Undercover Brother

Starring: Eddie Griffin, Chris Kattan, Denise Richards, David Chappelle, Chi McBride, Neil Patrick Harris, Billy Dee Williams
Directed by: Malcolm D. Lee
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
2002

Times Seen:
Tim: 1

Summary: A slick, confident man (Eddie Griffin) is recruited by B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D, an agency to promote blacks in a world run by "the Man" -the personification of white oppression. They must stop a plot to ruin the presidential run by a black man (Billy Dee Williams).

Review:

Tim: This movie bad... very bad. It's gouge-your-eyes-out awful. It's spell it out so it lasts longer, A-W-F-U-L. I can't believe I picked this movie up actually thinking it would be any good. I am seriously questioning my movie knowledge after picking this lemon. I guess fundamentally, the movie was based around a pretty funny idea, but it never got off the ground.

Eddie Griffin is typically very, very funny. However, in this film, he can't get a laugh to save his life. The supporting cast on paper looks very good, but in actuality, they suffer from bad writing, and much, much more. This movie borrowed from both the Austin Powers spin on James Bond, and Shaft, but it couldn't merge this two ideas, and what came of it is just plain awful to watch.

I can't recommend watching this movie, but if you do, then I'm sorry for you wasting your life away like I did. I don't even want to write any more, that's how bad this film is.

Rating 1-10
Tim's Rating- 2



If You Enjoyed This Movie, We Recommend: Shaft, Austin Powers trilogy, The New Guy, Double Take