It's evident that each one of the cast's career musicians are making their acting debut here, but T-Boz emerges as the MVP. ‘Belly's underworld struggles hold interest though, even if the atmosphere does swallow up the film's depth. It rushes into a climactic sprint, spits out a quick narration, and boom: end credits. I suspect money got tight during production, because the film just…wraps. Belly is a 1998 American crime drama film, directed by music video director Hype Williams. I'm trying not to be swayed by the sensation that I was experiencing a 90-minute noir-smothered, hip-hop-imbued 'Clockwork Orange/American Gangster' fusion, but it's hard. Watch Belly (1998) directed by Hype Williams for free online. And I do give it credit, message-wise, for initially glamorizing this underworld only to flip it on its head in the third act. ‘Belly' is thematically clunky - and gets quite hazy plot-wise at points - but the visual panache of the first 15 minutes alone buys this crime saga a lot of goodwill. Williams gives not only every scene, but every room, its own temperature, its own color profile, its own mood. If you somehow didn't catch Hype Williams' prolific hip-hop and R&B videos in the 90's, ‘Belly' will be an eye-catching dose of expressionism. A telling display of a music video director's potential as a feature filmmaker.

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