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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75New York PostNew York PostYou may call the film blingsploitation but its fun-loving hoodlums know who's fooling whom.
- 50VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibSlicker, funnier and more professional than its predecessor, State Property 2, with Damon Dash at its helm tones down the original.
- 50The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinDash directs with a certain visual flare and a sense of humor, but as the film lumbers toward its climax, keeping track of the innumerable allegiances and double-crosses becomes an exercise in futility.
- 40The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensIt is not saying much to point out that the sequel is better than its predecessor (directed by Abdul Malik Abbott), which was crude and amateurish in every way.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenUltimately, Adam Moreno's screenplay, with its multiple narrators and constantly shifting points of view, makes for mighty confusing viewing.
- 30Village VoiceLaura SinagraVillage VoiceLaura SinagraWhen this flick is honest about its pimping, it has that Rat Pack charm. But attempts at real ruggish posturing--like that de rigueur sideways-gatted, full-body-exposure firing stance--are just plain laughable.
- 30TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghDash and screenwriter Adam "Blue" Moreno abandon the stone-faced seriousness of the first film for a more playful approach, goofing on gangsta' poses and colorful hood-speak.
- 25Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyState Property 2 is no more three-dimensional than your average brand-name-laden hip-hop video.
- 25New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanGiven that its predecessor hit bottom in the glorification of thug thrills, State Property 2 had nowhere to go but up. Yet, it doesn't.
- 25Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandPhiladelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandThe left hand doesn't know who the right hand is shooting in State Property 2, Damon Dash's prodigiously muddled thug-life sequel.