Product Details

• Actors: De'aundre Bonds, Christel Cottrell, Starletta DuPois, E-40, Mike Epps
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: August 29, 2000
• Run Time: 82 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630592273X
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #39,480 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

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

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3 Strikes, June 24, 2000

By	"[e-mail]" (Australia) - See all my reviews

This movie is your average funny black comedy, Brian Hooks plays a man who has been in jail twice and is out on parole, one more strike and he is out (25 to life), its a humourous comedy about the miscoincidenes that happen to him just after he is out of jail, he is caught in a stolen car and is then seeked by the police.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Mike - See all my reviews

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.