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| I Got the Hook Up | 
 enlarge | Director: Michael Martin
Actors: Master P, Anthony Johnson, Gretchen Palmer, Frantz Turner, Richard Keats
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: Video
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (37 reviews)
Sales Rank: 13799
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Ntsc
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 93 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 078881334X
UPC: 786936086928
EAN: 9780788813344
ASIN: 6305087393
Release Date: February 6, 2001
Theatrical Release Date: May 27, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Hip-hop czar Master P cowrote, executive produced, and stars in I Got the Hook-Up, which is truly one of the more surreal urban comedies ever seen. P plays Black, a small-time hustler who scams a shipment of cell phones. With his partner Blue (A.J. Johnson) and semi-girlfriend Lorraine (Gretchen Palmer), Black snags a bit of cellular service from a large corporation and starts making a bundle from cell-phone sales. Unfortunately, the phones are a bit undependable, and a gangbanger accidentally broadcasts the location of a package of cash over the radio, setting off a treasure hunt. The gangbanger swears vengeance on Black and Blue, the cellular company starts investigating the surge in use, the FBI gets involved--everyone's on the hunt for our heroes. This plot description, however, is much more direct than the way it plays out. I Got the Hook-Up is a bizarre conglomeration of oddball characters and odd, off-the-cuff incidents, such as when a couple of cops get called in for a domestic dispute, only to discover one of the cop's wives, a dwarf, having an affair with a guy in a leather bat suit. Or there's the funeral of a gangster that turns into a brawl; the pleasure palace a TV repairman has in the back of his shop; an FBI interrogation in which the agents tear off Mission: Impossible-style rubber masks--the plot quickly gets lost in the madness. Which is not a bad thing, really. Tall, laconic P and short, excitable Johnson make an appealing Mutt and Jeff comic duo. Featuring cameos by Ice Cube, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and others. --Bret Fetzer
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 STOP PHING HATERS!!!!!! August 16, 2004
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE OUT OF YOUR MIND IF YOU DON'T THINK THAT THIS MOVIE IS FUNNY, AJ JOHNSON IS A REALLY FUNNY GUY AND MASTER P IS NOT A BAD ACTOR BUT THIS MOVIE GAVE ME ALOT OF LAUGHS, JUST SIT BACK AND WATCH THIS MOVIE ITS B.E.T STAR POWER SO HATERS STEP DOWN.
FUNNY MOVIE January 9, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
this movie is the funnyiest stuff i have ever seen in my life, and it is a bonus for me that bone thugs n harmony sing on the soundtrack, i own it, anywayays, yea this movie has master p-black, and A.J. Johnson, blue, i liked it because it was gansta, i liek gangsta movies, so go out and get this DVD.
 This is almost as bad as Manos: the Hands of Fate December 16, 2003
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
There are bad movies and then there are really bad movies. This is one of the latter. I'm not picky when it comes to movies. No plot; fine they just get in the way. Horrible acting; great, I could die happy if I never saw another big name actor deliver an Oscar worthy performance. The plot to "I Got the Hook Up" is actually quiet simple. Two hustlers who run a fencing operation go into the cell phreaking business, only to piss off all the wrong people in the process. Despite the simple premise however, the movie quickly turns into an incoherent series of scenes, which present a story only in theory. I actually wonder if the idea was to film a bunch of random scenes, glue them together, and hope for the best. This is supposed to be a comedy, but there are only a few scenes that are even remotely humerous. There isn't much unintentional humor either. Whoever pronounced Ed Wood Jr. the worst director ever, has obviously never heard of Michael Martin. Seriously, I've seen Asian films without any dubbing, or subtitles that make more sense than this. Hell, even the Italians circa 1975, made horror movies that were more coherent than this pile of garbage. Do yourself a favor and find some nice paint to watch dry, and stay away from this one.
Watch Senseless, Don't Be a menace to..., Friday instead November 2, 2003
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is not a funny movie... Now I've seen thousands of comedies and is a big fan of africanamerican flicks and I Know what I'm bout...This is nuthin like "Friday" or the next, "Dont be a menace to South Central", "High School" High or even "Trippin". AJ Johnson is a really annoying guy, but he's simply a Chris Tucker,Chris Rock wannabe who's not funny at all.
And Master P has got to be the worst rapper to turn actor, yes people even Coolio has shown better acting skills. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME, IF U WANNA WATCH "THE NO LIMIT FAMILY" BUY "THE HOT BOYZ" INSTEAD
FUNNY. March 1, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
THIS MOVIE IS A MUST AND A GOTTA SEE. ITS FUNNY HOW HE MADE HIE OWN PHONE CPMOANY IN JUST THAT AMOUNBT OF TIME. YALL GOTTA SEE THIS MOVIE.
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