Sadly Over-hyped

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

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Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimelord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to fight bad guys in the 70s......Its a spoof of the blaxploitation genre of the seventies, and has the added bonus of most of the stars from the genre, and the makers obviously love the material that they are lampooning.But time has tainted this movie. Seeing through the eyes of an 11 year when first released, it was a fun movie, gigantic toes, woman taking body parts off, and a white man controlling the ghetto, it was genius.Now watching it, I look at Wayans, and think that he's the on responsible for the slew of really poor spoofs that have hit our screen screen since Scary Movie back in 2000, and there have been too many.Don't get me wrong, there are a few good moments, but it doesn't hold up now like it did back then, and it feels really old, just like the jokes.But kudos to the makers for making this, and getting the most important people from the genre involved, save for around tree and Grier.Way past its sell by date.

This is a Wayans brother effort – they have so many brothers and so many efforts – this one is the brainchild of Keenan Ivory Wayans, an older sibling and is in much the same vein as White Chicks and the Scary Movie films.I would argue that this is better than those films but it seems a moot point, you either like those sorts of films or you don't.In the main I don't… But if any of the following sounds at all interesting or amusing then hunt this down, but be warned the following points represent the best parts of I'm Gonna Git You Sucka.A guy named Flyguy dies. The cause of death is OG – OverGold – the boy simply wore too many gold chains and collapsed under the weight of them. (this was made in the 90s folks.) - The Rich White Guy who represents the Bad Guy is named Mr Big.The cast features many actors renowned for their roles in Blaxploitation films of the 70s and 80s, they include Jim Brown and Isaac Hayes.The lead guy, an ex-army vet (admin not combat) named Jack tries to beat up a midget.The love interest has a face like a horse and a body like a 4WD. I don't think this was supposed to be funny though… - A pimp is released from a long stint in jail and dons his pimptastic gear once again before hitting the streets to open ridicule. His outfit is replete with actual goldfish swimming in the heels of his platform shoes.If you fnd this amusing (and fair enough it is) there's a chance you'll like the film.That's about it. Chris Rock gets an early cameo as a hungry teen who wants to buy 1 rib (not a serve) and a sip of Coke (not a can). There are a few chuckles but no real laughs of note, which is perhaps why this is so hard to track down these days (I watched this on a battered VHS from the local video stores ever diminishing supply).Final Rating – 5 / 10. Ultimately this is once again a case of a catchy title with precious little behind it but cameos, sight-gags and a couple of vaguely clever concepts.Hardly the worst film ever but neither is this a glowing recommendation.

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Sometimes funny spoof of the blaxploitation genre has a young man dying of a gold chain overdose so his brother (Keenen Ivory Wayans) seeks vengeance against Mr. Big (John Vernon). This is a movie that I've been wanting to see for the past twenty years. I remember riding the school bus for weeks and all the older kids kept on talking about how great this movie was. Looking back, none of them would have been familiar with the films this one is spoofing so I thought I'd enjoy it more than I actually did since I've seen several blaxploitation films. I think it's very hard to spoof a spoof and that's how I see this movie. Blaxploitation films plays just as funny as many spoofs because they're so politically incorrect and stupid, which adds a lot of great laughs. Those laughs are a lot funnier than what we actually get here. There's a lot of funny scenes here but none of them are as funny as they should be. After the first sixty-minutes the film really started to drag and run out of fresh ideas. Isaac Hayes and Jim Brown steal the film.

I guess this movie works on the same level as a lot of 1980's funnies... Loaded Weapon, Hotshots et al.It has a zany side but unlike many other romps of this ilk, it is tempered by a slightly dark edge and raw subject matter of gang violence.The jive talking and fly-culture at the heart of the movie makes it slick and cool as well as gritty and sharp. But this is far more than just a send up of Shaft.The gags are timed to perfection in this movie and is a cannon of great quotes and catch phrases."One rib?" "One rib!" I really rate this movie, a proper blast.