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Summary: Ice Tee + a evil Leprachaun = dvd goodness
Review: This is one of those movies, you will love it, or you will hate it. It's not in the least bit scary, but then again none of the Lep movies really are. You don't watch them to be scared, you watch them because deep down, you know you love to see people running and screaming from him. It's just fun to watch. Over the life span of the Leprachaun movies. We've seen him in the back woods, outerspace, now the hood! It might not be a logical step, but it makes for an oddly entertaining movie. I think the movie can be summed up by the beginning. Where the Lep is freed from frozen state and quotes "free at last, free at last, thank God almighty I'm free at last" with a laugh. There is a lot wrong with him quoting Martin Luther King, but it's funny! And there's quite a bit of humor people will find offensive, there are stereotypes played up, but remember it's all in fun. For a good part of this movie the lep isn't even in it. I think the 3 homies add much to it, and Ice Tee is a riot. But the Lep as always, takes the cake. We have him rapping, we have him smoking marajuana, and even a mack, with all his ladies. This is a flick you cannot take serious, and while it's humorus, it's more of an underlined offbeat humor. You'll either get it, or you'll think this is a waste of a movie. I personally love it. When it comes to cheesy movies you can't take seriously, this is a rare gem.
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Summary: AWESOME
Review: this is one of thee best leprechaun films. i must give it that muich credit. it was awesome.
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Summary: THIS IS THE BEST OF ALL THE LEPRECHAUN MOVIES
Review: WELL, THIS ONE ACTUALLY DID IT. THIS SEQUEL SURPASSES ALL OF THE LEPRECHAUN MOVIES THAT'VE COME BEFORE IT. IN AN UNEXPECTED TWIST, THE LEPRECHAUN RETURNS, BUT THIS TIME, HE GOES AFTER A GROUP OF RAPPERS THAT'VE STOLEN HIS MAGIC FLUTE. VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST FOUR MOVIES. THIS ONE, UNLIKE THE LAST FOUR, HAS A SHARP SENSE OF HUMOR. ICE-T DOES A GREAT JOB OF PLAYING MACK DADDY, WHO IS THE SUB-VILLAIN OF THE MOVIE. NOT AS VIOLENT AS THE FIRST FOUR, BUT IT'S STILL KINDA VIOLENT. HAS SOME GREAT RAP SONGS. HELL, THE LEPRECHAUN HIMSELF EVEN RAPS AT THE END OF THIS MOVIE! A MUST-SEE FOR ALL HORROR FANS. ''LEPRECHAUN; BACK 2 THA HOOD'' WILL HIT STORES ON THE 30TH OF THIS MONTH.
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Summary: Just when you thought he's done it all....
Review: If you're a fan of the "Leprechaun" series, or like campy horror in general, this movie is a MUST RENT! The second-best in the series, in my opinion (nothing can top the original), this movie boasts a story which has been told a million times over: inner city youth struggling to get out of the projects come close to having their dreams come true, only to have their worlds fall apart at the hands of an evil Leprechaun. Classic stuff. It's kind of like "Friday" with a Leprechaun thrown in the mix. Lots of slapstick comedy throughout this one, and a few more hilarious firsts for the Leprechaun as he immerses himself into the seedy urban underworld. The ending boasts a scene that is way beyond cheesy, but has to be seen to be believed. The story actually wasn't THAT weak, but it also wasn't so involved that it deprived me of what I was paying to see - the evil Leprechaun in all sorts of ridiculous situations. Ice-T was entertaining as well as "Mack Daddy", the gangsta rap producer who owes all of his success to a magic flute he stole from the Lep over a decade before. Highly recommended for fans of the series and people who generally like "dumb but funny" stuff. If you're looking for a serious horror flick, go rent Halloween.
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Summary: Scariest In The Series!
Review: The title review says it all, all of the other leprechauns are just cheesy, this one is some what scary, and suspensful! but its not way scary, just enough to count as scary! if you are looking for a cheesy leprechaun, check out leprechaun in space! if you are looking for a scary leprechaun, check this one out!
