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Showing posts with label ice t. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ice t. Show all posts

Sunday, August 7, 2016

Leprechaun: In the Hood (2000)

An American horror comedy directed by Rob Spera, starring Warwick Davis and Ice-T.
A pimp steals the leprechaun's gold flute, which grants him power over people. Years later, a young rap group steals all of the leprechaun's gold from him and sets the leprechaun free. Caught between an angry pimp and a greedy leprechaun, they try to save their lives and win a rap competition.
This was actually not bad. I know it sounds like a disaster, but I thought it was funny. The stereotypical characters kind of worked for the premise. I think it was cool that they included a Chinese shopkeeper to round out the ghetto cast. The leprechaun smoking a joint with Ice-T scene was interesting. His rap at the end could have been skipped, but I was expecting it from the beginning. You know, leprechaun limericks rhyme, rap rhymes... It's just natural that they did it. There was an ungodly amount of cross-dressing involved. From the drag queen to sneaking into the leprechaun's hideout, too many dudes looking like ladies. Overall, not as bad as it seems. I rate this adequate.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Surviving the Game (1994)


An action film directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, starring Ice-T and Gary Busey.
A homeless man takes a job in a hunting expedition. He goes to the cabin with the hunters, they have a big meal and lots of wine, they have him sleep in a nice bed. Then they wake him up in the morning and tell him that they are hunting him and the chase begins.
1994 was one of the last few years that I consider the "golden age of modern cinema". Ice-T does a very good job of portraying an angry black man and Gary Busey does a good job of acting mentally disturbed, I wonder why... The whole chase section is great as Ice-T leads the hunters astray while he doubles back and sabotages them. There are some interesting points relating to freemasonry in this film. The main character's name is Mason and when the hunters are sitting on a hill at night, they look into the sky and mention the dog star, Sirius. I distinctly remember Sirius being mentioned at some point in relation to the Illuminati and the new world order, but at the moment, I'm having a tough time figuring out exactly how. I'm rating this good because it just is.