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 The Underclassman (DVD)
Description: Genre: Comedy / Theatrical Release: 2005 / Director: Marcos Siega / Actors: Nick Cannon, Roselyn Sanchez ... / DVD ... more  The Underclassman (DVD) ... released 12 June, 2006 at Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Features of the DVD: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen / Nick Cannon. Infiltrating a prep school where large-scale criminal activity is suspected, a young investigator (Nick Cannon) finally finds a way to put his kid-like appearance to good use, blending right in as a student in disguise. This crime comedy is directed by newcomer Marcos Siega.Newest Review: ... roguish charm. Rich jocks as prime suspects. Couple all that with police Captain Delgado (Cheech Marin) doing the whole tough ... more ... on the outside boss routine, a pedestrian car chase, and a highly predictable plot. This is so heavily packed with clichés it more closely resembles an old arcade game than a serious attempt at writing for the cinema.
The writing comes from the authors of The Girl Next Door and Van Wilder with a ‘story by’ credit going to Nick Cannon. While this feels like a Cannon vehicle, considering the script-writers better previous work and Cannon’s lacklustre performance, I think it’s Cannon that is dragging his own vehicle d...more |
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The Underclassman (DVD): Illegitimate Son of Beverly Hills Cop (739 words)
by The Polar One - written on 16.05.07 (Very useful, 100 readings)
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93. Underclassman (2005) It’s a bad sign when the first scene in a film about a wise-cracking black undercover cop is a very poorly directed rip off of the first scene in Beverly Hills Cop. This film wants to be Beverly Hill Cop so badly it’s quite painful to see them fail. The director even goes on record to say they were trying to emulate that style in the ‘making of’ DVD extra. ‘Trying’ is most definitely the word. When a student at an elite private high school is killed, our bike cop hero, Tre (Nick Cannon), is sent in undercover to catch the killer. There’s the obligatory preppie gags as Tre tries to fit in. A nerdy water boy who’s cool really ...
