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Bill Cosby, Cynthia Belgrave, Don Cheadle, Eddie Griffin, James Earl Jones ...( see more  see more... ) , Luther Vandross , Marla Gibbs , Robert Guillaume , Robert Townsend , Roy Fegan , Sinbad

Robert Townsend has managed to build an entire career on the basis of one funny movie (The Hollywood Shuffle)--even though he hasn't had one that was anywhere near as funny since. Case in point: This ...( read more  read more... )would-be comedy about an unwilling black superhero. Townsend plays a schoolteacher in a bad Washington, D.C., neighborhood that is controlled by a vicious drug gang (recognizable by their blonde-dyed hair). Then he is hit by a meteor and suddenly finds that he has super strength and can fly (and can read the minds of dogs). But Townsend's writing is surprisingly weak and, despite a cast that includes a mugging Bill Cosby, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume, and sadly miscast James Earl Jones, this movie is never able to get off the ground. --Marshall Fine

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PG, 99 min.

Directed by: Robert Townsend

Release Date: August 6, 1993

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DVD Release Date: February 18, 2003

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  • RiderOfTheStorms
    September 10, 2006
    RiderOfTheStorms
    I love this movie, use to watch all the when i was younger
  • Godless
    May 18, 2006
    Godless
    How nice a movie with a message. Much like the Parenthood.
  • ashleyinhu08
    December 8, 2009
    ashleyinhu08
    loves Robert Townsend!
  • ElCochran90
    September 14, 2009
    ElCochran90
    Whose idea was this? So damn random!

    33/100
  • ghostwolfent
    July 13, 2009
    ghostwolfent
    I loved this movie as a kid and I still love it.
  • doctordoom
    December 29, 2008
    doctordoom
    This film has a good cast. Other than that the film is a waste of time.
  • xxxcli213xxx
    December 10, 2008
    xxxcli213xxx
    no thanks not my kinda thing
  • QuitaL
    November 22, 2008
    QuitaL
    saw this one one time too many!
  • MovieLover57
    November 7, 2008
    MovieLover57
    Better Than I Expected It To Be.
  • edheroespr
    June 5, 2008
    edheroespr
    this was a great movie when i was a kid i used to love it

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