Undercover Brother

Movie Title: Undercover Brother
Official Website (it might still work): Undercover Brother
Rating (out of 10): 7
Reviewed By: Michael Stevens
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The Review:

Afros, disco, and stereotypes, solid. Grab your 70s lingo translator and get ready for some laughs in this Malcolm D. Lee directed spoof of 70s Black exploitation films and racial stereotypes in a Get Smart kind of way.

Undercover Brother (Eddie Griffin, The New Guy) has been a solo act in his Robin hood style quest to help his fellow brothers (& sisters) in the Black community; that is until he meets up with the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D. He is then recruited by their chief (Chi McBride, Gone in Sixty Seconds) and sexy agent Sistah Girl (Aunjanue Ellis, Men of Honor). The organization is much like Control in the Get Smart TV series, only these folks are fighting The Man, not CHOAS. Once Undercover Brother is onboard, the group goes after The Man in his latest scheme of trying to keep a famous Black former general (Billy Dee Williams, The Ladies Man) from becoming the first Black president (think Colin Powell). The Man has accomplished this diabolical act through a mind control drug that Mr. Feather (Chris Kattan, Corky Romano), The Man’s #1 guy, got his hands on this drug, and has plans to distribute it nationwide through the General’s new fried chicken chain in order to keep the Black population suppressed. B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D.’s Smart Brother (Gary Anthony Williams) has developed an antidote, but the gang has to first rescue the General from The Man’s island fortress. However, Mr. Feather has sent his secret weapon (Black Man’s Kryptonite) to stop Undercover Brother. This weapon is a white woman in agent She Devil (Denise Richards, Valentine). Can a Brother resist and help save the Black World? Solid.

Two funny performances came from Dave Chappelle as Conspiracy Brother and from Doogie Howser himself, Neil Patrick Harris as Lance the white intern at the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D. He is there only due to affirmative action. John Ridley gets credit for writing all the great jokes and coming up with some hilarious situations concerning such things as mayo and cat fights. As a side note, the film is based on an Internet based series at UrbanEntertainment.com. Making a cameo was the Godfather of Soul, James Brown.

This movie had plenty of laughs, but no real depth. It also slowed down way too much in the middle. However, overall, it was a good movie and gets seven couches out of ten.