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Summary: Cheesy, My Friends, Very Cheesy
Review: Until we learned that another "Leprechaun" film would explode onto the public's consciousness at the end of 2003, "Leprechaun in the Hood" a.k.a "Leprechaun 5" appeared to be the final installment in a series that had long worn out its welcome. The first three movies weren't all that bad in terms of entertainment value, with Warwick Davis developing his shtick against the backdrop of bad acting from unknown thespians, increasingly cheesy situations, lamer jokes and sight gags, and gorier killings. The amusement value of the "Leprechaun" franchise came to a screeching halt with the release of the fourth film, where the miniscule fairy turned up in a film set in space with disastrous results. Apparently scared by how bad a product they had turned out, the friendly folks at Trimark waited almost four years before returning to the land of the leprechauns. The result? Y2K's "Leprechaun in the Hood," an idea so outrageous, so full of pitfalls from the start that even trash cinema lovers stopped breathing for a heartbeat. Now we await the return of Davis in "Leprechaun: Back 2 Da Hood" and wonder where it all went wrong. Whatever it means, we are light years away from a fresh-faced Jennifer Aniston running from the malevolent monster back in the halcyon days of 1993. The phrase "You can never go home again" never resonated so strongly.However pedestrian this film is, it is important to state that "Leprechaun 5" is vastly superior to its immediate predecessor. After watching the diminutive demon cackle his way through space, I didn't know what to expect from this film. I knew I would get some killings and see Davis deliver ham handed lines in a thick Irish brogue, but I swore I would toss my DVD player through the window before I endured a repeat of the fourth movie. Don't get me wrong: this movie still ranks as mediocrity incarnate, but it is at least watchable. Perhaps the appearance of Ice-T and the three actors who played the young rappers looking for a big break helped move this picture along. Even the guys who played the money grubbing minister and the cross dresser who has an unfortunate encounter with the leprechaun provided a few chuckles along the way. Overall, the performances here are head and shoulders above several entries in the series (look back to Bridget's wooden delivery in "Leprechaun 2" as a comparison). The plot, such as it is, now finds the tiny terror once again turned to stone and vulnerable to thieving humans in search of gold. Enter Ice-T as Mack Daddy, a street thug with an Afro the size of a mountain who has heard that this statue hides some valuables. He especially wants to get his hands on a tiny golden flute that has the unique power to instantly spellbind anyone who hears it. In the course of securing the magical instrument, the leprechaun wakes up when Mack Daddy's accomplice takes a necklace off of the statue (shades of "Leprechaun 3"). After a pitched battle that sees the pimp taking weapons out of his afro (sigh), the little imp is re-imprisoned and we flash ahead about ten or twenty years to the present day. Mack is now a big shot record producer, always on the lookout to sign hot new gangsta rappers on his label. Around his wrist he wears that magic flute he stole so many years ago, and most people have no idea where his money or his talent come from. Postmaster P, Stray Bullet, and Butch, three kids who formed a group to sing songs with a positive message, certainly don't know about Mack's magical success story. When Mack Daddy gives the three a chance at stardom, Postmaster P turns him down because he doesn't want anything to do with the negativity of gangsta rap. Mack kicks the kids out, but the three come back at night to rob his house in order to get some money so they can afford to compete in a talent competition. Regrettably, during the course of the robbery Mack Daddy takes a bullet and the leprechaun, sitting in a glass cage in the middle of Mack's office, is once again freed to maim and kill. It turns out that Mack Daddy didn't die, but the kids stole his flute and he wants it back. So does the leprechaun, who promptly kills anyone the three rappers encounter after the robbery. The rest of the movie is a series of ridiculous situations involving these characters as they try to stay one step ahead of the others. Throw in a cross dresser, a naughty rap song about Jesus at the local church, a funny black grandmother, fly girls from hell (sigh again), an ending so incredibly stupid that I slipped into a coma after I watched it, and you have all the elements of an incredibly cheesy production that plays more like a slapstick comedy than a horror film. "Leprechaun in the Hood" is definitely for diehard fans of the series only. Again, at least it is better than part four. The DVD for this movie is the same as any other Trimark "Leprechaun" disc: some trailers and a good picture transfer. Again, there is no commentary for the movie from Warwick Davis. You have to admit that after watching a few of these movies, you would love to hear what the lead actor has to say about his character. As bad as some of these movies have been, I really don't blame Warwick Davis for reprising his role as the leprechaun. Parts for the permanently diminutive are scarce in Hollywood, to say the least, so beating this dead horse for yet another paycheck is something I would do in similar circumstances. "Leprechaun" cannot last forever, can it?
