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On the podcast this week, Steven and Sean are gearing up with far too many guns to take on the baddest Mr. Big this side of Sex and the City in Keenan Ivory Wayans\u2019 1988 film, I\u2019m Gonna Git You Sucka.

Viewer (or podcast listener?) be warned: this is a straight-up spoof film. This is not the sort of high-brow comedy film that Sean was expecting, nor was it solely a drama or action film. It feels kind of strange to say, but this is a piece of work that has some deep layers. Indeed, very much like an onion, as the saying goes.

It\u2019s a tale as old as time. A highly decorated man comes back from the military to find that his brother has been killed by a surplus of gold jewelry. He discovers that the dreaded Mr. Big has been filling the street with the shiny stuff and vows to take down this lowlife piece of scum. After reuniting with his dear, ass-kicking mother and his beloved girl, he forms a supergroup of black heroes from the \u201870s to back him up in his quest for revenge. Along the way, he tussles with hooligans, gets into fights with little people, and hangs out with freaking Isaac Hayes.

You have everyone\u2019s permission to dig it, friend.

If this film sounds more serious than what it actually is, then you\u2019re in good company. Sean had no idea what he was in store for, but in his defense, the trailer for the film paints a different picture of its content (make sure to check it out in the links below). Once you can get over its absurdity, you\u2019ll undoubtedly have as good a time watching this as Steven did.

There\u2019s a lot of silliness to be had in this film. It is a film that parodies the blaxploitation movies that were so popular back in the \u201870s. It does so with obvious love and respect. It doesn\u2019t look down on its source material. It puts a ridiculous spin on it instead. If that isn\u2019t a perfect recipe for a B-movie bonus episode, then I don\u2019t know what is.

Make sure you listen to find out if we thought this one was brilliant, a blunder, or a flunder of a film.

(Recorded on July 05, 2021)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

I\u2019m Gonna Git You Sucka - IMDb

I\u2019m Gonna Git You Sucka trailer - YouTube

A Low Down Dirty Shame - IMDb

Deep Murder - IMDb

Airplane! - IMDb

Keenen Ivory Wayans - IMDb

Rubber - IMDb

Bernie Casey - IMDb

Tropic Thunder - IMDb

Robert Downey Jr. - IMDb

Sherlock Holmes 3 - IMDb

Scrubs - IMDb

Community - IMDb

Isaac Hayes - IMDb

The Jack Spade-Cheryl scene that Sean recounted - YouTube

Chris Rock - IMDb

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - IMDb

Shaft - IMDb

Michael Keaton - IMDb

Batman - IMDb

Danny Elfman - IMDb