State Property (2002)

I love Beanie Sigel. He is the most underrated rapper out of Rocafella Records but this movie stunk like week-old roadkill. Beanie plays a bully who runs around with a group of thugs that beat up on people in their hometown and issue them a warning that goes "get down or lay down"! The main flaw of the movie is that nobody can act. Beanie is so laughable in his role that sometimes I crack up when he comes on screen. He is not the only one who should stick to rapping. Memphis Bleek's character was a riot for all the wrong reasons(when he shot a Beanie's car for honking the horn at him, I laughed so hard that I peed a little. Damon Dash and Jay-z are stiff as mannequins in this movie also. You cant tell that the director knew that this film was rank and told them to keep going anyway. The funniest part is when Beanie's lawyers tell him to cop a plea for a guy he just shot. Lol! His reaction was a hoot! In short this is a bad movie simple and plain. If you want to watch it to see how bad it is then fine. But you were warned.

I was surprised by this film. Saw it late night on BET. Was very impressed with its intensity. Having lived in NYC during the early days of crack and having had friends that grew up in the projects, the film struck a chord.The guy that plays 'Beanie' is intense in this film. Great performance in my opinion and I loved the tag line "Ya either get down or ya lay down and if ya lay down, y'r gonna stay down."I was also impressed with some of the special effects. Pretty gritty in spots.Although this is not a perfect film by any means, I do believe that it is worth viewing.I have not seen the sequel.

Yes the acting was garbage, I will admit that, and the story was NOT original at all, but I still really enjoyed the movie. Granted I am a big fan of Roc-A-Fella records and all of their artists. If you are a fan of rap, or low budget movies you will like it...Personally I thought Dame's character was the most enjoyable of them all, especially the scene with him and Jigga man talking in the front of his Benz. Not as good of a rap movie as Belly but still a pretty good hood flick. The acting, filming, dialog and story are NOTHING SPECIAL or ORIGINAL, but it does have enough action and jokes to keep it entertaining if you ENJOY films of this genre. If you don't like low-budget/rap/hood/gangsta movies then stay away!

Yo this movie is crazy mad awesome. These cats is at the top of they game. Dudes on the street is Fianna be tell in embody they see to "get down or lay down"..."Cruz if you lay down, you Fianna stay down". Jay-Z's acting be top par in this. He should'veg won an Oscar, on the real. Damon Dash is amazing as "Dame" a REAL departure for him from his usual personality. Such a switch just shows how versatile he can be. An of course, Beanie Seagel is amazing as that niggard "Beans". He a mad savage cat on the come up, for real. Run out an rent this before it sells out an cats on the street Stout selling copies of this in little baggies. You can buy a scene for like $20 or summon. These cats is mad fabulous.