Underclassman Movie Review 2005

Venice beach bike cop, Tre (Cannon), gets assigned to prep school to investigate a murder. Sounds like it might have promise, but nope. Even the juxtaposition of Tre--the only African American on the starkly white prep school campus--falls flat amidst cheap jokes and predictably cliched circumstances. Poor Cheech Marin, who plays Tre's boss, adds another thankless role to his resume. Why Tre, a trouble-finding high school dropout, is a cop in the first place, is beyond logic.

Distribution

Miramax Film Corp., 8439 W Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069-1921, Phone: (323)650-2937, URL: http://www.miramax.com

Available on DVD
Running time 95 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Action-Comedy, Prep School, Campus Capers, Undercover Cops, High School

Screenplay

David T. Wagner, Brent Goldberg

Cast

Nick Cannon, Shawn Ashmore, Roselyn Sanchez, Kelly Hu, Ian Gomez, Hugh Bonneville, Richard "Cheech" Marin, Mary Pat Gleason, Angelo Spizzirri, Kaylee DeFer

Cinematography

David Hennings

Director

Marcos Siega

Music

BT (Brian Transeau)

Other

Doug Arnold, Nicholas C. Smith, Oana Bogdan, Gary Frutkoff

Producer

Peter Abrams, Robert Levy, Andrew Panay, Tapestry Films, Miramax Films