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· Year: 2000
· Director: Rob Spera
· Writer: Doug Hall, John Huffman, Alan Reynolds, Rob Spera, William Wells
· Cast: Warwick Davis, Ice-T
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Part of the Leprechaun series.
· Follows Leprechaun, Leprechaun 2, Leprechaun 3, and Leprechaun 4: In Space.
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· Rap musician Coolio pops up in this film for no discernable reason other than giving the characters a chance to say, "Hey--it's Coolio!"
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In the 1970s, a crime boss steals a leprechaun's magic flute and magically freezes the little beast. Twenty years later, three wannabe rappers accidentally free the leprechaun, who promptly begins a murderous search for his stolen treasure.
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I was planning on renting a bunch of Leprechaun movies and watching them before Saint Patrick's Day with a few friends. Well, I've only seen two of these movies so far, and I'm already sick of that little bastard. It really bugs me that the leprechaun makes references to cultural events that happened while he was dead to the world. That none of his jokes work, and that he doesn't come close to presenting a real threat, magic or no magic. So we forget the leprechaun. The rest of this film was a welcome surprise. For one thing, it parades every stereotypical character from black urban movies: the gangsta, the kid dedicated to improving his neighborhood, the sell-out, the comic relief, the grandmother, the preacher, the bodyguard, the prostitute. That facet of the film does work; if the Leprechaun had been left out, Hood might have been an enjoyable comedy.
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A poor movie only made worse by my high expectations of an outrageous comedy, after seeing Leprechaun 4. It seemed like it might be funny in the beginning, when one of the characters pulled a huge baseball bat out of his afro, but really, that's the funniest thing in the movie. It seems like they tried to restore some credibility to the Leprechaun series, but I'd much prefer a movie equal to Leprechaun 4 in being horribly funny.
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