that all his rivals better "get down or lay down." Bleek, Jay-Z, Omillio Sparks, Freeway, and Damon Dash are some of his friends and enemies along the way. Beans earns plenty of cash, and a nice home in the suburbs for his family, but like all movie gangsters he doesn't know when to quit. The body count rises, his old lady (Sundy Carter) gets kidnapped, and incarceration threatens when a surviving victim decides to rat Beans out to the cops.
First-time director Abdul Malik Abbot smartly eschews any morality, romance or phony glamour in favor of a practical, no-nonsense, sex-and-violence approach. The film's real strength, however, is the naturalistic performances of the actors and their ease with the quotable, expletive-rich dialogue. STATE PROPERTY should delight viewers schooled in rap music and gangster films, but others may find themselves needing subtitles to decipher the thick slang. It's filmed on digital video, blown up to 35mm for theatrical release.

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Aspect Ratio:	Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	4 Music Videos, Directors Commentary, Behind The Scenes Featurette, Deleted Scenes, Cast Auditions, Dancer Auditions, Sneak Previews, Scene Selection, Interactive Menus
Year:	2002
Release Date:	October 21, 2002
Runtime:	90 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D V 1097
Keywords:	Action, General, Wide, Screen, State, Property, Adventure
Genre:	Action/Adventure