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Summary: uhhhhh
Review: boy this sucker doesnt know when to die. I'm just questioning myself how the **ck does he do it, but this one along with Ice-T's bad performance and the story goes dead in the night and never comes back, it gets lost a lot of times.
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Summary: Leprechaun Goes To The Ghetto!
Review: What seems like a fun idea on paper can often be a disaster when played out. Such is the case with this monstrosity of a sequel. How can you go wrong with The Leprechaun going to the hood and trading one-liners with Ice-T? Well, this movie is so packed with awful ideas and poor sterotypes that you wonder who would ever allow it to go into production? Clearly, whoever wrote it is not a fan of hip-hop nor has ever actually been to any type of urban area because they come up with ideas that members of either community would find insulting. Ice-T is a rap mogul/gangsta with the highly original name "Mack Daddy" who steals the Leprechaun's flute and uses it to succeed in the rap world. Don't ask me how! A trio of lame rappers named Butch, Postmaster P, and Stray Bullet steal the flute and end up unleashing the Leprechaun. They spend most of the movie hiding out in either the church or with some goofy "drag queen". For some reason, the writers find quite a bit of humor in grown men dressing like woman as for reasons that make no sense, the bumbling rappers dress up like broads and go back to find Mack Daddy. If you manage to sit through this hour and a half of trash, you get rewarded with a Leprechaun rap. Doesn't that make it all worth it? If you're a big fan of cross-dressing or some rather racist humor (Leprechaun even pokes fun at Martin Luther King), this one will blow your hair back. This has to go down as one of the dumbest horror franchise entries that I have ever seen.
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Summary: Cult Classic
Review: Oh, cmon, how can you bash this gem?!
I laughed so hard throughout, this is a brilliantly terrible flick. From the mr. Chow dance to the zombie fly girls to lines like "you think there's p*ssy in heaven?", "Oh I can help you young lady, I specialize in healing and toungues" and the leprachauns rap.
Oh my god, and IceT pulling a baseball bat out of his afro to battle the leprachaun, the maker's of this film must have had a ball doing it.
And the three young bumbling rappers were cast perfectly for this, they excelled at creating a comical trio, sort of ghetto stooge style.
Buy this one for those days you need a good laugh and want to see some comical gore.
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Summary: The Rapping Leprechaun
Review: Ok, after seeing this movie, i can honestly say it is the most horrid piece of media that I have ever experienced, even worse than, dare I say it, Battlefield Earth. But then again, I also had an incredibly fun time watching this pot of you know what - I mean, COME ON, it ends with the leprechaun rapping in a club...it was such an awkward scene I could barely contain my joy. Plus, it even has the rhyme master himself, ice-T.
This is essentially the plight of the good guy rapper Postmaster P, whose music is truly horrible...that is, until he steals the leprechaun's golden flute from Mack Daddy (Ice-T). But this leprechaun wants his flute back...and he's rapping the whole way (with a little backup vocals by the "zombie fly girls").
This movie was also obviously made for TV, as the transitions clearly reminisce of commercial breaks.
If youre a fan of ice-T AND the leprechaun, this movie was made for you...enjoy!
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