Basil Wallace, Bokeem Woodbine, Clifton Powell, Cynda Williams, Jeffrey Combs ...( see more  see more... ) , LL Cool J , Snoop Dogg , Tony Todd

It's no wonder Caught Up only garnered haphazard theatrical release in 1998. Director Darin Scott, who is credited with screenplay nods for Tales from the Hood and Sprung, tosses everything--including...( read more  read more... ) the kitchen sink--into this noir rip-off that borrows liberally from Chinatown and Bound but lacks the intelligent gravity and grace of the first classic or the stylish, tongue-in-cheek fun of the second. Starring Bokeem Woodbine as Darryl, an ex-con who wants to go straight but who keeps finding himself in unlucky circumstances, Caught Up has laughable dialogue and terrible bug-eyed over-emoting that tries to pass for acting, and wastes the laconic beauty of One False Move costar Cynda Williams, as a femme fatale named Vanessa Dietrich (honest!). Vanessa wraps Darryl around her little finger and embroils him in a voodoo-esque drug plot that will have the viewer rolling on the floor in disbelief. Had Caught Up played its convoluted plot for laughs, it may have at least been a camp parody on the genre, but as it is, it doesn't avoid a single cinematic cliché. Caught Up is a goofy mess of contradictions and implausibility. --Paula Nechak

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R, 98 min.

Directed by: Darin Scott

Release Date: June 1, 1997

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DVD Release Date: September 12, 2000

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  • December 19, 2009
    snoop is the shizz and this is pretty coo if your into movies like the wash or baby boy this is the movie for you
  • August 31, 2009
    Seen it and watch it when ever it comes on cuz its funny to me..Bokeem Woodbine is such a interesting charaCTER ON screen...
  • July 16, 2008
    A liberal blending of many other crime dramas, might have worked, but doesn't quite make it.
  • February 3, 2008
    Actually a pretty interesting movie. Boring off the start, but a lot of marginally unexpected things kept me in the movie. Neat idea.
  • January 8, 2008
    I hate this movie he was so stupid dag
  • February 10, 2007
    intensley funny, a bit off beat but thats what i think brings it all together so perfectly
  • December 10, 2006
    Extremely boring. Do not bother watching, absolute waste of time.

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