I Got the Hook-Up Movie Review 1998

Inner-city hustlers Black (Master P) and Blue (Johnson) have their own "department store" in a vacant lot where they sell various goods of dubious quality and origin. When a truckload of cell phones is mistakenly delivered to them, it ushers them into a new business venture. All hell breaks loose when a thug (Lister) has a money pick-up go bad because of the defective phones. Sporadically amusing comedy plays gang violence and misogyny for laughs, while the leads do nothing to make their characters interesting or even likable.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS
Running time 93 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Urban Comedy, Scams, Stings & Cons, African America, Pure Ego Vehicles

Screenplay

Percy (Master P) Miller

Cast

Percy (Master P) Miller, A.J. (Anthony) Johnson, Gretchen Palmer, Frantz Turner, Tommy (Tiny) Lister, Helen Martin, John Witherspoon, Harrison White, Ice Cube, Anthony Boswell, Lola Mae

Cinematography

Antonio Calvache

Director

Michael Martin

Music

Tommy Coster, Brad Fairman

Producer

Dimension Films