Leprechaun in the Hood (2000) (V)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Rob Spera

Writers:

Doug Hall (screenplay)
Doug Hall (story)

Release Date:

28 March 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Horror | Music

Tagline:

Lep in the Hood, come to do no good!

Plot:

The Leprechaun ends up in the inner city, Compton, CA. More comedy than horror fill this installment.

Plot Keywords:

Leprechaun | Pimp | Sunglasses | Vulgarity | Violence

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Warwick Davis	...	Leprechaun
Ice-T	...	Mack Daddy
Coolio	...	Himself
Anthony Montgomery	...	Postmaster P. (as A.T. Montgomery)
Rashaan Nall	...	Stray Bullet
Red Grant	...	Butch
Lobo Sebastian	...	Fontaine Rivera
Ivory Ocean	...	Reverend Hamson
Jack Ong	...	Chow Yung Pi
Bebe Drake	...	Post's Mother
Donna M. Perkins	...	Jackie Dee's Wife
Daya Vaidya	...	Supporting
Chloe Hunter	...	Waitress #2
Lori J. Jones	...	Waitress #3
Eric Mansker	...	Bodyguard

Also Known As:

Leprechaun 5 (USA) (working title)
Leprechaun 5: Leprechaun in the Hood (USA) (alternative title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and gore, pervasive language, drug use and some sexual content.

Runtime:

Brazil:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Germany:16 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA | Norway:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

Trimark Pictures

Trivia:

This is the fifth movie in the Leprechaun series, although the number "5" doesn't appear anywhere in the title or credits.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Postmaster P is singing "Stray Bullet to the Heart" he removes his jacket twice.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Leprechaun: Death to he who sets a Leprechaun free. Steal his gold, it will corrupt your soul, you see. For many a moon the legend has grown, death toll increases, solution unknown. Beware the evil wanderer in search of his loot, lest you suffer the wrath of his golden flute. Flee while you can, the future's not good- for no one is safe from a Lep in the Hood!

Movie Connections:

References Child's Play (1988)

I Wants Me Money Back!

OK, it wasn't that bad, I just really wanted to get to use that line for once (my friend who went to see Lep 1 in the theater yelled it out during the movie and got a standing ovation).

My same friend also made a good point about watching the Lep series in general: you know exactly what you're getting up front. It's not like after the movie you're going to say to yourself, surprised, "well, THAT was a total piece of sh--". You can't really be mad at yourself. It's not like going to see, say, Play It To the Bone or 8 Heads in a Duffle Bag where you think you might actually laugh once or twice at something or enjoy the movie at some points, but end up wanting to punch everyone involved in the face (even Joe Pesci). no-one tricked you into it.

Anyway, this one was better than part 4 (In Space), but of course that's not saying much. The best one of the series (I can't believe I'm saying that-I should say "the least painful to sit through" instead) was the one set in Vegas. This one I rented mainly because I heard it was mildly amusing, better than part 4, but mainly I wanted to see Ice-T in a 70's pimp outfit with a big 'fro. I think the whole budget went towards paying his salary and they didn't have much left over for costumes, special effects, sets, etc. Oh well, still beats The Haunting.

This one had at least some entertainment value because it didn't take itself too seriously. A couple of things happened I didn't expect. Of course, couple things also happened that I didn't WANT to happen but had a horrible premonition that they were going to, such as the Leprechaun smoking a blunt and rapping (though not at the same time, Thank God). They were a few times I was surprised to burst out laughing at stuff that I think was supposed to intentionally be funny. There was one particularly funny moment when the heroes are hiding from the Leprechaun that was worth the money I paid to rent it, because it was exactly like a scene from Scooby-Doo (in fact, I think it WAS a scene they stole from Scooby-Doo, but at least they stole from something amusing). I thought at first it was just because I had the flu at the time I watched it and had lots of Nyquil, but then my husband laughed at it too. There's another scene where two characters are having a very serious discussion about how to go after the Lep -- this is after a tragic event occurs, so I figured the movie was going to stop trying to be funny-- and you see that one of them is holding "Leprechauns For Dummies". For some reason (maybe this time it was the Nyquil) that also struck me as pretty amusing.

I bet Spike Lee would be really offended by this movie. For instance, you could easily have a Leprechaun 5: In the Hood Drinking Game with your friends (hey, you could use Nyquil! It's even green) during the movie just by drinking every time a character says, "a'ight", "yo", "homie", or "that sh*t is WACKED, man!". So, while on the negative side, we have the fact that the movie is completely stupid and mindless, with little gore, and really cheap production values, we do have the positives of a few good laughs and the fact that it would pi$$ off Spike Lee. I've seen a lot of horror movies WAY worse and more insulting to viewer's intelligence, so I didn't really want my money back after I rented it.