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About this movie

Genres:
Comedy, Crime
Language:
English
Subtitles:
English
Running time:
1:29:01
Partner rating:
R
Released:
Quality:
480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Marlon Wayans Loc Dog
  2. Shawn Wayans Ashtray
  3. Tracey Cherelle Jones Dashiki
  4. Chris Spencer Preach
  5. Suli McCullough Crazy Legs
  6. Darrell M. Heath Toothpick
  7. Helen Martin Grandma
  8. Kim Wayans Mrs. Johnson
  9. Keenen Ivory Wayans Mailman
  10. Vivica A. Fox Ashtray's Mother

Directors

  1. Paris Barclay

Producers

  1. Keenen Ivory Wayans
  2. Marlon Wayans
  3. Mark Burg
  4. Eric L. Gold

Writers

  1. Marlon Wayans
  2. Shawn Wayans
  3. Phil Beauman

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Don't Be A Menace To South Central

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Much as Keenen Ivory Wayans' I'm Gonna Git You Sucka parodied the basic elements of 70's blaxploitation pictures, this film written by and starring his younger brothers Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans pokes fun at the gritty "reality check" films of the 1990's, such as Boyz N The Hood, Menace II Society and New Jack City. When Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and g... Much as Keenen Ivory Wayans' I'm Gonna Git You Sucka parodied the basic elements of 70's blaxploitation pictures, this film written by and starring his younger brothers Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans pokes fun at the gritty "reality check" films of the 1990's, such as Boyz N The Hood, Menace II Society and New Jack City. When Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans), who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray keep living the straight life or will he join up with Loc Dog's gangsta homeboys? And is his romance with self-styled poet Dashiki (Tracey Cherelle Jones) going to go anywhere? Big brother Keenen has a small role as a mailman.

Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'rotten' by Rotten Tomatoes

29%Tomatometer score: 29% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Negative review
    Godfrey Cheshire, Variety Full of very obvious spoofery, and funnier in concept than in execution. Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    Stephen Holden, New York Times A free-for-all comic spoof that brings the 'hood' genre of Hollywood films full circle. Full review External link
  3. Negative review
    Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today Rude, crude and outrageous.
  4. Positive review
    Esther Iverem, Washington Post Outrageous is the key word here. In many successful scenes, the Wayans deftly play on our assumptions and cliches. Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle Things might be bad, the movie suggests, but they're not so bad you can't laugh. Full review External link

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