All About the Benjamins Movie Review 2002

Cube and Epps re-team (2000's "Next Friday") as bounty hunter Bucum (Ice Cube) and two-bit con Reggie (Epps) who meet mobsters and mayhem in Miami in this hip-hop buddy flick. Bucum, who dreams of opening his own private-eye agency, is sent to track down Reggie, who seeks a lost lottery tickets which gets the mismatched duo mixed up in a diamond heist. As usual, Cube, straight man to Epps's clown, have the usual chemistry and deliver some amusing moments in this light caper comedy, but the director's penchant for gory violence interrupts the otherwise slapstick mood. The two leads would shine if not for being stuck in this nod to "Miami Vice" and Elmore Leonard without the character development and plot. Cube co-wrote with Levy.

Distribution

New Line Home Video, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (310)854-5811, Fax: (310)854-1824, URL: http://www.newline.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 98 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

African America, Disorganized Crime, Miami, Bounty Hunters, Heists: Jewels, Extraordinary Pairings

Screenplay

Ice Cube, Ronald Lang

Cast

Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Tommy Flanagan, Eva Mendes, Carmen Chaplin, Roger Guenveur Smith, Anthony Michael Hall, Valarie Rae Miller, Bow Wow

Cinematography

Glen McPherson

Director

Kevin Bray

Music

John Murphy

Other

Mark Webber, Spring Aspers, Suzanne Hines, Sophie de Rakoff Carbonell, J. Mark Harrington

Producer

Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, Cube Vision, New Line Cinema