New at BOP: Review: Matrix Resurrections Movie Review: Moonfall Movie Reviews: Scream The #1 Movie in America November Forecast The Many Saints of Newark October Forecast New Trivia Question All site updates Share & Save   Tweet

It's hard work being a hit man, particularly when you fall in love with the person who just happens to be your next target.

Such is the premise of Love and a Bullet, a film that stars Naughty by Nature's Anthony "Treach" Criss as Malik "The Ghost" Bishop, a killer who is assigned to watch his boss's girlfriend and develops feelings for her during the process. Unfortunately, he finds that he may have to kill her, which obviously puts him in a difficult situation.

This urban crime thriller marks the directorial debut of Michael "Kantz" McCants and Ben Ramsey, who also co-wrote the screenplay. The Sony/Screen Gems production also stars Freez Luv, Walter Jones, Bud Sabatino, and Kent Masters King, who plays the object of Malik's affection.

A number of rap performers, such as Snoop Dogg, Method Man and Redman, have seen their movies open to varying degrees of success in the past year, so the box-office prospects of Love and a Bullet will depend a great deal on distribution and marketing. The film has already been bounced around the release schedule a couple of times, and has yet to be included under Sony's "Coming Soon" section for Screen Gems. Considering the fact that very little other information is readily available, another schedule push may be looming in the near future. (Kim Hollis/BOP)

June 7, 2002
Initially scheduled for May of 2002, this film has now been pushed back to fall. (Kim Hollis/BOP)

July 12, 2002
We're now looking at an official release date in late August. Regardless, considering this film's limited release pattern, date of release should have little effect on its overall performance at the box office. (Kim Hollis/BOP)

Vital statistics for Love and a Bullet Main Cast Anthony "Treach" Criss, Kent Masters King, Freez Luv Supporting Cast Shireen Crutchfield, Charles Guardino, Walter Jones, Bud Sabatino, Sam Scarber Director Kantz, Ben Ramsey Screenwriter Kantz, Ben Ramsey Distributor Sony/Columbia Trailer Click Here for Trailer Official Site http://www.urbanentertainment.com/2/animation.asp?type_id=49&cat_id=102&cat_type=Animation&aff_id=2 Rating R Running Time 85 minutes Screen Count 14 Also see Stephanie Star Smith reviews the trailer Talent in red has entry in The Big Picture

Comparison films for Love and a Bullet
Title	Date	Opening	Adjusted Opening	Screens	PSA	Adj PSA	Total BO	Adjusted Total	Mult
Big Hit, The	4/24/98	10.81	13.89	2149	5030.00	6220.5	27.07	34.80	2.50
All About the Benjamins	3/8/02	10.13	10.53	1505	6731.00	6731.0	25.48	26.49	2.52
Assassins	10/6/95	9.38	13.00	2343	4003.00	5337.3	30.31	42.01	3.23
Baby Boy	6/29/01	8.61	9.18	1533	5614.00	5763.0	28.74	30.67	2.98
How High	12/21/01	7.10	7.57	1266	5610.00	5758.9	31.16	33.25	4.38
Wash, The	11/16/01	2.88	3.07	749	3839.00	3940.9	10.10	10.77	3.22
Bones	10/26/01	2.82	3.00	847	3334.00	3422.5	7.31	7.80	2.33