I Got The Hook Up Movie Free Online

Black and Blue are two street hustlers who run a ghetto superstore. When they take delivery of a load of mobile phones they think they have it made and start selling them like hot cakes. However when their phones interfere with a radio broadcast, sending details of a money stash out over the air, the two men become the target of a local criminal. Meanwhile the mobile phone company are investigating the new numbers when Black's girlfriend Lorraine is unable to keep them all covered.
I watched `Barbershop' a few days ago and gave it a bad review, however now that I've seen this I feel I may have been harsh. This film is awful - yet more cheap crap banged out by No-Limit to try and add to Master P's bank book without any thought of quality control - how very like everything he does! The plot is, well, non-existent. It is merely a series of stupid jokes and scenes with little cohesion. The whole thing seems to be put together for two reasons, 1) to feed Master P's ego and 2) the mis-belief that black people want to see Ricki Lake characters.
An example of 1) is the way that the film goes into a playas club at one point, to allow our `heroes' to be surrounded by naked black girls - why? I have no idea but P seems to be having fun. The second thing is seen all through the film in that every character is a joke - a real annoying joke. Squealing and swearing non-stop every character is irritating and unlikeable and, true to form, any white person is a racist (who is brought low by a black man) or a snivelling nerd. Such lazy writing is just plain annoying and it doesn't work.
Worst of all is the fact that none of it is funny - none. I half smiled twice at the rapid mouth action of Blue but that was forced on my side. P is an awful actor - I saw him mugging in Dark Angel as well, but here he is worse. He seems to believe that he just needs to swagger and mumble to look cool and he is sadly mistaken. He just looks like a stereotype which I suppose he is - everything about his bling-bling lifestyle is just one big cliché that he brings nothing new to. Johnson is a little better because he makes fun of himself more than P does but even this is lazy swearing and mugging stuff. The rest of the cast is made up of `big-booty' type actresses who are sexy but no more than that and are just like you'd see on Jerry Springer - really lazy stuff guys.
Overall if you want a lazy, clichéd film that is full or stereotypes, swearing and cheap jokes but lacking a single laugh then this is the film for you. I think anyone who thinks they have seen a lame comedy should watch this film just to see how bad a bad comedy really is.

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If you were a middle school student when this movie came out, it was probably one of your favorites. Looking back on it now, it doesn't hold up very well, although it is pretty representative of the kinds of movies that were popular at the time.
Two street hustlers, Black and Blue, convince a delivery man to leave a shipment of mobile phones with them. They get a friend to help manipulate the phone company so they can activate and sell the phones on the street. Their business gets them in trouble with a rival gangster. I don't actually remember how it all resolves, but I remember thinking that the movie was basically what is known as a 'vanity project' centered around Master P. P's movies didn't end up making huge amounts in the theaters, but he could probably still be making them is he wanted to. He was definitely a star and very well known. The humor is pretty crude and offensive with plenty of negative stereotypes, but that is kind of the point. It was made to be exploitive, even if it was black filmmakers exploiting perceptions about their own culture. My opinion was that it was mildly entertaining to watch, and there were even one or two likable characters, but as I said, I don't even remember how it ended. If your are between the ages of 12 and 15, you might still find it hilarious.

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This is one awful, awful comedy and a waste of a fine cast. Just one failed attempt at humor after another, with such crude and flat gags. The film leads nowhere, thinking it can be fueled strictly on laughs. But there's a problem: the laughs don't exist.
There was one funny joke and it was given away in the previews. A.J. Johnson says: 'Here are the twins, Ug and Lee.'
Just so I don't sound like a complete sour grape, there is one great scene involving a boatload of topless babes. If you happen to catch this movie on cable, that scene is worth waiting for. But don't waste any money to rent this movie.

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Somebody please stop letting some of these rappers write scripts then get a hold of film stock! Nothing but a collection of images that play up negative stereotypes about rappers and African-Americans in general. I feel sorry for those of you who sat through this crap in a theater. If you haven't rented it, DON'T. If it comes on cable, change the channel to a bad network movie of the week. That will have more substance than Master P's sorry efforts.

