Rating: 
Summary: Okay ride.
Review: Tell them about the Benjamins Baby" What's it about? Trying to stop some criminals responsible for a Diamond heist. There's a bounty hunter, Bookman (Ice Cube) who wants to open his own PI firm so he can make more money. However, he needs cash for start up. So he works hard and always brings in his man. One day in the pursuit of a wanted small time con-man, Reggie (Mike Epps), he stumbles across a diamond heist forcing himself and the "criminal" to become allies. Along the way Reggie's girlfriend, Gina, and Pam, Bookman's co-worker, get involved in the pursuit of "The Benjamins". "All about the Benjamins" just wasn't my kind of movie, without Valarie Rae Miller's presence, I wouldn't have even seen it. So perhaps my review is a little bias. "All about the Benjamins" is a comedy with elements of a caper. The movie is basically cookie cutter bad guys, bag 'em shoot em up, money (Benjamins), ice (diamonds), and Cube getting to play tough guy with a silly comedian side kick that seems to be akin to Chris Tucker (who of course made his mark with Ice Cube in Friday). Oh yeah, and a couple of girls for the guys. It's an Ice Cube movie, I didn't
really expect Oscar winning performances. It's a nice movie to rent and sit around and watch with your friends for a couple laughs. Being a Dark Angel fan, I had to support Valarie Rae's movie. I probably would have ignored the film without her. Anyway, Pam (Valarie's character) is only one of three designated girls. The other two being the villain'slove toy and Reggie's (Mike Epps) long term girlfriend Gina (Menedes). The women are downplayed, even villain's girlfriend who gets to be the only tough girl in the movie. Gina is a gutsy girl next door and Pam is ready for adventure and offering to be Bookman's partner. Villain's girlfriend (who's name is so unimportant I forgot it), despite being 'girl with attitude', went down pretty
easy and was pretty stupid in my opinion. Gina (Menedes) was amusing, mostly because the girl probably was tougher than her boyfriend Reggie the sidekick. She says several times in the movie, to her boyfriend Reggie, "baby you can't fight". But still, Gina was just there to get kidnapped. So it seemed like she was just there to keep the movie from ending early and to be the pretty thing on the bumbling sidekicks arm. However, she and Pam (Valarie) don't just sit around doing there nails, they do get to drop a couple of bad guys. However, Pam's primary importance in the film seemed to be passing on information to Bookman (Ice Cube). Since Pam actually got to be in a car chase, help rescue the kidnapped Gina, and drop some bad guys (with the help of Gina and a boat), you could say Pam saw more action than Original Cindy's seen in Dark Angel's second season. Yet I can't say the movie was great. In general though, it was a fine movie to go see for fun with a couple of laughs here and there.
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Summary: I give you "BENJAMINS", you give me funny!
Review: Here is a movie that you don't have to take seriously to have a good time. Ice Cube as a bounty hunter was really on the money, because he had the grit and savvy to pull it off, but the show belonged to Mike Epps, who played the con artist. Epps is no Chris Tucker, but he's also not afraid to go the distance, and that is what makes his appearances memorable. This time around, Mike portrays a con-artist with more on his plate than his latest scam. Not only is he being chased by Cube, but he makes the mistake of stumbling onto a murder involving 26 million dollars in diamonds. On top of that, he loses his wallet with the killers. Scary enough they know where you live, but what if the wallet contained a lottery ticket that your girlfriend paid for with her hard earned money, and it hit for sixty million? Throughout this flick, both actors looked like they were having a ball. If your looking for a load of comedy mixed with a little mayhem, this could be for you.
Rating: 
Summary: bloody daft...and the bad guy wasn't Irish!
Review: I was hoping for a good, light-hearted laugh on a Friday after a trying week. I didn't get it with this film. I found the whole thing to be stupid, sexist and downright offensive. I don't think I'm going to be getting this one any time soon. I've seen better writing from twelve year olds!
BTW, the bad guy in this is Scottish, not Irish!
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Summary: I couldn't stop laughing!!
Review: This film is one of the funniest films I have seen all year. Ice Cube and Mike Epps work so well off of each other. Every scene they shared had a little something different to make us laugh. It's not like most buddy comedies where they take one funny idea and play it out making the film boring. These two will having you laughing from beginning to end!
And speaking of the beginning of the film, we get a great performance from my favorite actor, Anthony Michael Hall. Now I can honestly say I've seen AMH do it all. We finally get to see AMH play a trashy trailer park thuggin' blackish red hair sportin' ex-con with a flare for using the current slang like "cheese". " You don't get no real cheese anyway.."
" BABY! Get his ... baby, get him! Shoot that motha' ...! " And I must say Ice Cube found a very clever way to use a tazer when trying to subdue Lil' J (AMH) This movie is non-stop laughs! Mike Epps is so goofy and it mixes so well with Ice Cube's hard core visage!
This movie is worth buying! It's a great film to watch with friends! Throw a party and have this movie handy!
Rating: 
Summary: It's entertaining and fun.
Review: Fun movie to watch. It's even ok to watch over again. I do have a question though. How in the world did Reggie survive all of the shots into the van? Was he was able to anchor himself to the top of the van while the Bucum was shooting?
Rating:
Summary: Get that money!!!!
Review: I thought the movie was okay. It's one I would watch once in a while. Mike Epps has some serious big screen potential if he continues to pick some decent roles, and does not get type cast. He and Ice Cube make a good team. Decent flick.
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Summary: all about the benjamins gets all about nothing after awhile
Review: yeah, ok, Ice Cube is a bounty hunter and Mike Epps is a criminal who ends up teaming up with him to defeat the badguys,am I right on that...right. the story is great but not that great. so many holes and so many stupid supporting characters doesnt make up for the seemingly endless movie with a taste in your mouth that sits there and then makes your mouth all icky, thats what it was like for me folks. god I almost fell asleep at that photo shootout and then the other one where at the end with the boat and superlame climax. put some thought into your head as you are about to watch this. for Cube and Epps and Eva Mendes fans only. and if you wanna see an old lady in a raincoat like coat with a thong bikini on it, then this is the film for you.
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Summary: Re: Its a gas
Review: Another hilarious cube vision movie. Mike Epps is one of the funniest guys on the planet and Cube's serious personna make for a classic goofy guy/straight guy combination. Get some popcorn, take a few deep breaths, cause you will laugh. Its a gas!!!
Rating:
Summary: Edge of your seat fun... with a TWIST!!
Review: This movie is different from other action/comedies, there are a lot of things going on and it's fun to keep up with them. I didn't know what to expect, and it left me wanting more. It's a fun (and funny) movie. It's about a lost wallet with a winning lottery ticket inside it, and a 20 million dollar diamond deal, and they're all revolving around each other. It wasn't that big of a hit in the box office (raked in about $25,000,000) but I loved it. It's all about the benjamins...
Rating:
Summary: hell yeah!
Review: i loved to see ice cube and mike epps acting in next friday, so i bought this dvd "all about the money", whats it called very stupid here in germany......but the film is so funny plus some action, its great!!!!!!!!!!!!
and the specials also very funny with outtakes, a hidden special, trailer, video(trina) and some more.....
even if i'm europeen, buy this dvd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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