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All About the Benjamins (2002)
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Reviews Counted:75
Fresh:23
Rotten:52
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: A sloppy, poorly directed action-comedy, All About the Benjamins is too derivative and gratuitously violent.
Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong violence, pervasive language and brief sexuality
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release:Mar 8, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $25,482,931
Synopsis: Small time hustler Reggie Wright (Mike Epps) is a con man and perpetual target of Miami bounty hunter Bucum Jackson (Ice Cube). One afternoon Bucum chases Reggie into a commercial shoot where they... Small time hustler Reggie Wright (Mike Epps) is a con man and perpetual target of Miami bounty hunter Bucum Jackson (Ice Cube). One afternoon Bucum chases Reggie into a commercial shoot where they stumble upon a diamond heist culminating in a multiple slaying. Both men feel lucky to make it out alive, but they also feel a need to return to the case. While Bucum seeks a major bust to boost his standing as an investigator, Reggie must recover a winning lottery ticket that was lost in the getaway car. This unlikely duo pair up to take down the powerful crime syndicate responsible with unwanted assistance from the women in their lives (Eva Mendes and Valarie Rae Miller). Unnecessarily sadistic, this bombastic buddy picture is sprinkled with missing frame action effects, villains with European accents, and exotic fish. Like the Ice Cube vehicle FRIDAY, the star doubles as screenwriter and plays a straight man to his co-star. In this case, the counterpart is Mike Epps who cracks wise and utilizes his vocal talents to provide the humor in this action comedy. [More]
Starring: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Tommy Flanagan Trio, Anthony Michael Hall
Starring: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Tommy Flanagan Trio, Anthony Michael Hall, Eva Mendes, Valarie Rae Miller, Jeffrey Chase
Director: Kevin Bray
Director: Kevin Bray
Screenwriter: Ice Cube, Ron Lang
Studio: New Line Cinema
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Reviews for All About the Benjamins
There is a general air of exuberance in All About The Benjamins that's hard to resist.
In this refreshingly shameless celebration of money and expensive stuff, director Kevin Bray grabs every retro action-film cliché.
One of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch.
A slam-bang extravaganza that is all about a wild-and-woolly, wall-to-wall good time.
With its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action, All About the Benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s.
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