Bones (2001)

Director:

Ernest R. Dickerson

Writers (WGA):

Adam Simon (written by) &
Tim Metcalfe (written by)

Release Date:

24 October 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Horror

Tagline:

This Dogg's got a bone to pick.

Plot:

Over 20 years after his death by a gunshot, Jimmy Bones comes back as a ghost to wreak revenge on those who killed him and to clean up his neighborhood.

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Corrupt Cop | Dog | Nightclub | Fortune Teller

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Snoop Dogg	...	Jimmy Bones
Pam Grier	...	Pearl
Michael T. Weiss	...	Lupovich
Clifton Powell	...	Jeremiah Peet
Ricky Harris	...	Eddie Mack
Bianca Lawson	...	Cynthia
Khalil Kain	...	Patrick
Merwin Mondesir	...	Bill
Sean Amsing	...	Maurice
Katharine Isabelle	...	Tia
Ron Selmour	...	Shotgun (as Ronald Selmour)
Deezer D	...	Stank
Garikayi Mutambirwa	...	Weaze
Erin Wright	...	Snowflake
Josh Byer	...	Jason
Kirby Morrow	...	Palmer
Ellen Ewusie	...	The Death Lady
Lynda Boyd	...	Nancy
Boyan Vukelic	...	Young Cop
Marcus Moldowan	...	Young Patrick
Mavis D'Andrade	...	Old Woman - Street
Colin Foo	...	Elderly Séance Man
Emy Aneke	...	Clubber
Randy Schooley	...	Investigator
Tracey Classen	...	Bones Shadow
Donny James Lucas	...	Crackhead (as Donny Lucas)
Shanel Nelson-Murray	...	Skipping Girl
Chaynade Knowles	...	Skipping Girl
Brittany Moldowan	...	Skipping Girl
Helena Yea	...	Séance Woman
Gladys Phillip	...	Séance Woman
D. Harlan Cutshall	...	Séance Man
Carlos Joe Costa	...	Séance Man
Jeni Le Gon	...	Window Granny (as Jeni Legon)
Chaka White	...	Foxy Lady
Keith Provost	...	Cop
Brantley Bush	...	Cop
Linda Chow	...	Jeremiah's First Wife
Charles Jones Jr.	...	Elderly Man
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Victor Formosa	...	Thug (uncredited)
Danny Waugh	...	Wino (uncredited)

Directed by
Ernest R. Dickerson		(as Ernest Dickerson)

Writing credits (WGA)
Adam Simon		(written by) &
Tim Metcalfe		(written by)

Produced by
Leon Dudevoir	....	co-producer
Rupert Harvey	....	producer
Peter Heller	....	producer
Stephen W. Hollocker	....	co-producer (as Stephen Hollocker)
Carolyn Manetti	....	executive producer
Lloyd Segan	....	producer

Original Music by
Elia Cmiral

Cinematography by
Flavio Martínez Labiano		(director of photography) (as Flavio Labiano)

