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he bought, murdering one of them by shooting him three times in the back, while
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results are delivered. The duo notice Ferris and the Bloods driving around and cut through back alleys to avoid them before splitting up; unfortunately, the Bloods approach Ricky, one of whom fatally shoots him in the leg and chest with a
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in 1992, whose cover artwork is presented as a parody of the film's original VHS box, albeit with a fake disclaimer printed on the cover stating that due to a manufacturing error, the non-existent film was replaced with TISM's concert.
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1499:Film portal
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839:Nominee(s)
804:Lee Daniels
703:(1988) and
608:Stand by Me
523:Regina King
281:Regina King
255:. It stars
194:112 minutes
79:Produced by
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2789:1991 films
2783:Categories
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2707:Girls Trip
2490:Sister Act
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2150:Metacritic
2053:October 6,
2024:2010-06-06
1922:August 24,
1897:August 24,
1836:Metacritic
1695:2020-09-18
1527:References
1377:Soundtrack
1354:Kevin Hart
1244:Nominated
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1124:7th Place
1077:Nominated
1073:Best Movie
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912:Nominated
877:Nominated
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683:Metacritic
592:Production
539:as "Dooky"
525:as Shalika
223:Box office
177:1991-07-12
166:1991-07-02
71:Written by
2667:Red Tails
2525:Soul Food
2498:Malcolm X
2289:Abduction
1722:April 29,
1645:August 9,
1277:Channel 4
1271:In 2007,
1141:Inducted
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997:Best Film
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908:Best Film
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2632:Precious
2265:Baby Boy
2249:Rosewood
2117:AllMovie
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1761:April 4,
1670:July 17,
1620:April 4,
1457:See also
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1349:Get Hard
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2734:2020s
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2257:Shaft
1789:6 May
1427:Qwest
1410:1991
1384:Year
1287:Lists
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845:Ref.
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644:N.W.A
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2392:Fame
2171:ISBN
2095:IMDb
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