I Got the Hook Up (1998)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Michael Martin

Writers:

Master P (story) &
Leroy Douglas (story) ...

Release Date:

27 May 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

A truckload of cell phones... turns into a boatload of cash!

Plot:

Two broke buddies feel lucky when they come upon a truckload of cellular phones and begin selling them out of the back of their van...

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Racial Slur | Spitting | Urban Setting | Spit In Casket

Cast

Master P	...	Black
Anthony Johnson	...	Blue (as A.J. Johnson)
Gretchen Palmer	...	Sweet Lorraine
Frantz Turner	...	Dalton
Richard Keats	...	Jim Brady
Joe Estevez	...	Lamar Hunt
William Knight	...	Agent In Charge
Anthony Boswell	...	Little Brother
Mack Morris	...	Andrew
Mia X	...	Lola Mae
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	T-Lay (as Tommy 'Tiny' Lister. Jr.)
Cory 'Zooman' Miller	...	T-Lay Boy #1 (as Corey Miller)
Edward Smith	...	T-Lay Boy #2
Mystikal	...	T-Lay Boy #3 (as Michael L. Taylor)
Pablo Marz	...	Hispanic Man

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong language, crude sexual humor, nudity, drug content and some violence.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | USA:R (certificate #35888) | Australia:MA | UK:18

Company:

Mastoff Films

Quotes:

Little Girl: Look, my mama want her money back.
Blue: How am I gonna give you the money back? You done ate one of the pig's feet.
Little Girl: No we didn't.
Blue: I got a magic lamp. Tell your mama she gotta rub this every Wednesday at 3:42 standing on one leg with Al Green playing in the background, her money will pop out. And tell your daddy to buy you another shirt.

Movie Connections:

References "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960)

Soundtrack:

Bang or Ball

Blatant rip-off of Friday.

It's obvious as to what inspired Master P to make this "cinematic gem." John Witherspoon, A. J. Johnson, Tiny Lester, and several other of the actors in Hook Up were all playing their same respective roles from Friday - Ice Cube's day-in-the-life ghetto comedy.

I wish there was an original idea in this movie, but there isn't. One would think that with the collaborative effort NO LIMIT uses to write and direct their movies they would produce at least one film with substantial length or original content. Sadly, this movie falls short on both stipulations.

I hope Master P and the NO LIMIT crew had fun making this horrible movie because audience members won't have fun watching it.