Film Editing by
Michael N. Knue
Stephen Lovejoy

Casting by
Anya Colloff
Jennifer Fishman
Amy McIntyre Britt

Production Design by
Douglas Higgins

Art Direction by
Gary Myers

Set Decoration by
Tedd Kuchera

Costume Design by
Dana Campbell

Makeup Department
Jaremy Aiello	....	makeup effects sculptor: Alterian
Larry Bones	....	makeup effects foam runner: Alterian
Jeffrey P. Buccacio Jr.	....	makeup effects sculptor: Alterian (as Jeff Buccacio)
Mike Fields	....	makeup effects technician: WCT Productions
Fred Fraliegh	....	makeup effects principal wall artist: Alterian (as Frederick Fraliegh)
Tony Gardner	....	makeup effects designer: Alterian
Rachel Griffin	....	makeup effects technician: WCT Productions
George Grove	....	makeup effects technician: WCT Productions
Bruce Houston	....	makeup effects technician: WCT Productions
Jessica Huebner	....	makeup effects production manager: Alterian
Richard Kohlen	....	first assistant hair stylist
Barry R. Koper	....	on-set key makeup effects applicator: Alterian (as Barry Koper)
Lisa Leonard	....	key hair stylist
Connor McCullagh	....	makeup effects principal artist: Alterian (as Conor McCullagh)
Connie Parker	....	key makeup artist
Brad Proctor	....	makeup effects technician: WCT Productions
Paul Salamoff	....	makeup effects project manager: Alterian
Russell Shinkle	....	makeup effects mechanical design: Alterian
Lisa Strong	....	first assistant makeup artist
Lilo Tauvau	....	makeup effects principal artist: Alterian (as Lilo Tauvao)
Bill Terezakis	....	makeup effects supervisor: WCT Productions
Maureen Terezakis	....	makeup effects production manager: WCT Productions (as Maureen Chan)
Heather Vickers	....	makeup effects production assistant: WCT Productions
Stephanie Webb-Williams	....	makeup effects: accounting/controller, Alterian (as Stephanie Williams)
George Worden	....	makeup effects production assistant: Alterian
Jack Bricker	....	makeup effects hair technician: Alterian (uncredited)
Jerry Constantine	....	makeup effects technician: Alterian (uncredited)
Cynthia J. Gardner	....	makeup effects finance management: Alterian (uncredited)
Connie Grayson	....	makeup effects hair technician: Alterian (uncredited)
Jeff Himmel	....	makeup effects sculptor: Alterian (uncredited)
Matt Jordon	....	makeup effects artist: Alterian (uncredited)
Carol Koch	....	makeup effects sculptor: Alterian (uncredited)
Michael O'Brien	....	makeup effects technician: Alterian (uncredited)
Leanne Rae Podavin	....	makeup effects technician: WCT Productions (uncredited)
Geoff Redknap	....	makeup effects technician: WCT Productions (uncredited)

Production Management
Carla Fry	....	executive in charge of production
Ric Keeley	....	post-production supervisor
Jody Levin	....	executive in charge of post-production
Robert Petrovicz	....	unit production manager
Frank Salvino	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Glenn Bottomley	....	second assistant director
Richard Coleman	....	first assistant director
Peter Dashkewytch	....	first assistant director: second unit
Alexis Hinde	....	third assistant director
Sara Irvine	....	trainee assistant director
Philip Katsikas	....	second assistant director: second unit (as Phil Katsikas)
Ian Samoil	....	third assistant director: second unit
Rob Vouriot	....	first assistant director: miniatures unit
Richard Worden	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Don Anderson	....	assistant property master
Brian Beatty	....	lead carpenter
John Beatty	....	general foreman
Brent Bennett	....	assistant set decorator
Robin Driscoll	....	lead painter
Phil Gough	....	property master (as Philip Gough)
Peter Grace	....	construction coordinator
Christine Handley	....	buyer
Jack Higgins	....	assistant art director
Steve Houle	....	on-set dresser
Marko Lytviak	....	paint coordinator (as Marco Lytviak)
Sheila Millar	....	set designer
Jim Pate	....	assistant property master
Valentine Pavuls	....	property master: second unit
Reno Pellegrin	....	set dresser
Dan Petrescu	....	scenic artist
Margot Ready	....	art department production assistant
Dean Rossmo	....	construction buyer
Mike Sorochuk	....	lead carpenter
Carlos Vera	....	conceptual artist
Ling Yang	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Steve Bartkowicz	....	sound engineer (as Steve Barkowicz)
Brian Basham	....	adr recordist
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
William Butler	....	sound mixer
Susan Cahill	....	foley editor (as Susan Gamsaragan)
Ray Collins	....	sound mixer: second unit
Benjamin L. Cook	....	sound effects editor (as Benjamin Cook)
Wendy Czajkowsky	....	adr mixer
Jed M. Dodge	....	adr supervisor
Matt Dubin	....	digital transfer engineer
Lisle Engle	....	sound effects editor
Jim Fitzpatrick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Robert Getty	....	adr editor
Robert Getty	....	dialogue editor
David Grant	....	dialogue editor
Michael Hertlein	....	dialogue editor
Chris Higgins	....	boom operator
Brad Hillman	....	adr mixer
Robert Jackson	....	dialogue editor
Jaya Jayaraja	....	sound utility
Michael Kamper	....	sound effects editor
Diane Marshall	....	foley artist (as S. Diane Marshall)
Martin Mitchell	....	boom operator
Michael Mullane	....	sound effects editor
Hugh Murphy	....	assistant sound editor
Myron Nettinga	....	sound re-recording mixer
Timothy Pearson	....	foley artist
Benjamin Pedersen	....	assistant sound editor (as Ben Pederson)
Bruce Richardson	....	sound supervisor
Alison Sanford	....	sound recordist
Scott Schmidt	....	adr recordist
Naan Spiess	....	cableperson
Lucy Sustar	....	foley mixer
Jerry Trent	....	foley artist
Johanna Turner	....	digital transfer engineer
Scott Wolf	....	sound supervisor
Gary Coppola	....	additional sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
William Jacobs	....	supervising sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Dan Clark	....	additional special effects (as Dan Clarke)
Adrian Fisher	....	additional special effects
David K'shin Gendron	....	special effects first assistant (as David Gendron)
Ian Korver	....	additional special effects
Robert Rockhill	....	additional special effects (as Rob Rockhill)
Randy Shymkiw	....	special effects coordinator
John Sleep	....	special effects first assistant
Bill Terezakis	....	puppeteer: Demon Dog
Terry Wadd	....	additional special effects

