![]() Big, quickly realizing it takes a little more than weaponry to make it as a black hero. Eventually teaming with John, Hammer (Isaac Hayes), Slammer (Jim Brown), and Kung-Fu Joe (Steve James), Jack declares war on Mr. ![]() Unprepared for the fight to reclaim his neighborhood, Jack seeks out help from John Slade (Bernie Casey), a retired legend of the street who still has a taste for action. Big (John Vernon), a criminal kingpin who controls everything, backed by goons Leonard (Damon Wayans) and Willie (Kadeem Hardison). A returning military vet ready to settle down, Jack is instead inspired to exact revenge on Mr. Mourned by his mother, Belle (Ja'Net Dubois), and widow, Cheryl (Dawnn Lewis), Junebug's death hits his brother, Jack (Keenan Ivory Wayans), especially hard. In the city, black men are dying due to excessive gold chain wear, with Junebug Spade the latest victim. Taking on a deadly serious set of films with an enormous reservoir of silliness, "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" is a gem in the vein of "Airplane" and "The Naked Gun," using satire and slapstick to generate huge laughs from unlikely sources. ![]() ![]() In the 1980s, the Wayans Family was just beginning their reign in Hollywood, with Damon Wayans finding his way to "Saturday Night Live," while Keenan Ivory Wayans established his sense of humor co-writing "Hollywood Shuffle" and the opening of "Eddie Murphy: Raw." 1988's "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" was the debutant ball for the clan of comedians, with Keenan making his directorial debut guiding a good chunk of his family through a send-up/celebration of the blacksploitation genre, ordering some of the men who were there originally to return to duty. Reviewed by Brian Orndorf, January 26, 2016 ![]()
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