Belly (1998) on Netflix
Buns asks Sincere to help him sell a new form of heroin and turns to Ox, a Jamaican drug lord, for the supply. Sincere, a Queens criminal with a family, hesitates.
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Plot summary
Tommy "Buns" Bundy and Sincere are criminals from Queens, New York, who earn their money from drugs and armed robbery. They have moved from their Queens neighborhood to an upscale part of Manhattan. Sincere lives with his girlfriend Tionne and their baby daughter Kenya, and he has begun to question the life he leads. Buns asks him to help sell a new form of heroin, and Sincere reluctantly agrees. For the supply, Buns goes to Ox, a wealthy Jamaican drug lord, who will provide the heroin if Buns repays him with a special favor later on.
Cast
- Oliver "Power" Grantas Knowledge
- Stanley Draytonas Wise
- Ben Chavisas Rev. Saviour (as Minister Benjamin F. Muhammed)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Belly (1998)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The Magic Johnson Theatres chain, then owned by former NBA star Magic Johnson, banned Belly from its screens over what it called negative and violent depictions of African Americans.
- Production was plagued by frequent clashes between director Hype Williams and the producers, plus budget constraints and cast members turning up drunk, high, or late.
- Much of the $3 million budget was used up on the film's opening scene, which was filmed in the former Tunnel nightclub in New York City.
- The film's costume designer, June Ambrose, recalled that Williams wanted the film's "shiny look" to "forecast what the hip-hop genre's gonna look like in the millennium."
- The follow-up was originally titled Millionaire Boyz Club, but when Czar Entertainment partnered with Lionsgate for distribution, Lionsgate, which owned the rights to Belly, added the Belly 2 prefix for marketing purposes; the film has no returning cast and no narrative link to the original.
