Product Details

• Actors: The Bishop Don Magic Juan, Ice-T, Mike Epps
• Directors: Brent Owens
• Format: Color, Special Edition, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Mti Home Video
• VHS Release Date: December 12, 2000
• Run Time: 122 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305680434
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #197,815 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Real Life, January 8, 2001

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This review is from: Pimps Up, Ho's Down (DVD)

Several of the reviewers made comments about what this doucmentary lacked. They obviously are unaware that this film is the third part of a stunning, gritty trilogy, originally aired on HBO as part of the "America Under Cover" series. The first two installments("Hookers at the Point", parts 1 & 2) dealt exclusively with the lives of the prostitutes. The drug addiction, violence, legal entanglements, and broken relationships associated with "the life" were throughly explored. This film is exactly what is claims to be - a look into the life of a pimp. I had an uncle that was a pimp until his death at age 49. This film accurately reflects how he lived. He had the gold, the cars, the 'gators, and the women. He lived fast and he died young. I recommend viewing all three parts of the series. As a stand alone film, "Pimps Up, Ho's Down" is a tour-de-force about the pimpin'.

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pimps Up, Ho's Down, July 23, 2005

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This review is from: Pimps Up, Ho's Down (DVD)

I gave this 4 stars not because I believe in this mess but because I believe girls/woman who are leaning toward this life style would benefit from watching this first. The pimps look for women who have already suffered abuse from her own family. This makes it easier for them to physically, emotionally and mentally not to mention sexually abuse their prostitutes. They need an already "damaged" woman to exploit her. They specifically say they need women with low self-esteem and those that have been molested as children. They then build their business by furthering the cycle of abuse of these woman. The men who pimp women also lack respect for women. Although they say they don't. It's obvious they don't know the definition of respect. They are parasites who have sold their souls. They control every aspect of a woman's life. They do mention several times that a "Ho" picks them. Which justifies the abuse. They could not deal or relate to women with their self-esteem in tack. They are predators, and abused women are their prey. This movie could help women from refusing the business and seeking counseling in dealing with her issues. If she could see the life she is headed to in advance by seeing and understanding this movie. The men who pimp women also have issues of being inferior so they take that aggression out on someone less inferior which happens to be a woman with pre-existing psychological issues of abuse and neglect. So with that said, these wanna be "men" are no more than "Bitches" themselves. I almost forgot, they have female pimps. They are lesbians. Enough said. However, they are not as ruthless as the men. Many have their girls are dancers/strippers and not selling their bodies. What I can't understand is how we, as a people could ever justify "owning" another human being. Selling them to the highest bidder, then having the audacity to have issues with slavery. These uneducated fools are modern day slave masters. The oppressed have become the oppressor.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Please Check this out., February 28, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Pimps Up, Ho's Down (DVD)

Out of the two recent movies about the game. I initially thought that American pimp was the more serious of the two. When looking at the regular edition you may be disappointed by its lack of 'realness' meaning that while it is very entertaining it lacks, the grittyness of the hughes brothers films and owens other films such as Hookers and Johns...etc. Well, I changed my mind when I saw the DVD directors cut. It is almost a completely different film. There is tons more footage and it includes two unseen pimps. This aditional footage provides the grittiness and realism that the regular edition lacked. I emplore you to check this one out and the compare it to American pimp, I am sure that you will agree that it will stand up.