Bones is a 2001 horror film directed by Ernest Dickerson. It is about a gangster that comes back from the dead to avenge his murder. The film stars Snoop Dogg as the title character Jimmy Bones. The film is also a tribute to the blaxploitation films of the 1970s. Pam Grier is seen in the film as Jimmy Bones' love interest. In 1979, Jimmy Bones is a numbers runner who is respected and loved in his neighborhood as it's respected member and protector. When he is betrayed and brutally murdered by a corrupt cop and drug pusher, Bones' elegant brownstone building becomes his own tomb, and is... closed since then. In 2001, during which the neighborhood becomes a ghetto, and his home is turned into a condemned ruin. Four teens buy the property and they want to renovate it as a nightclub. In the process they find a black dog who is actually the spiritual manifestation of Jimmy's tortured spirit. As the dog eats, Jimmy is slowly resurrected. Patrick meets Pearl , Jimmy's old girlfriend, and her daughter Cynthia . Patrick develops a romance with Cynthia.
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| Release date: | October 26, 2001 |
| Directed by: | Ernest R. Dickerson |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 96 Minutes |
| Producer: | Peter Heller, Lloyd Segan, Rupert Harvey |
| Editor: | Michael N. Knue, Stephen Lovejoy |
| Music by: | Snoop Dogg, Elia Cmiral |
| Cinematography: | Flavio Martínez Labiano |
| Screenplay by: | Tim Metcalfe, Adam Simon |
| Estimated budget: | $16,000,000 |
| Genre: | Action |