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    "Let me give you a word of advice - always bet on black. A three year prison sentence for not filing income tax returns seems a bit steep. Willie Nelson didn't go to jail and he owed the IRS millions too. But so it goes for Wesley Snipes. Just a word of praise for Wesley dominating the air thriller genre of the 90s with such films as Passenger 57, and Drop Zone. The latter film may not be great, or even as good as Point Break, but its parachute (or lack of parachute) action sequences have never been surpassed cinematically."
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