38. "Saw it. Thought it was hilarious. (SPOILERS)" In response to In response to 0
Some of the jokes were obvious and went on a bit too long, but it was still very funny... if you loved or even liked blaxploitation flicks (let's just say that it helps), you'll dig this... it's a very affectionate spoof... Michael Jai White owned the screen, and had some help from cats like Tommy Davidson (!), Cedric Yarbrough and Arseniooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Hall (!!)... (Bokeem Woodbine was barely in the movie)... they nailed all of the things that we love about blaxploitation flicks (down to the shitty production values and bad dialogue), and added a bit of a tribute to Enter the Dragon and other kung fu flicks as well...
There were some issues, however... the women in the film got short shrift as far as the action was concerned (particularly Salli Richardson-Whitfield with her fine ass)... the pacing of the film was off a little (even at an approximate running time of 85 minutes)... but overall, it had a lot of funny moments... and while I appreciated the fact that they nailed a lot of the blaxploitation conventions, it didn't necessarily make for fresh material... and some of the jokes were of the eye-rolling, wow-that-was-too-obvious variety (I believe they're going to have to cut a short running joke about an L.A. staple... while it was funny, I don't believe it's going to play across America)...
But still, overall, this is some good, funny shit. ________________________________________________________________________ > Tate Forcier accepted your friend request.