Leprechaun 6 : Le Retour

This was the sixth and final installment that starred Warwick Davis in the titular role.

As the title says, the movie partially recycles the plot from the previous film. A Los Angeles priest named Father Jacob engages Lubdan the Leprechaun in battle and then banishes him to hell before dying of his wounds. A year later, as par the course, the gold is discovered in a sinkhole by a group of four friends consisting of a drug dealing motorcyclist named Rory (Laz Alonso), his wimpy pot-head friend Jamie (Page Kennedy), Jamies girlfriend Lisa (Sherrie Jackson), and Rory's ex-girlfriend Emily, who ignored the previous warnings from a psychic named Esmeralda (Donzaleigh Abernathy). The four friends split the money and spend it recklessly, awakening Leprechaun once again and setting him on yet another rampage throughout Los Angeles to reclaim his gold.

Like the three protagonists in the last movie, the main cast isn't very likeable. Rory is a drug-dealer, Jamie is a dumb, whiny pothead, and Lisa seems like a gold-digger. Only Emily is sympathetic and wants to get out of the hood and go to college, but even she's far from a saint. The rest of the cast are just nasty, one-dimensional jerks and extras set up to be killed by the Leprechaun, like a couple of fat beauty salon customers who mock Emily's ambitions, and some gang members led by Watson (Shiek Mahmud-Bey), who lacks any of the charisma that Ice-T presented as Mack Daddy in the last movie.

As always, Warwick is a riot to watch as he supplies 90% of the films humor. This time around, he's surprisingly easygoing, usually only killing when he's angry. We see him happily smoke pot with some guy before he notices that he has one of his coins, and even politely asks Watson and a cop for his gold back before they provoke him into violence. He's way more likeable and sympathetic than the four protagonists.

The movie maintains its gory horror comedy genre; we see officer Whitaker get his leg ripped off by the Leprechaun and then weakly hopping over demanding it back before bleeding to death and the reused joke of the Leprechaun having his eye gouged out during a fight with Emily. Other than that, we got more cartoonish and ridiculous humor, like Leppy getting high off pot then getting hit in the face with a refrigerator door and then knocked into it while he's got the munchies.

Of course, the film is so silly and idiotic, you can't take it seriously. Even so, it's still funny as hell and not at all scary. I think it's a little better than the fifth movie, but that's not saying much. Still, if you're bored and a fan of cheesy, low-quality horror comedy, give this one a watch.

I suppose one could begin by saying that it was well acted; it was, but pornos can be well acted also. The plot is a whole different matter.

The writer seems to have totally abandoned the comical limericks that are the lep's modus operandi. In fact we see Warwick taking on very few lines and taking on more lethal damage in this one flick than in all of the other lep movies combined.

Overall it was pretty good, certainly better than Warwick Davis' dabble in space travel. But really, did my Pot of Gore need to become obsolete for this?

The evil Leprechaun is back to reclaim his gold but this time he's got to resist the temptation of... smoking a bong?!? Leprechaun meets the boyz in the hood and proves that he's got what it takes to be the baddest mofo around. Lep is back to the hood and up to no good... again.

I'm not an avid Leprechaun fan. In fact, I've never paid much attention to these movies until this year came around. I've seen Leprechaun 1, 2, 3 and now 6 (Back 2 Tha Hood) and I'd say that "Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha Hood" would have to be the best of the series. I had seen some parts of part 3 and about half of Leprechaun 4 a couple of years ago but I don't think I'd seen enough to pass judgment.

What attracts me to this film the most is that it's so different from the rest of the series. When I say this, I'm thinking of how Jason X was to the rest of the Jason movies. I mean, the Leprechaun isn't used to dealing with these smart-ass ghetto thugs. The jokes used in the movie aren't very original and are either hit or miss. You either like this kind of humor or just think that it's been done before and move on. For me, it was a guilty pleasure.

None of the characters in this movie are likable except for the Leprechaun, but if he wasn't likable, he wouldn't have gotten to this many sequels, would he? For the most part, I was happy to see these smart-asses get beaten up and impaled by bongs, stabbed with sharp objects and all harmful acts that happened during the movie. Some of the slow motion was well-placed and made the film evermore funny (i.e. Lep's eye incident) but for the most part, it didn't suit the movie all that well but didn't really harm it either..

The Leprechaun looked so much better in this film, he looks a lot creepier than he used to. Every time I'd see a Leprechaun film, I'd wonder if people actually got scared of him because he was always so comical with his appearance and annoying rhymes. Luckily, I only remember the Leprechaun blubbering out one rhyme in this movie which was a welcomed change, instead of rolling my eyes at another lame one-rhymer.

When it all comes down to it, this is an average horror film but a good addition to the Leprechaun series. If you're bored and want some horror fun, check out this film because you got about a 50/50 chance of splitting your sides in laughter like I did or just staring blankly at the screen. I say, give it a chance.

Hairdresser from tha hood Emily Woodrow (Tangi Miller) and her ghetto pals discover a chest full of gold coins and, ignoring a warning from a psychic woman to deny their newfound wealth, find themselves threatened by a malevolent leprechaun.

What has made the Leprechaun sequels bearable thus far is their blatant silliness and camp characters, with the focus on twisted humour rather than genuine horror. Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood plays everything a little too straight for its own good, with not nearly enough in the way of knowingly dumb nonsense: the death scenes are forgettable, and with some of the least likable protagonists of the whole franchise (drug smoking, gun toting thugs with few redeeming qualities), Back 2 tha Hood proves to be quite the painful experience.

The funniest scene in the whole sorry mess is when Leprechaun (Warwick Davis, returning for the paycheck) smokes a bong, but we already saw the little guy get stoned in the previous film (which handled the whole 'G' thang with a lot more fun).

Leprechaun In Tha Hood (2000) was arguably the worst of the Leprechaun movies (Except the remake) so another one had me fearing the worst.

This was also the last official Leprechaun movie, the last one to feature Warwick Davis and it's hardly a fitting end for the little fella.

It tells the story of a group who find the Leprecauns gold and become stalked by him. Pretty formulaic stuff, but the main difference here is how dark is.

The Leprechaun movies are comedy horrors and aren't to be taken seriously, with over the top death scenes and regular quips they are supposed to be silly fun. This has minimal comedy, Leprechaun doesn't quip and the deaths are far from comedic. That was a really strange decision by it's creators and in this guys opinion and a really really stupid one.

If you enjoyed Leprechaun In Tha Hood you might enjoy this but as a final entry to the series this was somewhat undeserving.

The Good:

Has its moments

The Bad:

The lack of comedy hurts the film

I struggled to care about anyone

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

No Leprechauns were harmed in the making of this motion picture. The Leprechauns featured in this production were handled with care and concern for their safety and well-being