The L.A. Riot Spectacular (2005)
29 %
Reviews Counted: 7 Fresh: 2 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 3.8/10
Rated: R
Runtime: 80 mins
Theatrical Release: Aug 4, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: This brazen, gleefully un-P.C. satire from director Marc Klasfeld takes on the highly controversial topic of the Rodney King trial and ensuing deadly rioting in Los Angeles, turning a fearless satirical eye on the city's racial strife, the trial, the Los Angeles Police Department, and the... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Snoop Dogg, Anne-Marie Johnson, Ted Levine, Jonathan Lipnicki, Christopher McDonald
Director: Marc Klasfeld
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[The] pic feels overlong because once it's established that this is going to be a tasteless, if occasionally hilarious, exercise in social criticism, the movie needs to constantly accelerate the level of hilarity, which is impossible to do.
08/10/06
Top Critic
A veteran director of music videos, [Marc] Klasfeld has for his feature film debut churned out a lifeless series of sketch-comedy ideas that presumably would make even the Wayans brothers blanch at their broadness.
08/10/06
Top Critic
...occasionally funny, but the tone is mostly one of frantic and forced "outrageousness"...
08/10/06
Stunningly, the end of 'The L.A. Riot Spectacular' promises a sequel taking on the OJ Simpson trial. If I have to physically go to the west coast and prevent this from happening, I'm prepared to make that commitment.
08/04/06
A film that works overtime to offend each and every ethnic group and economic class that makes up the smoggy purgatory of Los Angeles while simultaneously patting itself on the back for being so putatively daring.
07/15/06
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LA RIOT SPECTACULAR was funny @ Tribeca, but LA residents may not want get the joke?
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LA RIOT SPECTACULAR was funny @ Tribeca, but LA residents may not want get the joke?
by: REEL_REVIEWER 8/19/06
by: REEL_REVIEWER 8/19/06
LA RIOT SPECTACULAR was funny @ Tribeca, but LA residents may not want get the joke?
by: REEL_REVIEWER 8/19/06
by: REEL_REVIEWER 8/19/06
LA RIOT SPECTACULAR was funny @ Tribeca, but LA residents may not want get the joke?
by: REEL_REVIEWER 8/19/06
by: REEL_REVIEWER 8/19/06
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