Streaming services are littered with no-budget movies starring indie rappers who fill the soundtracks with their own songs. I blame Master P. I'm Bout It proved you could make a hood movie with a camera from Best Buy and turn a profit. Most of the imitators don't even try as hard as he did. Make no mistake, 2eleven is a janky-ass flick, but at least these guys made an effort.

Chamar Avery plays Zo, a young father struggling to survive in Detroit. Rapper Murda Pain plays his brother Murda. (According to IMDB, that's his character's name in most of his movies.) They have another partner named Tell (Martell Lane). Their main hustle is robbing drug dealers. Tell turns them on to their next victim, a high roller named Killz. They plan to set him up with the help of Tell's girlfriend.

Around this time we get treated to a scene where Tell's girlfriend gives him a blow job. Not five minutes later, there's a scene where she gives Killz one, too. They're not explicit, but the foley work is hilarious. It sounds like she's snarfing spaghetti without using her hands.

Hood movies love to demonstrate the old proverb, "What goes around comes around." In 2eleven, it comes around sideways. People around Murda start dying over all the trouble he's been causing, but Murda stays unscathed. All the mayhem builds a rift between Zo and Murda that culminates in an unconvincing plot twist. When someone turns out to be a backstabber, giving him a hat that says "Money over loyalty" is a little on the nose.

Geneia Staranna and April Lockett have inconsequential roles as Zo's girlfriend and baby mama. Delores Harris plays Zo and Murda's mother, spouting the usual platitudes about not wanting to lose her sons to the streets.

Chamar Avery's story is a little more interesting than his character's. In real life, he spent eight years in prison for a robbery-homicide he didn't commit. Chamar's interview about it with his daughter and the followup with Murda Pain are worth a watch.

3 out of 10.

Seen on Amazon Prime.