Steinesongo
Too many fans seem to be blown away
Glucedee
It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
Asad Almond
A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
pimy95
Totally enjoyed this film. Put together at a time of promoting racial harmony, has gags and jokes performed by African American actors..who can do it..to perfection. If you are offended by this film, you need to get a life. It is awesome. Only problem with this film was that there wasn't a sequel. Eddy was hilarious, Dave chapel was fantastic, Aunjanue Ellis and Denise Richards were drop dead stunning, as well as funny. Chi McBride totally nailed the 1970s police chief character. Gary Anthony Williams was awesome as 'Smart Brother. Chris Kattan, and Neil Patrick Harris were very good as well, but the "Brother Hood" members just ruled,they were great. Well done, Malcom D Lee.
TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews
I have not had any prior exposure to this... it's not really a franchise yet, is it...? anyway, I haven't seen the web series, though now I sure would consider it. This is satire, with some fantastic material. The humor is definitely the high point. There are many different kinds of jokes and gags... cleverness, references(to quite a bit of pop culture of the last three or four decades), spoofs and more. No gross-out comedy, I believe, as far as I recall. A lot of it is based on stereotypes, and while one might think that such would lead to a poor result, this actually winds up being very funny and it holds good points, delivered well. A campy, seventies-throwback James Bond-type flick. *And* it's got Billy Dee Williams. The action is well-choreographed and entertaining. All the gadgets are cool. The dialog is well-written, as is the plot. Language isn't too bad. Sexuality is limited to suggestive material, lines and attire. There is mention of drugs. The violence isn't bloody, strong or even remotely serious in tone. I recommend this to fans of the people involved in making this, and anyone to whom the concept appeals. 7/10
aernest
This is an amazingly good-natured send-up of black and white stereotypes as exemplified in blacksploitation movies of the 70's. Great job on costumes for Undercover Brother in that sense. SOLID supporting cast, especially Dave Chappelle, who is absolutely "ass-kicking" as Conspiracy Brother. Chi McBride and Neil Patrick Harris are outstanding as well. The ONLY bad spot for me is Chris Kattan, whose over-the-top hysterics are not in keeping with the Shaft-cool vibe of the rest of the film. He is desperately unfunny. But the rest of the cast pretty much makes up for him. Great soundtrack too.
petersaarloos
I watched this movie as a kid, 9 years old. I'm a white, dutch guy so I back then, I had no idea what I was watching. I laughed a lot at the standard comedy jokes and it became a piece of nostalgia to me.For a very long time I didn't know what the movie was called. But my solid memory left me with the main character's name "Undercover Brother", which made tracking the movie at the age of 17 an easy task.I watched it again and yeah, it's pretty funny. It's Austin Powers like; witty comedy, sometimes just random but always well presented. It doesn't really anything new to the concept of comedy and there's nothing to say about the plot, because it's a satire of the cliché plot (as is Austin Powers), so I won't talk about that. Saves me the trouble of talking around spoilers.What I thought was just amazing is the cast and the feeling behind this movie. No, not any of the obvious characters, I'm talking James Brown, but mainly, Snoop Dogg at the end. That's right, Snoop Dogg rapped the end theme of the song.To me, this really goes to show how much connectivity black people have. There may much diversity among them, but for some reason, they all share something us whiteys just don't understand, and probably intimidates the hell out of some of us.What can I say. They got soul and so does this comedy.
