Customer Reviews

Ride [VHS]

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I must say when i saw this film when it was first release in theatres i didnt know what expect.. I thought just some second rate low budget comedy.. with the laughs comin at crude humour..but to my surprise the laughs were ginuwine.. they were forced like you get in some movies.. a good cast of hip hoppers, unknowns, veterans.. a Slamming Soundtrack ! made this movie very entertaining

A movie with a so called "righteous black man" and some students he takes to Florida the possibility of making in entertainment only in the end to buy into the sterotype of black entertainers.

It was such a funny movie and I laughed the whole time. There wasn't a part where I said that was stupid. I just watched it 5 minutes ago and I'm still laughing.

All in all I thought it was a very funny and exciting movie to watch it keeps you interested. I also thought that Jeronimo played his part well as being the one that is always getting in trouble as all little brothers do. To the ladys you all played your part well, along with Malik. I would watch it over and over again. And for the one that thought he was a plyer, you wasn't, more like getting played after all the females realized what you was all about. Straight up it was life, thats stuff is real so to all of you keep on keepin on you fell me. Much love!

This movie is the best in the world! I love it! It is funny and really keeps you laghing all through it. And there are some really fine actors in it.

Movie that u want to watch till end and don't get bored. Black slang talk really makes u laugh. Would like that movie would be little longer when all things leave half way. Music rocks behind and makes u feel happy.

In this movie it was fun seeing a bunch of people driving to Miami to do a music video.

nothing special here.it's like 4 different movies in one.a little bit of everything that's been done before.but overall nothing really works.it's more like a ALbum than a real movie.very Predictable.

Ride is a road comedy that you don't want to take a trip to the video store for. Without a solid script or director this Ride turns into a bus wreck on film. The story is so full of plotholes you'll want to get off this bus before the first twenty minutes of the film.
An aspiring music director (Melissa De Sousa) desperate for a break makes a deal with her greasy boss (Downtown Julie Brown) to bus down a star's (Luther Campbell) talent to Florida for a music video. The group of "entertainers" is a bunch of standard road comedy misfits all rewritten to fit music stereotypes. The female singing duo, the sexy babe, the hard-core thug, the white rapper, and his bickering black partner, and the smooth operator crooner who's actually a misogynist. Sadly the actors are less talented than the one-dimensional characters they play. Keeping these no-talents in line during the trip is Pop (Malik Yoba in desperate need of a paycheck) Luke's best friend. Cedric the Entertainer and John Witherspoon are the drivers of the Jalop Charter bus they all get on for the "Ride." The beat up bus is actually in better shape than you will be in after you watch the movie. Make sure to have some alka seltzers or some Tums on hand before you pop this DVD in. You're going to need them soon after the ten-minute mark.
As they make the long journey from the ghetto of Harlem to Florida, we watch as several poorly written stories start to unfold. Because the characters are so one-dimensional, I didn't get to know anyone or how this experience changed them in any way. Instead of developing the characters, the screenplay uses very bad jokes to cover up its total lack of story. These gags are so bad I got motion sickness when they started the "Ride". I needed a couple of barf bags just to finish the movie. From stupid gags about the ethnicity of a white rapper, to a running gag about a two bumbling robbers (Lady of rage Guy in a down jacket while everyone else wore summer clothes) chasing down a thug for some bodega loot they stole, this movie just made me more nauseous on its long tedious journey to Florida. Laid back West coast cool Snoop Dogg as a southern hick? There's a ???moment if there ever was one. Hillbilly gags, gags about carjacking, all go nowhere. The most vomitrotious moment is when Pop asks Luther Campbell to fund a manhood program. What??? Luther Campbell playing, a hard core-misogynist, in this movie (not a stretch) is going to fund a manhood program to promote responsible behavior and good values among men. An MST3K moment if there ever was one.
You know a movie is bad when the actors' faces express frustration in the performances. Melissa De Sousa and Malik Yoba look like they are in pain for most of this movie. They struggle through the script looking for a bright spot to display their talents in but find none. Downtown Julie Brown looks so annoyed that she wants to choke someone. Cedric The Entertainer and John Witherspoon are just phoning it in here. Thankfully both have done better work in other movies(Boomerang, Hollywood Shuffle and Barbershop.) Ferdo Starr is his grating Q character from Moesha and Luther Campbell is well Luke.
Do yourself a favor and avoid this "Ride." Get on the next bus please.

Though the movie was very predictable, the music was great! Some of the storyline was so stupid it actually made it funny. Again clearly the star was the music of DUNN PEARSON!!

I couldn't give this movie too many stars even though I did enjoy watching it. I hated the bathroom part with Joe Torrey's younger brother. It was very disgusting and could've been left out, I can't remember seeing anything so tasteless in a very long time. Other than that the movie was COOL. I loved Malik Yoba's part and I love him as an actor. He's really nice in person too, I have a picture that he took with me when he was at an after party in New Orleans during the Essence Music Festival in 1996. (A message for Malik if by chance he should ever read these reviews.) (Malik I'm really sorry about what happened to New York UnderCover. I loved that show and never missed an espisode thanks to my VCR. But I must admit that when they killed Torres, I just couldn't get into it anymore. The two of you had such chemistry, the Love you shared as two strong men from different backgrounds was so real. I can't tell you how many times you guys have made me cry. You all made the show so believable along with Patti D. Although I'm grateful that I get to watch her on the Guiding Light. Much more success to you!) I hope to meet him again someday. I think Luke was just being himself because I met him when he used to have a Nightclub in Miami and he was pretty obnoxious. Glad I never bought any of his music. Anyway I'd watch it again and just fast forward through the bathroom scene.