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I watched this piece of BS, and I was truly ashamed. Every other word was 'MF' this, 'Ho' that, 'B****' this. You don't need to go to such extremes to try to be funny...and if you feel you must go to those extremes, you are in the wrong business. Nothing is wrong with ghetto-humor, but this one goes too far. The language was appalling, the situations and plots were not well developed. This was simply regular old, bad taste, low brow humor...bottom of the barrel. I suppose it has its audience, but did we come up 150 years from slavery to arrive here? I hope not. Movies of this sort should not even serve as a way station. Movies like this have to be the exception...not the rule. We can do way,way better than this. This movie belongs in the trash, and I cannot, in good conscience, recommend it to anyone...especially anyone who has children.

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I would love to see a 'G' rated version of this movie.
It never let's up in its use of the 'F' word. In fact in the opening words of the movie, it used the 'F' word.
I think if they made a 'G' version of this movie - there would be NO dialogue -- the movie would be one long 'MF' BLEEP!
This isn't even a good 'bro' movie. Bad acting, bad dialouge. It did have a semblance of a plot though.
Let me put it this way - if I had to choose between this movie and 'Pippi Longstocking' -- it would be a toss up...
Wayno

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The scene where his mum and dad went to bail Blue?? from jail.
She was sprinkling Holy water!!!.
She was cursing all the demons (in the form of prisoners)to disappear.
That scene almost killed me.
I actually laughed and ended up weeping.
When some of the prisoners heckled her, she shouted at them, 'Your Mama, All your mamas'.
That's one of my fave jail scenes of all time.
Get Back Satan.
Disappear Demons!!!!!!!!

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I am not a fan of Master P's music or movies, but I would rather sit through one of his CD's for an hour than be forced to watch his cinematic exploits. When I think of his movies, one of the titles sticks out, Foolish. This sums up what all of his movies are. The acting is terrible, the scripts are lame, confusing, non existent, or a combination of all three. He just cranked out junk to add money to his growing empire. When a producer casts his family, friends, and label mates in all his films, this should be a clue it definitely won't be nominated for an Oscar.
Granted, AJ Johnson is funny in most of his roles, but when given nothing to work with, what can you do? Master P thinks he is the next Ice Cube. Wake up call, Ice Cube has talent, something Master P seriously lacks. I think the movie viewing public will be safe for a while from being tortured by another No Limit movie production considering almost everyone on the label is either facing some type of criminal charge or serving time for being found guilty on charges brought against them. As long as video cameras and crew are not allowed inside prisons, we should be OK for at least 5-7 years.

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At first, the movie starts off pretty funny, with Mia X running a credit office out of a burned out car. But what really makes it go down hill is it's drift off the original topic. Yes, there is a plot, and they drift off subject with it.
The movie is pretty funny, and I do think it deserves a spot in the Cult Classic section. But if you want to get confused, and try to figure out a point, this is the movie for you.

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I kept asking myself, 'they actually made a film this bad??!'. I didn't laugh one time. The worst acting, the dumbest story, a veritable plethora of ignorance. It appeared that they had no ending for the movie, so one of the main characters mugs for the camera and says 'I think somebody just shot me in da ASSSSSSSSS!!! It's like they just ran out of film and said, 'Yeah..we'll end it here'.

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Master P is awesome....his movie isn't. If your a no limit fan give it a view.

