When one of the characters is surprised to see him, Vernon says, “Surprised? Why? Lots of big stars have worked in exploitation films.” He then goes on to list Shelley Winters and Angie Dickinson as examples. There is one funny moment in the movie, and it belongs to John Vernon, as Mr. But then again, sometimes the movie supplies them with dialogue so lame that the actors probably could have done a better job just by making it up as they went along. The others hardly seem to know they’re in a satire. We see Jim Brown, Isaac Hayes, Antonio Fargas and Bernie Casey in the key role of John Slade, who will lead the team.Ĭasey is a superb actor who looks less than faintly bemused by the material. The black heroes in his cast all serve as reminders of the blaxploitation boom in the 1970s. Wayans is apparently trying to achieve the same success with “Sucka,” but he is not half as funny, and not half as acute in the way he skewers black stereotypes. Jack Spade is played by Keenen Ivory Wayans, who also wrote and directed “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka.” His credits include some of the writing on Robert Townsend’s “ Hollywood Shuffle,” a satirical revue about blacks in the movies. To do this, he enlists a squad of middle-aged black superheroes, with names like Flyguy, Kung Fu Joe, Hammer and Slammer. Jack Spade vows to avenge his brother’s killer, a white gangster named Mr. Why do they have different last names? Because this movie will do anything to get a laugh, and has never heard of the First Law of Funny Names, which teaches us that deliberately funny names in the movies are a giveaway sign of desperation at the screenplay level. A day after the funeral, the man’s brother arrives in town.
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