Undercover Brother (Widescreen Collector's Edition)

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Summary: Are you kiding.???
Review: Wow. This was a brilliant movie. When I first saw it all i could think about was how great it was. Eddie Griffen is funny. Chris Kattan is hilarious. This movie is the king of comedies.

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Summary: Better than Austin Powers, and there's a good reason
Review: The first Austin Powers is great-- but after that, it's just dragged down by seeing how many guest stars (Britney Spears? hello? She has the shelf-life of stale bread) Mike Myers could fit into it. It just got lame. At least this movie has some legitimate social satire, and doesn't resort to the excessively crude excrement jokes of Myers' comedies. Some of the reviews on this really trash it as being racist-- and any other movie, ultimately, isn't? Had the respectable actors (Eddie Griffin, Dave Chapelle, et. al) felt that it was a racist movie, they wouldn't have starred in it-- it's not like they're strapping for cash and this was the only thing they could get stuck into. I laughed my head off the first time I saw the movie, and enjoyed how well-timed it is-- the punchlines are delivered at a fast pace (something Austin Powers has failed to do since the first) and it's a heckuva lot cleaner.

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Summary: Denise Richards
Review: I haven't seen this yet, but look at Denise Richards on the cover.

Wow! I give her 5 stars!

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Summary: "Austin Powers" meets "Shaft"
Review: I have seen Undercover Brother, and hands down, it is one of the funniest movies, I have ever seen. It might be racist, but it is still funny. I even liked the part where the chief kept hating on Conspiracy Brother (David Chapelle). They even have a great cast: Eddie Grifin, Chris Kattan, Denise Richards, Anjanue Ellis, David Chapelle, Neil Patrick Harris, Gary Anthony Williams, Chi McBride and Billy Dee Williams. For one thing this reminds me alot like Austin Powers, due to it has a retro secret agent. It also reminds me of Shaft. I give this movie a perfect 5 out of 5.

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Summary: Whitey liked this movie
Review: Grimacing through Austin Powers's admittedly garish fest of sex and bathroom jokes, I was initally hesitant about this movie, but decided to give it a chance. Unlike the former, this retro-spy movie spoof is Dynomite in both inside references (everything from Colonel Sanders to The Incredible Hulk) and script.

The B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D. sends it's top Agents Undercover Brother and Sistah Girl out after General Boutwell has been kidapped and brainwashed to uncritically accept mainstream white culture. The agents must find the substance responsible for the transformation, stop The Man from producing/distributing it, and then reverse the effects of "Opperation Whitewash". Undercover Brother must also watch out for the deadly powers of 'White She Devil' (Dennise Richards).

Best known as 'Doogie Howser' Neil Patrick Harris does an excellent job as Lance, the International Brotherhood's token white guy. Because Lance is one of those 'effeminate' men he cannot exploit black people the way other white men (such as those working for The Man) do. Lance initially considers himself an open-minded person, but this internship teaches him there is still lots of injustice in the world---and he has a role to play in working against it. Having grown up watching Harris on the small screen, seeing his range of comedic acting in this film was a pleasure.

The only thing seemingly out of kilter was the inclusion of Michael Jackson's 1980's hit "Beat It" in the climactic fight scene near the movie's end. Both the 1970's feel of the movie and Jackson's current status as racially ambigious make that track selection puzzling. Surely there was simmilar mood music from the 1970's.

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Summary: My new fav movie, can you dig it?
Review: I thought this movie was a laugh a minute. I love the 70's, and loved this movie.

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Summary: Pretty good, but rent it instead...
Review: Very Hilarious the first time I watched it, but watching it again a second time, it just seemed to get stupid and old already... you'd all be better off just renting this one....

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Summary: Only Fitfully Funny
Review: A thin premise is stretched to its limits in this black riff on Austin Powers and the Naked Gun movies. Dave Chapelle's Conspiracy Brother is the only consistently funny character, and the storyline often sputters. The big showdown between UB and Feather Man, set to Michael Jackson's "Beat It," is the highlight of the movie, but it comes too late to lift the overall rating out of the doldrums. If Amazon allowed half stars I'd give this 2.5