Hot Boyz (1999) (V)

Director:

Master P

Writer:

Master P (written by)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

They're calling the shots.

Plot:

Injustice begets a criminal. Kool is an artist without prospects, a black belt in karate, and in love with LaShawna...

Plot Keywords:

Gangster | Ghetto | Desert Eagle | Racial Slur | Los Angeles California

Cast

Gary Busey	...	Tully
Silkk Tha Shocker	...	Kool (as Silkk the Shocker)
Jeff Speakman	...	Master Keaton
Snoop Dogg	...	C-Dawg
Master P	...	Moe
C. Thomas Howell	...	Officer Roberts
Shireen Crutchfield	...	LaShawna
Pamella D'Pella	...	Delores
C-Murder	...	Remo
Mystikal	...	Tyrel
Clifton Powell	...	Saint
Anthony Johnson	...	Pee Wee (as AJ Johnson)
Dick Anthony Williams	...	Harold
Bernard Lee Bradford	...	J.T.
Maurice Lamont	...	Saint's Bodyguard

Also Known As:

Gang Law (UK)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, drug content and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

98 min | Germany:88 min (cut version) | Germany:92 min (uncut version) | Japan:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:MA | Iceland:16 | New Zealand:R18 | France:-12 (TV rating) | Germany:16 (cut) | Germany:18 | USA:R

Company:

No Limit Films

Quotes:

Master Keaton: Remember, in a fight as in life you've got to have the courage and the discipline to go with the energy and not against it. Are you all right?
Defeated Student: Yes, sir.
Master Keaton: Because if you go against the energy you might wind up living on the dark side. Remember, respect all and fear none.

Soundtrack:

It's Going Around Outside

Mindless

This is vindictive Master P at his ugliest (and that's bad). The main hero we are led to believe is a HORRIBLY, HORRIBLY acted black man, aspiring to do good, and knows kung-fu, living in a life of white oppression (you know, like all cops are crooked and idiots and all gangstas living the real life... whatever). Eventually, the good man is pushed to his limits because his girlfriend is framed for murder for no explicable reason. Seriously, this sort of plot is getting old and extremely TIRING. Countless rappers appear along the way in cameos contributing nothing except a possible song in the soundtrack, and eventually everything is resolved in a less than thrilling shoot-out between cops, crooked cops, good black guy, and gangstas.

2/10