CB4 - The Movie (1993)
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52% of critics liked it
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58% of users liked it
(10,174 ratings)
Comedian Chris Rock stars in this scattershot satire of rap music in the vein of This Is Spinal Tap. This film within a film begins with A. White (Chris Elliot) screening a rough cut of a documentary he has made of the notorious CB4 rap group -- consisting of group leader Albert, also know as MC… More Comedian Chris Rock stars in this scattershot satire of rap music in the vein of This Is Spinal Tap. This film within a film begins with A. White (Chris Elliot) screening a rough cut of a documentary he has made of the notorious CB4 rap group -- consisting of group leader Albert, also know as MC Gusto (Chris Rock); Otis, also known as Stab Master Arson (Deezer D); and Euripides, also know as Dead Mike (Allen Payne). White charts the course of CB4's success, their superstar status a result of the fact that they are the only gangsta rap group who are, in fact, actual gangsters, coming direct from rap sheets to rap music. They are considered so bad that they even give rapper Ice-T pause: "I thought I was hardcore. But these guys are serious! What am I supposed to do now?" Unfortunately, at the height of their fame, their gangster pose is revealed to be a sham. Albert, Otis, and Euripides turn out to be a bunch of middle-class blacks striking a gangsta facade to look cool. But now they are in trouble. The real Gusto (Charlie Murphy), a neighborhood thug who went to prison on a drug bust, has broken out of jail and is coming for CB4. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Tamra Davis
- Genres
- Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Mar 12, 1993 Wide
- Studio
- MCA Universal Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
Tamra Davis, a musicvideo director with the well-received feature debut Guncrazy on her resume, might have really had something here had she settled on any one of the many paths the movie starts down.
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David Ansen, Newsweek
Torn between celebration and sendup, CB4 misses its big target as often as it hits.
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Stephen Garrett, Time Out
In parts it is hugely, monstrously funny.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
CB4 promises sharper satire than it actually delivers.
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
If your mood is loose and profane, if you speak hip-hop (or you just like hearing it) and if you think Rock is funny (he is), you'll be glad you checked this out.
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Cast
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Chris Rock
as Albert
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Allen Payne
as Euripides
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Deezer D
as Otis
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Chris Elliott
as A. White
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Phil Hartman
as Virgil Robinson
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Charlie Murphy
as Gusto
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Khandi Alexander
as Sissy
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Art Evans
as Alber Sr.
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Theresa Randle
as Eve
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Willard E. Pugh
as Trustus
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Louisa Abernathy
as Mrs. Otis
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Halle Berry
as Herself
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Al Clegg
as 976-Dis
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Lance Crouther
as Well Dressed Man
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J.D. Daniels
as Ben
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Tommy Davidson
as Weird Warren (uncredited)
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Flavor Flav
as Himself
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Richard Gant
as Baa Baa Ack
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Isaac Hayes
as Owner
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Shirley Hemphill
as 976-Sexy
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Ice Cube
as Himself
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Ice-T
as Himself
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Jedda Jones
as Waitress
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Russell Tyrone Jones
as 40 Dog
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Christopher Keene
as Accountant
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LaWanda Page
as Grandma
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Renee Tenison
as Twin
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John Walcutt
as Director
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Gerard G. Williams
as Inmate
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Wayne "Crescendo" Ward
as Biscuit Diner
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Sally Jane Jackson
as Wacky Dee
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Melvin Jones
as Inmate
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Jeremiah Birkett
as Malik
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Chasiti Hampton
as Tee Tee
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Niketa Calame
as Albertina
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Shaquille O'Neal
as Himself
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Vanessa Lee Chester
as Talona
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Rachel True
as Daliha