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I GOT THE HOOK-UP!(1997)
Developed by No Limit Films and published by Dimension Films
Pros:
>Unlike I'm Bout It, actual funding went into making this movie!
>A.J. Johnson, albeit annoying, is very funny.
Cons:
>Master P gives us more and even worse stereotypes on both black and white people than ever.
>No one in this movie, especially Master P, can act to save their lives.
Plot summary: Enter Black and Blue(Master P and A.J. Johnson), two black guys running a 'ghetto shopping center'(you won't believe it until you see it) in South Central L.A. One day, a delivery truck filled with cell phones and pagers makes an accidental stop in their area, and Black tricks the deliverymen IN THE MOST IMPOSSIBLE WAY of selling him the goods. Black 'hooks up' with his perverted on-and-off girlfriend Lorraine(Gretchen Palmer), who has a job at a cell phone company, and a guy that can illegally activate cell phone systems(Anthony Boswell). With everything set, Black and Blue go into selling cell phones. However, when chaos ensues through mixed-up receptions, Black and Blue find themselves on the run from angry customers, federal agents, and gang members.
Review: First off, let me inform you that this movie is put together like a live-action cartoon and never takes itself seriously, even when it wants to. All the characters in this movie are overly done stereotypes that are so bad that it hurts. However, there was a particular scene I thought was funny though offensive to the core: (SPOILER ALERT) the scene with Black and Blue getting shot at by handicapped gangbangers, with the leader saying retardedly, 'B****! I'm'll bust a cap in yo' a**!(END SPOILER)' Also, no one in this movie can act, especially Master P. All he ever does is stupid things in a Southern accent while flashing his gold teeth. The only person in this film that remotely tries to act is A.J. Johnson, though he is basically all mouth in the spirit of Chris Tucker. This movie starts with a unoriginal plot but then quickly gets off the plot and tries to be too many things at once, putting another flaw on this extremely flawed movie.
My final 2 cents: Watch it 3 times in your life, and never make any contact with this film again.
My rating: 3 out of 10

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A pointless plot and bad acting characterize this film that needs to be thrown in the garbage. Master P isn't master of anything except stupidity in this movie. This movies features some of my favorite comics but they come off looking aimless in this film. Word to the would-be watchers of this movie: Ghetto fabulous + hip-hop non-culture + bad acting + pointless plot = A film that ain't.

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Strangely enough I don't feel it's a great stretch to call this movie not worth the film it was put on. This film could have been used for an Oscar winner, a thoughtfully done picture, or even a Bruce Willis action movie. But instead it was used to record Master P's desire to employ all the awful rappers of New Orleans while keeping his unexplainable popularity as the poor man's Puff Daddy through the roof. I can't even begin to tell you the problems I had with I Got The Hook Up other than to say I don't count it as an actual movie. Movies have actors, plots, scripts. This awful production had none of these. I've seen some bad movies in my time, but by and large many of them were at least fun to laugh at. This wasn't; in fact this made me genuinely angry. I wasted an hour and a half of my life on this monstrosity that I will never get back. If I ever meet Master P, he'd better watch out.

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Just like his sorry rap music, so is this awful piece of what ever you want to call it. I found this movie offensive, distasteful, mindless and degrading. I use these adjectives because I can't think of one right now that really captures the filth of this movie. I kept hoping the story line would reveal itself, but it never materialized. I am a huge movie buff and I have sat through some sorry junk before but this was pitiful. The blacksploitation movies of the '70's' are Oscar performances compared to this mess. I have one question, who allowed this to reach the public? Master P has no respect for his people, women and himself. I hate this garbage.

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This is the worst film I have ever SEEN!!! It was SO bad, that every film I've seen since, I have simply loved, thus this film has ruined me from EVER giving another objective review of any film! In the user voting section I have noticed that 40 users gave this film a 10! a TEN! I didn't know Master P's had bought PC's and Internet access for his family! My GOD!!! I'm comin' to you 'Lizabeth! I have nothing else to say.

