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3 Strikes
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Overwhelming dislike
Based on 16 critic reviews
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Based on 6 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy
Written by: D.J. Pooh
Directed by: D.J. Pooh
Release Date:
Theatrical: March 1, 2000
DVD: August 29, 2000
Running Time: 82 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for pervasive language, strong sexual content, some drug use and a brief scene of violence
Starring Brian Hooks, N'Bushe Wright, Faizon Love, David Alan Grier, Mo'Nique, Vincent Schiavelli, and George Wallace
Hooks plays a character who is just released from jail following his second offense. The state has adopted a three strikes rule and his next offense will possibly land him in prison for life.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
USA Today Staff [Not Credited]
Interspersed between the misogyny and flatulence jokes apparently left over from Pooh's co-written script for "Friday," there's a story about an ex-con.
Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson
It's a chilling piece of legal hysteria, and ripe for nasty farce. But Pooh plays it all for buffoonish pratfalls and fart jokes.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
This picture is just shapeless and shrill. It's disposable, forgettable and aimed at an audience that doesn't care.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune John Petrakis
Most of the humor is aimed at 14-year-olds.
San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann
This is a sloppy hash of a movie, poorly directed and plotted in a way that looks as if it were improvised on the spot.
Read Full Review >New York Post Jonathan Foreman
A criminally slow, all-but-laughless blaxploitation comedy.
The New York Times A.O.Scott
Feels like a very long late-night comedy sketch that occasionally veers beyond tastelessness toward something worse.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Eric Harrison
The bad news is that it's also vile, not to mention sophomoric and unfunny.
Variety Joe Leydon
Exuberantly rude and crude, but generally more frantic than genuinely funny.
Read Full Review >Film.com Tom Keogh
Could have afforded to be a little loftier and still be quite funny. Instead, it's a waste.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
For every jab at hypocrisy in law enforcement or in the media's crime coverage...there's a scene's worth of uninflected scatology or misogyny.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly John Patterson
Three strikes maybe, but no stars and no thumbs up (except the one way, way up its own ass).
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
This needlessly vulgar exercise in overuse of the n-word bills itself as a comedy. Even the outtakes over the closing credits don't live up to that.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 4.8 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Kelvin T. gave it a 10:
This is the funniest movie out i still watch it.
Robert gave it a 0:
One of the worst movies I've ever had the displeasure of seeing. If there were any negative scores allowed, I'd be sure to give this movie one.
Jamelle E. gave it an 8:
It was cool but the reason why i like the movie was because E-40 was in it.
Stuart gave it a 0:
This was the worst movie ever...I wanted to kill myself when I was watching it.
