One of the more refreshing aspects to Sucka is how candid it is about being politically incorrect, which has always been the Wayans Way. (A more recent and superior example of this homage would be 2009’s tremendous Black Dynamite, too-stupid third act notwithstanding.) Like the pitfalls of nearly every other comedy, not every joke in Sucka lands, and there’s a certain amount of stupidity that equates to more groans than laughs, but there’s also some legitimately funny stuff going on here, and that feels really weird to say, considering this is a Wayans vehicle. However, unlike the too-serious Expendables, I’m Gonna Git You Sucka relied on knowing and silly comedy that resurrected the various tropes of the blaxsploitation movement in a way that both honored and lovingly mocked the shortlived genre. In 1988, however, eldest Wayans sibling Keenen introduced his penchant for parody in the little seen I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, a film that predates The Expendables by twenty years, but which boasts the same concept: filling out a cast of icons from a specific genre and having them all team up for the very first time. Leaning heavily on broad and brainless comedies that skewer black culture, their brand still somehow manages to make ludicrous profits, and so, naturally, why bother trying when they’ve proven they don’t really have to? Since 2002’s Scary Movie, which if you wanted to split hairs could be considered the last thing they made that had anything going for it whatsoever, they have relied on terribly gimmicky concepts that even Eddie Murphy abandoned after a while (I bet you $1 you totally forgot about Littleman) or lazy, phoned-in parodies that send up the last 2-3 years’ worth of pop-culture juggernaut titles. It would be safe to say that beyond Marlon Wayans’ atypical and excellent performance in the gun-wrenching Requiem for a Dream, the Wayans siblings haven’t contributed too much artistry to the film medium. Say the name “Wayans” around any self-respecting film fan and the eye-rolls are sure to come. Featuring a hilarious cast that includes Ja’net DuBois, Dawnn Lewis, Kadeem Hardison, Damon Wayans, Clu Gulager, Kim Wayans, John Witherspoon, David Alan Grier, and Clarence Williams III – I’m Gonna Git You Sucka is a perfect mixture of nostalgia, silliness and unpredictable humor. Big (John Vernon), and sets off to enlist an army of original gangstas: John Slade (Casey), Hammer (Hayes), Slammer (Brown), Flyguy (Fargas) and Kung Fu Joe (Smith). Jack Spade (Wayans), a decorated war hero returns to the ghetto finding his hometown in shambles and his brother dead… Spade swears revenge against the local kingpin, Mr. Oh, yes, whitey is very tricky.”Ī hilarious, ultra slick soul cinema comedy that blows the 70s Blaxploitation movies right out of the hood! Writer/director/star Keenen Ivory Wayans co-stars with Bernie Casey, Isaac Hayes, Jim Brown, Antonio Fargas, and Steve James. The brothers came with guns they left with jobs. Five hundred of us young brothers, full of outrage.
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