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This movie proved to be one of the most nauseauting hour and a half stretches of my life. I just don't comprehend how Master P manages to produce such garbage, and the fact that there is a market for it. The worst rappers on the planet expand the horizon of their unharmonious lyrics to some of the worst dialogue, and I've seen pornos with better plot development. Master Trash and his partner steal some cell phones, and how so COINCIDENTALLY he has friends who can activate them? And the whole thing about the store owner with the hot women in the back, and how Masturbator P's romantic interest lives in a technological outpost resembling the Batcave in her apartment, and that scene were AJ Johnson starts talking about what he's going to be wearing while Master Pathetic is on the phone....my skin crawls at the horrible editing, screenwriting, and utter shamless self exploitation that riddles M.P's videotaped ego trip. When it comes to the one of the worst movies ever made, to modify the words of the No Talent Soldiers, 'It IS YOUR FAULT'!!!!

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Had I given up $7.75 plus the cost of popcorn and soda on this movie, I would have felt seriously cheated. This was one of those movies that makes a person want to sneak into the movie they actually wanted to have seen had they not been curious about what 'I Got the Hook Up' was all about just to feel that they got their money's worth. Master P is a master at being a business man, don't get me wrong. But just because you got the money to do a movie, that doesn't mean you got the hook up. He should have hooked up with a real concept and some REAL actors! Big Ups to him for making budget plus two times more...he's a business man.

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This is definitely one of those movies just to watch to see how bad it is. I'm not too sure if you'll be laughing at it, or laughing with it, but the scenarios are ridiculous (including retarded gangsters trying to ride their bicycles and talk on the cellphone at the same time), the acting is pretty horrible (although Master P's vocabulary primarily consists of Uuuuuuuuugh anyway), and there's gratuitous shots of just about anything that doesn't help the continuity of the movie. Next to 'Dolemite II: The Human Tornado', this is probably the funniest movie that its only humor is derived from the horribleness of the movie.

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When I went to see this movie I was hesitant, but it actually turned out to be really funny. I felt like i was watching the real sequel to 'Friday'. The movie is quirky and hilarious. There are a lot of notable actors many from 'Friday' the others are rappers off of Master P's No Limit label. Ice Cube has a cameo where he sells a stolen car to AJ Johnson. If you liked 'Friday' and have got nothing against Master P I recommend this movie. Believe me you will be laughing...

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I used to be very much into this 'type' of film when i was younger. Friday was and is one of my all time favourites and at the time i watched this i used to watch it regularly. 'I got the hook up' has lots of the same cast, very nearly playing the same roles, but it is so bad. I rented this full of hope when in my teens and even then i thought it was absolute rubbish. Still to this day one of the worse films i have seen.
Sometimes really bad films are so bad that they become enjoyable. This does not manage to do that. It just makes you want it to end.
I can usually find something good to say about a film but all i can think of for this is that it isn't very long.
The dialogue is very bad, the acting is bad, the idea is bad. The soundtrack was bad. Sorry to be so negative. Please don't watch this film.

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My kids took me to see this flick & it was an embarassment it was offensive,stereotypical crap Master P. should stick to music.One of the biggest gripes in Hollywood is that Black movies always get ignored around Oscar time.With garbage like this coming out it's no wonder.

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I got the Hook up is not what I would even call a movie, as it is really just merchandise for Master P to get his hands on money. This film has a weak plot if one at all, no one can act what so ever, and the script is not the best. If you like Master P, you might enjoy this movie. Personally I believe Master P has again failed at an another field of entertainment.

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Yes it is bad. But its got Ice Cube in it! Make no mistake this is a pretty bad film but in that vein it excels. Parts of it are so bad you can't help but enjoy the hell out of it... lighten up people, not every film needs to be a Cohen brother's masterpiece.

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It's obvious as to what inspired Master P to make this 'cinematic gem.' John Witherspoon, A. J. Johnson, Tiny Lester, and several other of the actors in Hook Up were all playing their same respective roles from Friday - Ice Cube's day-in-the-life ghetto comedy.
I wish there was an original idea in this movie, but there isn't. One would think that with the collaborative effort NO LIMIT uses to write and direct their movies they would produce at least one film with substantial length or original content. Sadly, this movie falls short on both stipulations.
I hope Master P and the NO LIMIT crew had fun making this horrible movie because audience members won't have fun watching it.

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