Visual Effects by
John Anderson	....	composite artist: Pixel Magic
Adam Avitabile	....	digital compositor (2007)
Timothy Clark	....	visual effects matte painter (as Tim Clark)
Franklin Cofod	....	line-up/editorial: Pixel Magic
Eric Dehaven	....	digital compositor
Victor DiMichina	....	digital imaging supervisor: Pixel Magic
Barry Dresner	....	visual effects editor
Charlene Eberle Douglas	....	visual effects coordinator (as Charlene Eberle)
Roy Erickson	....	systems administrator: Pixel Magic
Kevin Fisher	....	scanning & recording: Pixel Magic
Patrick Flanagan	....	composite artist: Pixel Magic (as Patrick Flannagan)
Tyler Foell	....	2D supervisor
Jim Gorman	....	3D artist: Pixel Magic
Nate Haggard	....	composite artist: Pixel Magic
Mike Hardison	....	3D artist: Pixel Magic
Ivan Hayden	....	visual effects previsualization
George Macri	....	software development: Pixel Magic
Ray McIntyre Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor: Pixel Magic (as Raymond McIntyre Jr.)
Karla McIntyre	....	visual effects coordinator: Pixel Magic
Brad Moylan	....	digital compositor: Pixel Magic
Patrick Murphy	....	digital compositor: Pixel Magic
Reid Paul	....	digital compositing supervisor: Pixel Magic
Tim Pyle	....	3D artist: Pixel Magic
Lauren Ritchie	....	executive in charge of visual effects
Josh Saeta	....	composite artist: Pixel Magic
Ray Scalice	....	general manager: Pixel Magic
Gunther Schatz	....	lead visual effects artist
Geordie Spradling	....	composite artist: Pixel Magic
Erik Strauss	....	visual effects producer: NP3DFX
Marc Toscano	....	3D animator
Juan Carlos Vargas	....	3D artist: Pixel Magic
Todd Vaziri	....	composite artist: Pixel Magic
Ariel Velasco-Shaw	....	visual effects supervisor (as Ariel Shaw)
Christopher Dusendschon	....	digital imaging: THDX (uncredited)
Steven Emmert	....	optical compositor: THDX (uncredited)

Stunts
Brenda Adams	....	stunts
Lloyd Adams	....	stunt double
Barb Bartos	....	stunts (as Barbra Bartos)
Sylvain Cameron	....	stunts
Yves Cameron	....	stunt coordinator: prep
Douglas Chapman	....	stunt double (as Doug Chapman)
Dean Choe	....	stunts
Jocelyn Clarke	....	stunts
Aubrey Culp	....	stunts (as Aubrey Lee Culp)
Duane Dickinson	....	stunts
Errol Gee	....	stunt double
Corry Glass	....	stunts
David Hooper	....	stunt performer
David Hooper	....	stunts
Ernie Jackson	....	stunt coordinator (as Ernest Jackson)
Michael Langlois	....	stunts
Don Lew	....	stunts
Brad Loree	....	stunt double
Deb Macatumpag	....	stunt double (as Deborah Macatampag)
Daniel B. Melles	....	stunt double (as Daneil Melles)
Mike Mitchell	....	stunts
Colette Perry	....	stunts
Ronald Robinson	....	stunts
Trish Schill	....	stunts (as Patricia Schill)
Basil Sohun	....	stunt double
Bill Stewart	....	stunts
Melissa R. Stubbs	....	stunts (as Melissa Stubbs)

