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What a fantastic movie! Wow! I loved, loved, loved this movie!

If there was ever a movie that was built for the dollar theater back in the day, this was it!

What an incredible concept and amazing, pretty much flawless execution on film.

The late director Ted Demme. His touch on this is masterful.

It's dang near an action film. Very similar, a close relative to New Jack City, which is from this same glorious era in movies and I also adore much the same.

I remember seeing the videocassette box of this in the video store and just thinking it was some silly urban comedy, because that is how they literally packaged it, but it is so much more than that.

Yes, it is funny, but make no mistake, this sucker is gritty too.

I love it.

Funny and gritty.

Old school New York.

Rappers playing normal roles of normal people. Unannounced cameos.

It's so great.

Most of today's youth wouldn't even realize these dudes are rappers.

And Denis Leary and Colin Quinn.

Bernie Mac too?

This movie rules!

And all from the director of Beautiful Girls?

Who knew?

Not me!

But I definitely know now.

Who the Man is!

I recently rewatched Who's the Man (1993) on Tubi. The storyline follows two best friends in New York who are struggling financially and lack direction in life. When the local police department becomes desperate for recruits, they decide to try out-assuming they have no chance of getting selected... until they do.

Directed by Ted Demme (Blow), the film stars Ed Lover (Undisputed), Doctor Dré (Juice), Ice-T (New Jack City), Bernie Mac (Bad Santa), Denis Leary (Suicide Kings), and Bill Bellamy (Fled).

As a teenager, I loved this movie as a companion piece to Yo! MTV Raps. It boasts an impressive lineup of rapper cameos and a fun soundtrack (which I definitely had as a kid). While the story and acting are rough, Bernie Mac and Denis Leary deliver hilarious performances that make it worthwhile. The premise has a Police Academy-style vibe with a street-smart spin, though it leans into the ridiculous.

In conclusion, Who's the Man is a nostalgic rap movie with a few redeeming elements, but it's still pretty bad. I'd score it a 4/10.

African-American comedies have always appealed to me. Movies like HOUSE PARTY, CLASS ACT, and DON'T BE A MENACE TO...... After seeing movies like I GOT THE HOOK UP and FRIDAY, I started to lose my feel for them. But I was going through my video library and came upon WHO'S THE MAN?. The movie had some down right funny jokes, fast paced, and good music. It was also interesting to see an all-star hip-hop cast. Give this one a try.

Anyone who is a fan of Dr.Dre and Ed Lover would have certain expectations for any film from the duo. "Who's the Man?" far exceeds those expectations.

And if you are a fan of music or rap in general it is still brilliant. If you are not a fan of any of these things then its brilliance is lost on you so go and watch Gone in 60 Seconds you ignorant fool.

"Who's the Man?" funny, silly, creative, relevant, full of cameos, and includes an impeccable soundtrack (including a complete performance of Naughty By Nature's "Hip-Hop Hooray"). I give credit to Ted Demme, it takes balls to direct a spoof with a straight face, but that's just what he did; and, for the most part, he succeeded (although some jokes do fall flat). An no film has ever gotten so much out of cameos. Everyone who was on MTV in the early 90's was included in this film (except for the disappointing exclusion of Jon Stewart). Over 50 hip-hop stars, and Colin Quinn, Dennis Leary, Kurt Loder, Bill Bellamy... This is movie belongs in the same company of A Hard Day's Night, Purple Rain, Gimme Shelter, High Fidelity, and The Commitments as a movie that perfectly blends film and music. A true cinematic achievement.

Cards on the table: I'm an old white guy. I don't know Dre or Lover.

I like some slapstick, and some I don't. For your reference, I never much cared for Abbott & Costello or the 3 Stooges, but I love Laurel & Hardy and the Marx Brothers. Dre & Lover got lots of personality and good humor. Love watching their comedy routine -- the best part of the movie.

Ice-T has a small part, must be one of his first on the screen. Would like to see him in bigger parts; he's on TV a lot lately and he's an interesting actor.

The closing credits are playing to some hip-hop. The lyrics use the "N" word, but it occurs to me that I don't remember hearing it in the movie's dialog. It's the end of 2006 and it's finally going out of style, but avoiding it 13 years ago was a touch of class.

I've got Cinemax playing on the TV. The next movie is coming on, which they rate "MV" for Mild Violence. If I were to rate "Who's the Man," I wouldn't give it any violence rating. A gun was waived around menacingly, once. Otherwise, they're too busy having fun. Bring the kids. (Apparently, the professional movie-raters disagree. Maybe society has changed a lot in 13 years. Either that, or professional movie-raters are fuddy duddies.)