Bones

Jimmy Bones was a respected figure in his Chicago neighborhood in 1979, a man who looked after the people around him until a corrupt police officer and a rival dealer turned against him and had him killed. His death was covered up, his elegant house became his tomb, and over the following decades the area slid into decay. Years later, a group of young people buy the abandoned building and convert it into a nightclub, unaware of what happened there. Their renovation disturbs the spirit of Bones, who rises again to take revenge on those who betrayed him and to reclaim the neighborhood he once protected. Snoop Dogg plays the title role, with Pam Grier as Pearl, Michael T. Weiss as the policeman Al Lupovich, Clifton Powell as Jeremiah Peet, Ricky Harris as Eddie Mack, and Bianca Lawson as Cynthia.

Ernest R. Dickerson directed the film, his sixth feature after Juice, Surviving the Game, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, Bulletproof, and Futuresport, working from a screenplay by Adam Simon and Tim Metcalfe. It was produced by Lloyd Segan, Rupert Harvey, and Peter Heller for New Line Cinema and released in October 2001.

Made for about 16 million dollars, the film took in roughly half that amount worldwide. On IMDb it holds a rating of 4.5 out of 10 from around 8,800 votes, and on TMDB a rating of 5 out of 10 from 182 votes. A critics' rating of 4.2 out of 10 from 72 reviews places it below even the modest audience scores.