Camera and Electrical Department
David Bercovici-Artieda	....	second assistant camera: miniatures unit (as David Bercovici-Artieds)
Michael C. Blundell	....	camera operator: second unit (as Mike Blundell)
Marco Ciccone	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Chris Cochrane	....	gaffer: second unit
Chris Cochrane	....	rigging gaffer
Douglas Craik	....	camera operator: "a" camera (as Doug Craik)
John Dines	....	generator operator
Yves Drapeau	....	first assistant camera: miniatures unit
Rodney Duval	....	grip (as Rodney Duvall)
Sean Elliott	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Harvey Fedor	....	key grip
Aris Georgiopoulos	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Colin Gray	....	rigging gaffer
Shane Harvey	....	still photographer
Chris Jones	....	grip
Stephan Lentz	....	key grip: miniatures unit
Garth Longmore	....	camera loader
David Lourie	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Scott MacDonald	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Chris McMullen	....	additional camera operator
Tricia Mutcher	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
David Neveaux	....	key grip: second unit (as David Nevaux)
David Neveaux	....	rigging grip
Clint Paglaro	....	video assist operator
Randal Platt	....	camera operator: miniatures unit
Randal Platt	....	director of photography: miniatures unit
Christopher Reusing	....	best boy electrician
Don Saari	....	gaffer: miniatures unit
Charlie Schultz	....	best boy grip
Greg Simmonds	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Michael Spicer	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Michael Spicer	....	cinematographer: second unit
Jeff Upton	....	gaffer
Michael Wale	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Peter Wilke	....	dolly grip

Casting Department
Susan Taylor Brouse	....	casting: Canada
Cheri Gaynor	....	casting assistant: Canada
Lori Marshall	....	extras casting
Scott Muller	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marnie Ander	....	set costumer
Steve Constancio	....	set costumer
Debbie Geaghan	....	costume set supervisor
Jennifer Grossman	....	assistant costume designer
Lori Kenny	....	costumer (as Lori Kenney)
Kurtis Reeves	....	costume set supervisor: second unit

Editorial Department
Lynn Abroms	....	first assistant editor
Steve Ansell	....	first assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter: Kona Cutting
Richard Currie	....	second assistant editor
Barry Dresner	....	second assistant editor
Nathan W. Jones	....	post-production assistant (as Nathan Jones)
David Lebowitz	....	second assistant editor
Richard Long	....	assistant editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Philip Pucci	....	assistant editor
Philip Steinman	....	second assistant editor (as Philipe Steinman)
Joëlle Taar	....	second assistant editor

Music Department
Thomas Bartke	....	conductor: score
Karen Bennett	....	assistant music editor
Bob Bowen	....	music executive
Paul Broucek	....	music executive
John Burton	....	score assistant engineer
Elia Cmiral	....	orchestrator
Mike Flicker	....	music editor
Sam Hofstedt	....	score assistant engineer
Jeff Lingle	....	additional music editor
Lise Richardson	....	music editor: temp score
Mitch Rotter	....	soundtrack supervisor
David Sabee	....	music contractor
Annie Searles	....	music clearances
Lori Silfen	....	music business affairs
John Whynot	....	score mixer
John Whynot	....	score recordist
Matt Friedman	....	music editor (uncredited)
Dan Ostermann	....	musician: trombone (uncredited)

Transportation Department
David R. Anderson	....	transportation coordinator (as Dave Anderson)
Jim Barley	....	driver
Elaine Barrett	....	transportation captain
Fred Davies	....	picture vehicle coordinator
Harold Felhauer	....	driver
Dave Hetherington	....	driver
Mark Libera	....	driver
John Martin	....	driver
Barry Meldrum	....	transportation captain: second unit
Gordon Pearce	....	driver
Edwin Robertson	....	driver
Terry Storey	....	driver
Brian Waltho	....	driver
Keith Waltho	....	driver

