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Overall Rating
  Awesome: 13.89%
Worth A Look: 2.78%
Average: 0%
Pretty Bad: 11.11%
Total Crap: 72.22%
1 review, 30 user ratings
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| Leprechaun in the Hood |
by Scott Weinberg
"I bit off my tongue to stay awake."
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Although it’s of course impossible to expect anything of quality from a movie entitled Leprechaun 5; one would at least hope for SOMETHING fun. You know: amusing one-liners, some wacky gore and blood, maybe a stray breast or three. Instead, Leprechaun 5 is maybe one of the worst movies ever made, right up there with Plan 9 from Outer Space and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.There are now FIVE Leprechaun movies. Five. If you ever want to gauge how pathetic our society is becoming, check the sequels in your local video store. Again, this is the fifth Leprechaun movie.
They all pretty much work the same way. A dumb idiot (or two) steals something belonging to this mean Leprechaun. The creature awakens, spouts some of the worst dialogue ever written, and kills a bunch of moronically dull people. Then, a few years later another sequel comes out. Leprechaun has now officially replaced Police Academy as “worst and most pain-inducing movie series ever.”
I feel stupid even criticizing this movie. In an attempt to appeal to simply anyone, the producers this time plunk our diminutive demon in the "hood". (Apparently to a movie producer, a "hood" is just anywhere that black people live.) Three aspiring rappers (Postmaster P, Stray Bullet & Butch) rob the house of the ruthless Mack Daddy (played just pathetically by Ice-T, who screws up royally by doing his role as a straight tough guy). In doing so, they awaken the Leprechaun and a rampage of boredom ensues.
Also, it seems that now our little Leprechaun bastard has some allies, in the form of a bunch of lovelies called "The Zombie Fly Girls" who do his bidding. (I’m not making this up. If I could make stuff like this up, I’d obviously be a well-paid screenwriter.) Halfway through the movie, the Lep gets locked in a safe, and calls upon his "Zombie Fly Girls" to come rescue him. It sounds funnier than it is. I was just wondering why it took FOUR Leprechaun movies for us to get a glimpse of the lovely "Zombie Fly Girls." (I like saying "Zombie Fly Girls." Sue me.)
There’s simply nothing to recommend here even a little. The horror scenes are completely scare-free, and even the gore is extremely tame! There are a few simply awful attempts at comedy, such as when our heroes dress up as women to sneak into a hotel. (It’s never explained why they need to look like women, but I guess the gag seemed like a sure thing.) There’s also a rap sequence at the end in which we are treated to the finest cinematic musical number by an inhuman creature since Howard the Duck. (The "Zombie Fly Girls" continually moan "Lep in the Hood! Gonna do no good!" Again, I’m not making this up.)The fact that a movie like this can get a straight-to-video release and still make a profit eventually makes me wonder if humans are really as smart as we all think. I’m partially to blame, I guess, as I rented it just so I could review it for everyone. No matter how high you consider your 'pathetic movie threshold', don’t ever consider seeing this movie.
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originally posted: 04/03/00 16:46:21
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USA
28-Mar-2000 (R)
UK
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