Kazaam

1996 "The world's most powerful genie has just met his match."
3.1| 1h34m| PG| en
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When Max fools a gang of local toughs, he finds himself in big trouble. Fleeing from the thugs, Max runs into an old warehouse and bumps into a boom box. By doing that, he manages to release Kazaam, a genie who has been held captive for thousands of years.

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BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See
ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.
Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
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Shilo "Kazaam" is a massive failure on so many levels that showcases a production company's desire to take advantage of children. It fails in terms of everything it sets out to accomplish if there was anything to even begin within the screenplay. Shaq as a genie didn't even make me laugh as much as it made me feel uncomfortable every time I saw that stupid smile of his staring at the kid. This film sucked so let's get this over with.It's about a kid, Max (Francis Capra) who lives with his mother, Alice (Ally Walker) in Brooklyn, New York. During school, Max is chased by bullies into an abandoned building where he falls through a floor and discovers a boom box. He accidentally unleashed the genie inside who calls himself, "Kazaam" (Shaq). Kazaam becomes Max's Genie and follows him around until he can grant the kid three wishes. Max discovers that his mother lied to him about his father, Nick (James Acheson) who left the family years before. He discovers he is in New York and sets out to find his father while hauling Kazaam behind him.I would love to know the real reason why this was made. It doesn't even have any potential to be good at all. It's an excuse and all I can think of is that Shaq was really desperate and needed to make this film. I can't believe he was offered 7 million for this. This is also supposed to be a children's movie. I strongly disagree with that as it quite a violent film as well but I will get to that. So, this garbage starts off with a massive wrecking ball taking up 5 mins of the films opening to destroy a building that houses a magic lamp that Kazaam is inside. The thing tips over and lands on a boom box. The Genie decides to take up residence inside.We are introduced to Max who tries to hard to be a bad boy and gets bullied by some stupid kids who try even harder to be bad boys. It's like the director told the kids to look like wannabe drug-dealing thugs because that what they come off as. These kids are supposed to be high school students but they are so mean-spirited and one of them wears an earring bigger than my fist. It adds a seriously violent tone to the film as they beat Max up for no reason. I can't even begin to believe they are bullies. There is a sequence in a bathroom where they outline his body on the floor with paint. I think I'll stick with the director telling them to be drug dealers because I don't believe they are in high school. This is just awful. Why do we need to show "Bullies" painting a teenager's body on the floor? Was the director hinting something here? The kids are scared off when Kazaam appears and one of them decides to try to hit the Genie with a piece of wood. Does that sound like something someone would do if a Genie, oh I don't know, popped out of nowhere and looked like Shaq dressed as a ridiculous clown? Shaq looks like a TV commercial for the middle east as he walks around with the kid at 7 foot 6 and smiles like an idiot whenever he stares at the kid. From here on, we learn that Max's equally stupid father pirates music and get involves with some of the most laughable actors I have ever seen in a film. These guys are truly pathetic. One of them, I think he is the main villain, speaks with a clearly fake Russian accent and can't act at all. It all leads up to a violent ending involving Max and an elevator shaft. Oh, and then Shaq kung-fu fights a group of terribly acted Russian gangsters. Apparently they want to learn Kazaam's power or something. At this point in the film, I just wanted it to end.Nobody in this film can act. The direction is thrown out the window and the screenplay is such a mess that they need to fill time in so they have Kazaam show Max his powers by using horrible special effects to make it rain candy bars. The special effects are so bad they will hurt your eyes. If that's not enough, Shaq uses even more horrible special effects to shower in front of Max and ride a stupid bike into the air while laughing like an idiot. I think Shaq was a rapper around this time which would explain why there is a dumb subplot where some moron sees Kazaam rap and hires him to open for the female hip hop trio, Salt-N-Pepa. The story takes a complete detour and forgets everything so they can showcase Shaq as a rapper until the end of the film comes along and it forgets Shaq was a rapper so they can end what becomes quite violent.This movie should never have been made and the screenwriter is a joke. Too many bad ideas fused together to make a choppy movie and attempts to showcase Shaq in many different ways that fail; his outfit being the silliest of them all. I'm just mystified as to why the director made this film violent. It's not kiddie violent either. The ending is pretty serious for a "children's movie." I hope parents don't take their kids to see this awful film. The people who made it should be ashamed of themselves for taking advantage of Children. I hope the director, Paul Michael Glaser never makes another film.
Anjellike1 First off, I will not sit here and say that the movie was perfect.However, I feel like everybody did great in their roles for their character portrayals. Personally, giving the overall movie a rating of 2.6 is a little harsh,don't ya think?It wasn't that bad,but then again I enjoy ALL movies and I only know of a few that was a waste of film!It all depends on the viewer and their perspective of things.Im an artist so naturally Im a little more open minded than some,but honestly,what did you TRULY expect from this movie?What would YOU have done differently?This is a general question.For me,once you can answer that, then you'll see how ridiculous panning this movie is.lol ^_^
Criticman12 Boy, this is one of the worst films I've seen. No wonder it's on IMDb's Bottom 100 list.I'll start off with the good parts: It did have some funny moments like the scene with the flying french toasts and the scene where Max and Kazaam are having a bicycle race.The bad parts: Everything else in this movie was boring and bad.Shaq as a genie is just plain awful. Beside's he can't even rap. In one scene, he's singing, "Let's Green Eggs and Ham it". Seriously? That's kinda like a 5-year old doing a rap song.The other character's weren't even that good. Max is annoying. The villain is not even that evil. Literally.Also, wasn't this suppose to be a family film? In one scene, Max say's, "So after my 2 last wishes, I own you?", then Kazaam say's, "Technically". Is it me, or is this film about slavery?Overall, "Kazaam", is an awful movie that's not even worth watching. But compare it to, "Batman and Robin", "Son of the Mask", or "Battlefield Earth", it's not that bad. So if you're looking for a good movie with a Genie in it, watch the Disney movie, "Aladdin". That film has a Genie that can sing and make you laugh. He is also voiced by Robin Williams. A "GOOD" actor.