Big Money Hustlas

This is Harland William's best performance ever. Honk if you love Sugar!!

Over-rated white hip hop outfit with cult following makes low budget film. Doesn't exactly sounds like a great achievement in modern cinema, does it? While it clearly fails at anything resembling conventional success, this movie does achieve a bizarre sort of diamond-in-the-rough eminence that you don't necessarily have to be a Faygo-loving Detroit native to appreciate. As someone who holds great disdain for the campy music and image of Insane Clown Posse, I obviously saw this movie with exceedingly low expectations. In the end, I came away seeing a movie with surprising cinematography, a plot that rises above the sheer inanity you're expecting, and far more than its fair share of both cheap and earned laughs.

The plot basically amounts to ruthless drug lord versus smooth renegade cop, an obvious parody of the blaxploitation cliché. The execution is certainly quite a bit more ambitious than what you'd expect from a movie made by musicians, especially considering the band's only two members don't appear on screen together until the last quarter of the movie. Since both the villain and the protagonist both wear face paint during all scenes of the picture, you can expect a great deal of heavy-handed silliness. However, when the plot turns serious, you care about the characters without things becoming corny or over done. There are still obvious complaints, arising primarily from poor acting, which isn't surprising. On the other hand, the underlying quality of this film is surprising, and makes it worth a view when you're in the mood for a cult film that is strangely entertaining.

I bought this movie the day it was released. I love it. Written by ICP's own Violent J, it is too funny for words, really. There is constant action and the acting, though it is meant to be a satire or farce, is actually not that bad...sometimes. But this movie is not really for the average movie watcher. Though some might find it funny, others will just dismiss it as being stupid and not really grasping what it is. What is it, you ask? It is for the Juggalos. What is a juggalo? I don't know.

Shaggy 2 Dope plays Sugar Bear, a rhyming parody of Dolemite. He teams with police chief Johnny Brennan (Jerky Boys) to go after the biggest gangsta in Detr...New York, Big Baby Sweets played by Violent J. Big Baby has a whole team of thugs including, Big Stank and Lil Poot (played by fellow rappers Twiztid), Bootleg Greg (Rerun Berry), and Hack Benjamin (Jumpsteady-Violent J's brother).

Sugar Bear must defeat them all with the help of whiny partner Harry Cox (Harlan Williams), and that's no easy task. But they're up for the job, especially when trained by Dolemite himself!!! See the action...see the excitement...see the big breasts!!! Go see Big Money Hustlas today!

MMFCL to all--this movie gets a 10 out of 10 from the Dallas down south Juggalo.

Big money hustlas should be taken as what it is...an immature joke lengthened into a film. Thats not to slag it off though, as i found it held my interest all the way through. If you like the ICP then you'll like this film, great music and a reasonable but predictable plot. Like an old 70's cop show with a modern slant and lots of swearing. Not one to show to your mother, but one of the main characters..Sugar bear...well..you've got to love him...as police officer Harry Cox would say...honk if you love Sugar ! I dont think Spielberg will be too worried about his special effects being outdone here ! All in all...an enjoyable hour and a half!

Having been a fan of ICP for such a long, LONG time, I can honestly say this movie sucks. It's horrible. But that's what makes it so goddamned great. I love ICP, and I commend them for making a film that only they (and the Juggalos) could sit through. And the best part? They're filming a prequel. I hope this saga never ends. I wish I could say the same for all sagas...

In short, this movie certainly isn't for everyone, but I urge everyone to see it, if not for your love of all things Psychopathic, then for your love/distaste for all things horrendously entertaining/appalling. Much clown love to all, and keep runnin' with the hatchet, mutha facko!