Other crew
Craig Alexander	....	production attorney
Shine Anthony	....	stand-in (as Shine)
Lynell Bangs	....	production accountant
Karin Behrenz	....	production assistant
Ronald Brennan	....	security (as Ron Brennan)
Rich Brown	....	second assistant accountant
Laurie Cartwright	....	risk management
Terence Chase	....	security
Matthew Chipera	....	location manager
Rick Coffee	....	first assistant accountant
Cathy Cunliffe	....	craft service
Cathy Cunliffe	....	first aid
Paul Darc	....	production services: Canada
Gloria Davies	....	unit publicist
Ian Doig	....	raven trainer
Jeff Egan	....	production safety
Pablo Ferro	....	title designer: main title sequence
Rose Geddes	....	assistant: Ms. Grier
Emily Glatter	....	supervising production coordinator
Jared Howitt	....	production office assistant
Ed Hunter	....	assistant: Snoop Dogg
Derek Hurst	....	extras wrangler
Tracey Hway	....	stand-in
James Ice	....	assistant: Snoop Dogg
Sharon Ingram	....	production coordinator (as Sharon P. Ingram)
Scott Kanyuck	....	production attorney
Scott Karpf	....	assistant: Lloyd Segan
Lana Krotenko	....	script supervisor: second unit
Alexandra La Roche	....	script supervisor (as Alexandra Laroche)
Laura Livingstone	....	assistant: Rupert Harvey & Peter Heller
Grace MacLeod	....	animal trainer
Andrew Matthews	....	financial consultant
Anthony McRae	....	stand-in (as Anthony McCrae)
Terrance Morris	....	stand-in (as Terrence Morris)
Jennifer Mount	....	risk management
Peter Pao	....	key production assistant
Nicholas Podbrey	....	lead puppeteer
William Proctor	....	assistant: Ernest Dickerson (as Bill Proctor)
Paul Prokop	....	production controller
Kristian Ransonnet	....	post-production accountant (as Kristyan Ransonnet)
Joshua Ravetch	....	production resources
Connie Rusgen	....	animal trainer
Amy Russell	....	clearances: The Clear Choice
Heidi Grace Scott	....	accounting clerk (as Heidi Scott)
David Sporn	....	business affairs liaison
Robert Strother	....	production services: Canada
Jennifer Tanami-Hendriks	....	production secretary (as Jennifer Tanami)
Pat Taylor	....	assistant production coordinator (as Patricia Taylor)
Jim Tsiropoulos	....	stand-in
Lee Tucker	....	preview technical supervisor
Costa Vassos	....	assistant location manager
Diane Ward	....	production coordinator
Wanda Wilson	....	stand-in
Steve Woodley	....	animal trainer
Ed Wynyk	....	security captain (as Ed Wynnyk)
Sean Jordan	....	interactive media (uncredited)
Gordon Juli	....	security (uncredited)

Thanks
Stacy Adams	....	the film-makers wish to extend their personal thanks
Jeffrey Denker	....	the film-makers wish to extend their personal thanks (as Jeff Denker)
Joe Dunn	....	the film-makers wish to extend their personal thanks

Production Companies

• New Line Cinema (presents)
• Lloyd Segan Company, The
• Heller Highwater Productions (in association with)
• Hannah Rachel Production Services

Distributors

• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• Aurum Producciones (Spain)
• New Line Cinema
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• PlayArte Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• PlayArte Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• RTL Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5)
• Village Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)
• Warner Bros. (Germany)
• Warner Home Video (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (Germany) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Pixel Magic (special visual effects)
• No Prisoners 3DFX LLC (additional visual effects)
• Alterian (makeup and animatronic effects) (as Tony Gardner and Alterian)
• WCT Productions (make-up effects: Canada)

