Product Details

• Actors: Brian Hooks, N'Bushe Wright, Faizon Love, E-40, Starletta DuPois
• Directors: DJ Pooh
• Writers: DJ Pooh
• Producers: Benny Medina, Brad Krevoy, Jeremiah Samuels, Julio Caro, Marcus Morton
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• VHS Release Date: February 6, 2001
• Run Time: 82 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305922683
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #189,892 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The chase is on in the wildest manhunt L.A. has ever seen with this arrestingly funny comedy starring Brian Hooks (Bulworth), David Alan Grier (Return to Me), Faizon Love (Friday) and N'Bushe Wright (Blade). Boasting hot new music from Tha Eastsidaz featuring Snoop Dogg,Silkk The Shocker and more, this irreverent comedy written and directed by D.J. Pooh (Friday) is hilarious fun! Rob Douglas (Hooks) is a two-time offender with one thing on his mind: getting out of prisonfor good! So on the day of his release, his pal J.J. (De'Aundre Bonds) pickshim up in a smooth new ride to take him home to his girlfriend (Wright). But when the cops stop them on the way, J.J. confesses that his hot new wheels are real hot, and he's not goin' down without afight! Facing his third strike and a 25-year sentence, Rob flees on foottoo bad he gets caught on videotape! With two strikes against him, Rob's got two choices in front of him: clear his name or go directly back to jail!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good ishnit!, February 1, 2001

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"jrkirk0" (Down In the Park) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3 Strikes (DVD)

This is a good comedy. It seems some people want to have every black movie be akin to Boyz 'N the Hood or Do the Right Thing. First off, everything does not have to be righteous. This is made to make you laugh. Good performances turned in by Brian Hooks, and the awesome bit part turned in by Earl Stephens, a.k.a. E-40. Oh no, but don't forget Faizon Love. If you're trapped in the the house by bad weather or whatever, pick this up for non-stop laughs.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Brian Hooks best., January 14, 2004

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Mike - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3 Strikes (DVD)

I guess this is one of those movies that either you get it or you dont. I enjoyed this movie very much, it left me in stitches. I dont know why it got dissed so hard. As for the people complaining about it black exploitation...... get a grip its comedy not a dramma. Its the 2k decade if we cant laugh at ourselves who can we laugh at?!! I think you can sit back with ya girl or chill with ya man and get a good laugh out of this movie. Thats why I give it 5 stars.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE IT STILL, August 1, 2011

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fmwaalex "fmwaalex" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 3 Strikes (DVD)

3 STRIKES

Now people usually love or hate this movie from what I have seen and I am one of those that loves it. I like the cast a lot and the story alone is funny to me, I happen to know people that have had similar situations happen to them. So with all that said I have always loved this move and love the soundtrack as well. Brian Hooks as well has always been a funny actor to me and E 40 is always excellent.

The movie is all about a guy who just wants to do his time and get out to see his girl. So when his release day happens upon him he is excited to be expected. But his friend can't make it to pick him up [for female reasons] so he sends another guy to pick him up. After he picks him up they head off only to be stopped by the police. Thing is his friend that picked him up picked him up in a stolen car, so his friend starts a shoot out with the police. Since he was just released from jail he bails and goes on the run. The rest of the film follows him as a fugitive.

Brian Hooks is wonderful in this film as I knew he would be since I am a fan of his. I have liked Brian since I first saw him in "Phat Beach". But it is E 40 who really surprised me here since I knew Brian would be great. 40 for those who don't know is a very successful rapper from Vallejo California. He is basically himself here in this film but it is funny to see him here. David Alan Grier is hilarious as a cop here and you will see why if you check it out. There are many more appearances in this film from people I am sure you would recognize.

Written and directed by DJ Pooh with a great cast I have to say this is still one of my favorite flicks. I wouldn't say it is laugh out loud non stop funny for the average person but for fans of these types of comedies like me you will enjoy it. I do recommend picking this up along with the soundtrack as it has some great music on it including a great song by Canadian rapper Choclair called "Lets Ride". Any way I have always enjoyed this flick so I do recommend it if you like these types of flicks or any of the people involved.