I Got the Hook Up (1998)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Michael Martin

Writers:

Master P (story) &
Leroy Douglas (story) ...

Release Date:

27 May 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

A truckload of cell phones... turns into a boatload of cash!

Plot:

Two broke buddies feel lucky when they come upon a truckload of cellular phones and begin selling them out of the back of their van...

Plot Keywords:

Cellular Phone | Friend | Profit | Urban | Bloopers During Credits

Cast

Master P	...	Black
Anthony Johnson	...	Blue (as A.J. Johnson)
Gretchen Palmer	...	Sweet Lorraine
Frantz Turner	...	Dalton
Richard Keats	...	Jim Brady
Joe Estevez	...	Lamar Hunt
William Knight	...	Agent In Charge
Anthony Boswell	...	Little Brother
Mack Morris	...	Andrew
Mia X	...	Lola Mae
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	T-Lay (as Tommy 'Tiny' Lister. Jr.)
Cory 'Zooman' Miller	...	T-Lay Boy #1 (as Corey Miller)
Edward Smith	...	T-Lay Boy #2
Mystikal	...	T-Lay Boy #3 (as Michael L. Taylor)
Pablo Marz	...	Hispanic Man

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong language, crude sexual humor, nudity, drug content and some violence.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | USA:R (certificate #35888) | Australia:MA | UK:18

Company:

Mastoff Films

Quotes:

Little Girl: Look, my mama want her money back.
Blue: How am I gonna give you the money back? You done ate one of the pig's feet.
Little Girl: No we didn't.
Blue: I got a magic lamp. Tell your mama she gotta rub this every Wednesday at 3:42 standing on one leg with Al Green playing in the background, her money will pop out. And tell your daddy to buy you another shirt.

Movie Connections:

References Coming to America (1988)

Soundtrack:

What You Need

I Don't Believe I Actually Rented This!

I rented this movie on Saturday night out of sheer desperation. Blockbuster was crowded and every movie I wanted to watch was out. 'I Got The Hook Up' was just about the only movie left on the shelf. It was right beside the new releases and the write-up on the box looked pretty funny. Having now seen the movie with my husband, I have to say that it would NOT rate in my Top 100. It was quite funny in places, particularly the car chase towards the end of the movie when Black is trying to drive a car with the hood stuck up in the air and Blue is out there on the bonnet trying to shut it. But basically the movie was pretty plotless and pointless and not as funny as I had expected it to be. To be fair, although the language was crude and there was a bit of nudity, any sex was more hinted at than displayed, which makes a nice change after Channel 5. But if you are looking to rent a movie, I wouldn't recommend this unless you are big time into Rap Music. We certainly had a bit of a hard time trying to make out what the characters were saying half the time!!