Other Companies

• AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services  insurance (as AON/Albert G. Ruben)
• Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA)  acknowledgment (as ACTRA)
• Cast & Crew Payroll Services  payroll (as Cast & Crew)
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Clairmont Camera  cameras
• Clairmont Camera  the film makers wish to extend their personal thanks to the following for their contribution to the making of this movie (as Clairmont Camera)
• Clear Choice, The  clearances
• Custom Film Effects  opticals
• Deluxe  prints by (as Deluxe, Inc.)
• Digital Sound and Picture  post production sound (as Digital Sound & Picture)
• Eagle Camera Support Systems  camera cranes
• Enyce  the film makers wish to extend their personal thanks to the following for their contribution to the making of this movie
• Epic Entertainment  grip equipment
• Fujifilm  released on (as Fujifilm Professional Motion Picture Products)
• Gemini Sound Products  the film makers wish to extend their personal thanks to the following for their contribution to the making of this movie (as Gemini Sound Products, Corp)
• Interface Cosmetics For Women of Color  the film makers wish to extend their personal thanks to the following for their contribution to the making of this movie (as Interface Cosmetics)
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)  this picture made under the jurisdiction of (as I.A.T.S.E.)
• Kona Cutting  negative cutting
• Location Caterers  catering
• Lugz  the film makers wish to extend their personal thanks to the following for their contribution to the making of this movie
• Marithé et François Girbaud  the film makers wish to extend their personal thanks to the following for their contribution to the making of this movie (as Martihé François Girbaud)
• Molokai Productions  video playback
• Nike  the film makers wish to extend their personal thanks to the following for their contribution to the making of this movie
• Paramount Production Support  camera dollies and electrical equipment (as Paramount Production Services Inc.)
• Priority Records  soundtrack album available on
• Robert Puff Music  music preparation
• Samsung  the film makers wish to extend their personal thanks to the following for their contribution to the making of this movie
• Seattlemusic  score performed by
• Studio X  score recorded and mixed at (as Studio X, Seattle)
• The Sentinel Hill Group  production services: Canada
• Title House Digital  main and end title opticals
• Todd Studios  re-recorded at
• Urban Marketing Corporation of America (UMCA)  field publicity
• Zippo Lighters  the film makers wish to extend their personal thanks to the following for their contribution to the making of this movie

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/gore, language, sexuality and drugs.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | South Korea:18 | USA:R (No. 37967) | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | France:-16 | Germany:18 | Ireland:18 | Norway:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:18 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

This was the first time where Snoop Dogg and Pam Grier collaborated together on film - they have done music videos since 1993.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end when Patrick is holding the picture of Pearl and Jimmy, he has long red painted fingernails - these are obviously not his hands.

Quotes:

Jimmy Bones: I'm on a high... A supernatural high

Movie Connections:

Featured in The House That Freddy Built (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Memories

8/10 on my scale. What a good horror/revenge fick should be

Yeah, like pretty much every other horror movie that hits the theaters, this one took a pretty heavy trashing both, from the critics and from the audiences who didn't understand it. However, I found "Bones" to be a highly enjoyable, entertaining, and (at times) creepy horror flick that I hope, is the birth of a new franchise. It's very refreshing to see a horror flick that can take a standard premise and make it seem fresh again. Also, I enjoyed the killer being a someone who we can sympathize with. Let me break it down a little bit.

Back in 1979, Jimmy Bones was the man of his neighborhood. Just what all he was into is never fully explained, but we do know that he runs a pretty classy little nightclub and loves to dress in full-pimp get-up. Basically, Bones is a good guy. All he wants to do is run his business and take care of his people. However, when he is propositioned to bring in crack, he refuses and is double-crossed then murdered by people he thought he could trust.

Jump twenty years into the future and we get a group of twenty-somethings who have just bought the building where Bones was murdered. Hoping to turn the place into a club, they ignore all warnings of the place's evil and pretty soon, they mess around and wake the dead. Now that Bones is back, he's upset, understandably, and wants revenge on the people who did him wrong.

That's it. Kinda sounds like Nightmare On Elm Street right? Well, it's a lot like it and a lot of others you may have seen. What set this one apart for me was the lead. Casting Snoop Dog as Jimmy Bones was perfect. I've never been a big fan of his acting, but here, he pulls it off great giving us a villain that we can sympathize with, care about, and root for. We know where he's coming from and watching him take his revenge on the dispicable villains was fun fun fun. I also enjoyed the romantic angle brought to the film by the chemistry between Snoop and Pam Grier. I don't think that it would have gone down near as well had there been a different set of actors, but it gave a real soft side to Bones and made me like him that much more.

I really loved the cinematography and having the blood look intentionally fake, was also a nice touch. Unlike some others, I really enjoyed the shifting in tones. The first 2/3 of the picture had a really dark and gothic tone to it while the latter third had a little bit of comic relief thrown in. Yes, it went WAY over the top (the severed heads, that whole "world of the dead" bit) but, for me, that added to the overall joy of the film and made it that much more. It also made it VERY hard to take it serious. It's pretty hard to find a good horror flick these days (and a mainstream one, at that) and I'm sure that I'll be adding this one to my dvd collection pretty soon. Oh, (I don't think I'm giving too much away here) the door is left open for a whole slew of sequels. I can't wait.