Bad Beer - Bad Movie
"Bad Beer goes with Bad Movies like Tom Cruise with the color Pink."
Undercover Brother
Undercover Brother with St. Ides Malt Liquor
Kirk: Sneaking a flask of St. Ides into a movie theater, does it get any better than that? How about a cast of Doogie Howser, Principal Harper, Corkey Romero, Denise Richards, The Godfather of Soul and Lando Calrissian? Think of Undercover Brother as a cross between Shaft, and Austin Powers. He teams up with the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D. to fight ‘The Man’ and his forces trying to caucasianize Black America. It was nice to see Lando (If only we had picked Colt 45 instead of St Ides… <sigh> maybe next time) back on the big screen (Where the heck has he been since Return of the Jedi?) playing the part of a Colin Powell-like general about to run for President. ‘The Man’, having perfected a mind-control serum, uses it on him to further his devious plans. Lando opens a chain of fried chicken joints to spread his drug to unsuspecting bruthas and sistahs everywhere. It’s up to Undercover Brother to put a stop to it. That’s the plot in a nutshell: simple and full of clichés (No ethnic group is safe in this film: the white man dressing… well as white-folks dress; the black mans fear of mayonnaise, and his love of white women (Yum Denise Richards!)). I loved this film! Laughed my ass off, and the St Ides had nothing to do with it!
MY PICK: As my handy ebonics translator says: Grab yo' 40 an' jet see dis here movie!
Rich: I wish I could grow a 'fro like Undercover Brother. Afro picks were his weapon of choice - need I say more? This movie was highly entertaining from start to finish. The $6.00 matinee was well worth it. Watching Billy Dee Williams on the big screen made me want to drink a bottle Colt 45 in a brown paper bag. My favorite part of the movie: When Undercover Brother went undercover by acting as a corporate white guy, his caucasianess (is that a word?) was tested by having to answer what was on Ross's night table the first time he kissed Rachel on the third season of Friends. I drank the St. Ides out of a nip bottle. I only wish I could have snuck the whole forty in.
MY PICK: Taking Bad Beer Bad Movie on the road was a big risk. That risk was eliminated by the quality bad movie that was Undercover Brother.