Urban Menace

Urban Menace is a 1999 American horror film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Snoop Dogg, Big Pun, Ice-T and Fat Joe.

Premise
After a church burning in which a preacher and his family are killed, the preacher's insane ghost (Snoop Dogg) starts killing off the members of the gang responsible.

Cast

 * Snoop Dogg as "Preacher" Caleb
 * Big Pun as "Crow"
 * Ice-T as The Narrator
 * Fat Joe as "Terror"
 * T. J. Storm as King
 * Vincent Klyn as "Shadow"
 * Romany Malco as "Syn"
 * Tahitia Hicks as Holt (Tahitia)
 * Eva La Dare as Jolene (Karen Dyer)
 * Ernie Hudson Jr. as "No Dice"
 * Jahi J.J. Zuri as "Cool D"
 * Rob Ladesich as Harper
 * Michael Walde-Berger as Harper's Boss
 * Michaela Polakovicova as Hooker
 * Ed Satterwhite as Crow's Posse
 * Jason Stapleton as Crow's Posse
 * Lubo Salater as Crow's Posse
 * Robert Ughoro as Caleb's Posse

Production
Director Pyun shot Urban Menace simultaneously with The Wrecking Crew and Corrupt in a derelict factory in Eastern Europe, originally intending Urban Menace and The Wrecking Crew as sections of a single film; the producers decided to make two films. The budget only permitted two stuntmen, making deaths repetitive. Pyun often superimposed the stars' faces onto stand-ins. Half the finished film was lost in transit, requiring substitution of rough duplicate footage; large parts of Urban Menace are in black and white and the photography is often blurry.

Reception
The film was regarded as low-quality; the DVD provides an option of skipping it and simply listening to Ice-T rapping. However, one critic praised the hip-hop and rap soundtrack and crisp sound effects.