Product Details

• Actors: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Charles S. Dutton, Jada Pinkett Smith, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Andrew Divoff
• Directors: Keenen Ivory Wayans
• Writers: Keenen Ivory Wayans
• Producers: Eric L. Gold, Joe Roth, Lee R. Mayes, Michael Waxman, Roger Birnbaum
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Walt Disney Video
• VHS Release Date: April 7, 1998
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303430562
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,584 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars If you take is seriously then you're totally missing the point!, February 24, 2006

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Inspector Gadget "Go Go Gadget Reviews" (On the trail of Doctor Claw) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Low Down Dirty Shame (DVD)

A Low Down Dirty Shame is really no more than all the most familiar Cop movie clichés arranged in an order that makes a barely cohesive story. But it's all the fun and silly action that occurs in between that really matters! It's a bit like The Last Boy Scout from a spoof-blaxploitation angle.

Shame (Keenan Ivory Wayans) is a former cop who has been blackballed after a major drugs bust went awry, leaving several DEA agents dead. He now works as a private detective, taking on suicide missions for peanuts and barely scraping by. His disapproving secretary Peaches (a very funny and very, very small Jada Pinkett) wants him to get his act together but he's too busy wallowing in self-pity.

His old pal from the DEA shows up and offers him a side mission to help get back at the Drug Kingpin who ruined his career. And so, with only a few clues, Shame begins his search and soon all roads lead to lies and deception. Like I said, the plot is certainly nothing special. But it does contain a helluva lot of laughs and decent action.

The one thing I can complain of is that the production design is kind of dated now. Action films have evolved so much in the past decade that watching ALDDS 12 years on can be a bit distracting. Wayans (who also directs as well as writing and starring) too often shoots non-actions scenes like a sitcom and his light-hearted editing may help remind you that this totally AIN'T a serious film but it's a little TV-ish if you know what I mean.

If you find ALDDS for cheap somewhere or if it's showing on TV then don't con yourself out of a fun movie. High art is not what this film aims to be.

The DVD has a slightly soft 1.85:1 anamorphic transfer with a Dolby 5.1 sound design. There are zero extras.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Low Down Dirty Shame. The "Shaft" for the nineties., April 29, 1999

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This review is from: Low Down Dirty Shame [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"A Low Down Dirty Shame " at first looks like another predictable, poorly acted and unfunny action/comedy, but release it from it's box and you've got the complete opposite. It is very funny, unpredicatble (apart from the ending) and the action is way above the unrealistic scenes of "schwarzenegger" films. But most of all, it's entertaining. This has got to be the "Shaft" for the nineties, Keenan Ivory Wayans matching style with smoothness. It is an action/comedy to end all action/comedies, and add in a funny, aggressive Jada Pikett and you've got a film that will keep your interest for a long time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of The Few Movies Where The Sidekick Steals The Show, May 14, 2011

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Ashley M. Blanchard "Fly Fever" (Syracuse, New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Low Down Dirty Shame (DVD)

"A Low Down Dirty Shame" has many laugh out loud moments. Shame played by Keenan Ivory Wayans makes a living with odd police jobs and finds he has an opportunity to strike big, after following a lead from an old acquaintance. Shame is casted into an action hero role and gets backup from partner Peaches, played by Jada Pinkett. Undoubtedly, this is my favorite Jada Pinkett role. Peaches is sassy, in your face, exuberant, and downright sexy. Although her appearance is cute and petite, she will snap on anybody who steps on her toes. Oddly enough, my favorite scene in the movie is the very beginning when peaches is an undercover maid and barges into a hotel room and spots a man on a toilet. Peaches - "house keeping". Hotel guest on toilet - "EXCUSE ME...do you know how to spell do not disturb". Peaches - "Do you know how to spell Lysol, god damn you better check your pulse you might be dead".