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I Got the Hook Up

  • 1998
  • R
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
4.1/10
2.5K
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Master P and Anthony Johnson in I Got the Hook Up (1998)
Two small time scam artists, Black and Blue, sell boom boxes and broken TVs from their van at the parking lot. When, by mistake, a shipment of cellular phones gets to them, it doesn't take long before FBI and gangsters are after them.
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Two small-time scam artists, Black and Blue, sell boomboxes and broken TVs from their van in a parking lot. When a shipment of cellular phones comes to them by mistake, they soon find themse... Read allTwo small-time scam artists, Black and Blue, sell boomboxes and broken TVs from their van in a parking lot. When a shipment of cellular phones comes to them by mistake, they soon find themselves targeted by the FBI and gangsters.Two small-time scam artists, Black and Blue, sell boomboxes and broken TVs from their van in a parking lot. When a shipment of cellular phones comes to them by mistake, they soon find themselves targeted by the FBI and gangsters.

  • Director
    • Michael Martin
  • Writers
    • Master P
    • Leroy Douglas
    • Carrie Mungo
  • Stars
    • Master P
    • Anthony Johnson
    • Gretchen Palmer
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    4.1/10
    2.5K
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    • Director
      • Michael Martin
    • Writers
      • Master P
      • Leroy Douglas
      • Carrie Mungo
    • Stars
      • Master P
      • Anthony Johnson
      • Gretchen Palmer
    • 42User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Master P
    Master P
    • Black
    Anthony Johnson
    Anthony Johnson
    • Blue
    • (as A.J. Johnson)
    Gretchen Palmer
    • Sweet Lorraine
    Frantz Turner
    • Dalton
    Richard Keats
    Richard Keats
    • Jim Brady
    Joe Estevez
    Joe Estevez
    • Lamar Hunt
    William Frederick Knight
    William Frederick Knight
    • Agent In Charge
    • (as William Knight)
    Anthony Boswell
    • Little Brother
    Mack Morris
    • Andrew
    Mia X
    • Lola Mae
    Tom Lister Jr.
    Tom Lister Jr.
    • T-Lay
    • (as Tommy 'Tiny' Lister. Jr.)
    C-Murder
    • T-Lay Boy #1
    • (as Corey Miller)
    Cory 'Zooman' Miller
    Cory 'Zooman' Miller
    • T-Lay Boy #1
    • (as Corey Miller)
    Edward Smith
    • T-Lay Boy #2
    Mystikal
    Mystikal
    • T-Lay Boy #3
    • (as Michael L. Taylor)
    Pablo Marz
    Pablo Marz
    • Hispanic Man
    Tangie Ambrose
    Tangie Ambrose
    • Nasty Mouth Carla
    Harrison White
    Harrison White
    • Tootsie Pop
    • Director
      • Michael Martin
    • Writers
      • Master P
      • Leroy Douglas
      • Carrie Mungo
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    User reviews42

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    revolutioner

    The worst movie ever made

    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".
    bob the moo

    Dire `comedy' from a man on an ego trip

    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.
    Brian Blueskye

    What was the point ?

    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.
    Kilamofo

    Can I curse? If I can then 'This is very bad!!!

    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.
    Mattchoo-2

    I Loved It!

    This movie, although kind of crude and rough around the edges represented a great film made by a great man. I mean, give the guy some credit. He is the CEO of No Limit Records and he has a lot of the big-name rappers in the biz' in his corner. His movie may not be Oscar material, but I have noticed that people that criticize other people's work tend to not know how to do it any better. So, get a life those of you who are not Master P supporters. (All this was actually written by a WHITE guy!)

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      All entries contain spoilers
    • Quotes

      Blue: Tell her I'll have on some gym socks and a backstage pass from a Kool Moe Dee concert.

      Blue: Tell her I'll be wearing cowboy boots with some click-clacks around my neck.

      Blue: Tell her I'll be butt naked with a belt on, and a beeper, and some Blu-Blockers.

      Blue: Tell her I'ma be butt naked with a 'Bout It radio sticker sign on my ass. And a gold necklace. And a class ring.

      Blue: Tell her I'ma be asshole naked with some handcuffs and a whip, and a hula skirt. And a saddle on my back. And a big-ass NFL hat on.

    • Crazy credits
      Outtakes play under the first half of the credits.
    • Connections
      Followed by I Got the Hook Up 2 (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Hook It Up
      Performed by Master P, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony & Silkk the Shocker

      Produced by KLC & Craig B

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 27, 1998 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Dimension Films
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • I Got the Hook-Up
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Mastoff Films
      • No Limit Films
      • Priority Films (I)
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $10,317,779
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,310,349
      • May 31, 1998
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,317,779
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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