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Undercover Brother | Year: 2002 Directed: - Malcolm D. Lee Actors/Actresses: - Eddie Griffin - Denise Richards - Aunjanue Ellis - Chris Kattan "You mess with tha 'fro, you got ta go!" UNDERCOVER BROTHER is an intermittently funny spoof of 70s blaxploitation films, but you'd expect a white boy like me to say that. Eddie Griffin plays the title character, a hip undercover cop who wages war against The Man, who is (predictably) the evil boss of a corrupt multinational corporation, who wants "The White House to stay white". In order to achieve this The Man kidnaps the General (Billy Dee Williams) in order to launch operation Whitewash, a ploy to turn blacks over to white culture by contaminating the General's (not the Colonel's) famous Fried Chicken. (You know, if this was reversed, this movie probably wouldn't be able to play. Stupid huh?). Undercover Brother is assigned to rescue the General with the aid of his Brotherhood collegues Agent Sistah Girl and Conspiracy Brother. But the corps has sent their own secret weapon after UB, Penelope Snow (Denise Richards)- "Black Man's Kryptonite". Smart comedy uses '70s blaxploitation as springboard... If you're a fan of those '70s blaxploitation movies like "Shaft", "Black Caesar", or "Foxy Brown", then this send-up movie will be drop-dead hilarious. But, even if you don't like those kind of films, this is still one smart comedy worth a look. The movie uses the blaxsploitation style as a springboard to discuss racial stereotyping. And guess what? It WORKS! Right from the opening credits with the '70s styling and retro alphabet they used, right through to the the few comedy snippets in the closing credits (stay and watch how Undercover Brother parks his car!), the movie will have you hooked and keep you hooked. A cross between those '70s movies, James Bond, and even a touch of "Naked Gun", "Undercover Brother" really delivers the laughs, as the pure 1970's retro and funky Undercover Brother joins up with the BROTHERHOOD to stop the evil plans of "The Man" and his henchmen. Billy Dee Williams plays a Colin Powell-like war hero who is in line to become the first black President before The Man steps in to stop him, and James Brown cameos. What makes the movie work so well is that, instead of getting all PC and shying away from racial stereotypes, the film throws them right in your face to show just how stupid they are. Another thing I like is that the film does not just center on the stereotypes that white people have; stereotypes that black people have about whites get -- er, equal treatment, so to speak. This gives the film an even-handed approach, where most filmmakers would have just tried to get mileage out of '70s jokes, or jokes aimed at white people. I noted that the audience was equally mixed at the showing I went to see, and the African Americans laughed just as hard as me, if not harder. Even as a white guy, I got a real kick out of Undercover Brother and the BROTHERHOOD as they were "takin' it to The Man", and you will, too. Smart comedies are pretty rare these days, so either get thee to the theater, or wait and get the DVD! You'll want to keep this one! Good comedies like this don't happen very often... ...Most of the time, the type of comedies we get are teen comedies that pretty much only focus on sexual topics. Not my cup of tea. It's just not funny. But here, we have a brilliantly funny comedy about a black man mentally stuck in the 70s who's out their protecting racial equality. We also have "The Brotherhood," a ) transers and Excellent Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround. An Excellent DVD to own. Both films-Grade:A. Buy Undercover Brother at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Undercover Brother Search with the Priority Search Engine on Undercover Brother This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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