Ghetto bus

Movie
German title	Ghetto bus
Original title	I'm gonna git you sucka
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1988
length	88 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Keenen Ivory Wayans
script	Keenen Ivory Wayans
production	Carl Craig ; Peter McCarthy
music	David Michael Frank
camera	Tom Richmond
cut	Michael R. Miller
occupation
	Keenen Ivory Wayans : Jack Spade; Bernie Casey : John Slade; Antonio Fargas : Flyguy; Steve James : Kung Fu Joe; Isaac Hayes : Hammer; Jim Brown : Slammer; John Vernon : Mr. Big; Clu Gulager : Lt. Baker;

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (Original title: I'm Gonna Git You Sucka ) is an American film comedy from director Keenen Ivory Wayans from the year 1988 .

action

When Jake Spade is released from military service in the United States Army and returns home, he learns of a series of murders in the ghetto that also killed his brother Junebug. All died under the weight of huge gold chains. The mastermind behind the murders is the gang boss and drug dealer Mr. Big, who is now also putting Junebug's widow under pressure to work for him as a prostitute .

Jack and John Slade, his idol of the 1970s, gather helpers to take up the fight against Mr. Big. Among them is the newly released pimp Flyguy. Together they liberate the ghetto from its rule.

background

Director and screenwriter Wayans based his directorial debut on 1970s blaxploitation films such as Shaft and A Fall for Cleopatra Jones . He cast several blaxploitation stars like Antonio Fargas, Bernie Casey, Jim Brown and Isaac Hayes. His brothers Damon , Marlon and Shawn appear in supporting roles.

criticism

On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has a 62% positive rate.

Roger Ebert only gave the film one star, the worst rating in its system. He criticized the fact that the comedy was next to incapable of being funny.

" I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" (...) is almost completely incapable of being funny. "

- Roger Ebert

Web links

Ghettobusters in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Janet Maslin: Movie Review - I'm Gonna Git You Sucka . In: The New York Times , January 13, 1989. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
↑ I'm Gonna Git You Sucka . In: Washington Post , December 16, 1988. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
↑ I'm Gonna Git You Sucka . In: Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved January 30, 2011.

[1] Janet Maslin: Movie Review - I'm Gonna Git You Sucka . In: The New York Times , January 13, 1989. Retrieved January 30, 2011.

[2] I'm Gonna Git You Sucka . In: Washington Post , December 16, 1988. Retrieved January 30, 2011.

[3] I'm Gonna Git You Sucka . In: Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved January 30, 2011.