I'm Gonna Git You Sucka! (1988)
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 26
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 10
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Average Rating: 4.8/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 3
No consensus yet.
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Average Rating: 3.3/5
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Keenen Ivory Wayans wrote, directed, and starred in this hilarious parody of blaxploitation films in the comedy I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. Jack Spade (Wayans) returns home from a hitch in the army to find his brother Junebug has died from an overdose of gold chains, leaving his widow Cheryl (Dawnn Lewis) and mother Ma Bell (Ja'net DuBois) alone to fend for themselves. Ma throws two inept thugs (Damon Wayans and Kadeem Hardison) sent by the evil white guy Mr. Big (John Vernon) down a flight of
Jan 1, 1988 Wide
Jan 9, 2001
MGM Home Entertainment
Cast
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Keenen Ivory Wayans
Jack Spade -
Bernie Casey
John Slade -
Antonio Fargas
Flyguy -
Steve James
Kung Fu Joe -
Isaac Hayes
Hammer -
Jim Brown
Slammer -
Ja'Net DuBois
Ma Bell -
Dawnn Lewis
Cheryl -
John Vernon
Mr. Big -
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Wren T. Brown
Big Brim Pimp #2 -
Robert Colbert
Farrell -
Marilyn Coleman
Funeral Mourner -
Tony Cox
Wayne Evans -
Charles Cozart
Anchorman -
Maria Diaz
Bar Patron -
Bentley Evans
Crowd Member -
Roy Fegan
Dead Pimp -
Marc Figueroa
Knuckles -
Clu Gulager
Lt. Baker -
Bob Gibson
Slade's Theme Musician -
Eugene Robert Glazer
Officer -
Michael Goldfinger
Sergeant -
David Alan Grier
Newsman -
Kadeem Hardison
Willie -
Robin Harris
Bartender at Sam's -
Hawthorne James
One Eyed Sam -
George James
Bruno -
Anne-Marie Johnson
Cherry -
Homeselle Joy
Mourner -
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Bobby McGee
Pimp -
Richard McGregor
Gang Member -
Gary Owens
Himself -
Eve Plumb
Kalinga's Wife -
Vickilyn Reynolds
Sadie -
Ariana Richards
Little Girl -
Chris Rock
Rib Joint Customer -
Ludie Washington
Big Brim Bartender -
Damon Wayans
Leonard -
Kim Wayans
Nightclub Singer -
Clarence Williams III
Kalinga -
John Witherspoon
Reverend -
Carl Craig
Man in Love -
Jester Hairston
Pop -
Peter McCarthy
Weasel -
Tom Wright
Brothel Man -
Michael Conn
Officer -
King Cotton
Slade's Theme Musician -
Liza Cruzat
Bimbo -
Brian Maguire
Policeman -
Scott Morris
Jack's Theme Musicians:... -
Jim Ray Daniels
Slade's Theme Musician -
Shawn Wayans
Pedestrian -
Nancy Cheryl Davis
Woman -
Tommy Morgan Jr.
Referee -
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All Critics (26) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (10) | DVD (7)
In many respects this is a black counterpart to The Naked Gun, and very nearly as funny; the bounty of antimacho gags is both unexpected and refreshing.
Top CriticThe greatest pleasure comes from seeing '70s veterans send themselves up.
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka is a lively but uncertain mixture of nostalgia, silliness and genuinely unpredictable humor.
Although, like all good satires, it is cheerfully willing to be offensive, it is almost completely incapable of being funny.
It's not that Wayans lacks wit, it's that he's stomped it to death.
Wayans' choosing to play romantic lead seems more narcissistic than smartly comic (watch him unleash those built biceps once too often); he lacks an unidentifiable shtick.
Unrelenting, unremitting, a brilliant broad-brush of a parody.
In offering up this affectionate parody of the old movies, Wayans also turns a satiric eye on black culture in general -- but in an inoffensive, lighthearted manner.
You'll need to visit a doctor after it....to put back together your split-sides!
Keenen Ivory Wayans' best film ever.
There's something ungrateful going on under the surface
Probably an hour's worth of funny in a 90-minute movie.
The idea is swamped by the execution.
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Foreign Titles
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (DE)
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (UK)
