A Day in the Life is a 2009 American musical crime film, written, directed by and starring Sticky Fingaz, released on July 7, 2009 by Major Independents and Lionsgate.
The film co-stars Bokeem Woodbine, Michael Rapaport, Omar Epps, Mekhi Phifer and rappers Fredro Starr, Kurupt and Treach from the rap-group Naughty By Nature.
Sticky Fingaz plays a main role in a rap musical about gangster that gets caught up in a bloody war between two criminal families.
When the Black's family attacks a crack house and kills its people, Stick is forced to choose between retreat and revenge, which may involve him in a vicious circle of violence.
It will be a new age in music.» In 2007, in an interview for The A-List Magazine, the director figuratively described the plot of the film as a story in which «"The Godfather" meets "Romeo and Juliet"».
[2] In the same year, in an interview based on fan questions from the Onyx website's forum, Sticky Fingaz called his film «Shakespearean rap opera».«...
I am going to change this situation.»In 2008, in an interview for the portal RapReviews, Sticky Fingaz referred to the new film as a movie built on rap: «A Day In The Life — basically it's Black Trash, the Kirk Jones album, on steroids.
Erin Burris from JustPressPlay wrote her review: «...The movie was just an endless array of flashy camera and flashier guns and jewelry.
The whole film was a glorified music video and an excuse to show ladies in hot tubs and gratuitous gun shot wounds.
No wonder it didn’t have a theatrical release.»[11] Bart Rietvink from Cine Magazine also spoke on this subject: «...Women like sex objects, gangsters, shoot outs, and pampered rides abound in 'A Day in the Life', but it all thunders little when the lyrics reach the viewer (usually) in rhyme and accompanied with a nice beat.»[12] Tyler Foster from DVDTalk gave his own assessment: «...And yet A Day in the Life is a highly entertaining and extremely watchable movie, because the plot and direction all take a backseat to Jones' central conceit, which is clever, interesting and different.»[13] Christopher Armstead from FilmCriticsUnited summed up: «...I did enjoy watching ‘A Day in the Life’ which is the second Hip Hopera I’ve seen with the first being ‘Confessions of a Thug’.