![]() They're a running joke that mostly lands. Damon Wayans (Leonard) and Kadeem Hardison (Willie) are a blast as the lame criminals throughout the film. From Jack Spade (Keenen Ivory Wayans) hilariously pulling out a splinter during a gun fight to Hammer (Isaac Hayes) loading up on the guns only to fall and have them go off and kill him, to Slammer (Jim Brown) and his massive bunion. Not only does it nail the spoof aspects of the genre, but it gets all the little comedic moments right. Strengths: Ah, back when the Wayans family was delivering good comedy in bunches. No one and nothing escapes its sharpened wit, which makes "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" a landmark parody of the genre. This is writer Keenan Ivory Wayans' best stuff (along with landmark television sketch comedy "In Living Color"), as he springboards from his writing co-credit on 1987's "Hollywood Shuffle" only to top it with this fantastic spoof all his own. ![]() You need not be familiar with the material or even the era it lampoons, nor concerned about your own ethnic background's preconceived applicability to the storytelling, as "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" has reached across the aisle to make everyone laugh since Ronald Reagan was President. This isn't just a free-standing funny movie floating in space with no greater intent: It's a hilarious spoof of early 1970's television shows like "Shaft," in which the leading black characters got to engage in knowing self-deprecation while also whacking on whitey for a change, pointedly leveraging and skewering every last stereotype in the process. Over thirty years on, "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" remains stubbornly hilarious, and it's still racking up new fans every month. ![]()
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