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I Got the Hook-Up

Play trailer Poster for I Got the Hook-Up R,  1998,  1h 33m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 18% 11 Reviews Tomatometer 64% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
18% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 64% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
Friends Black (Master P) and Blue (Anthony Johnson) are broke, but they think they've found their big break when they get a truckload delivery of cell phones by mistake. With the help of Black's girlfriend, Lorraine (Gretchen Palmer), they start selling them to whoever wants to buy them, and soon they're rolling in cash. But there's a big problem with the phones: They don't work. Their unhappy customers, including local gang members, are ready to take them down -- and so is the FBI.

Critics Reviews

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Andy Seiler USA Today Jan 1, 2000
1/4
Slipshod storytelling, junior high-level acting and direction that resembles Aunt Gertrude's home movies. Go to Full Review
Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Jan 1, 2000
2/5
It's not exactly what I'd call brilliant filmmaking, but it is heads above anything any of the Wayans brood have done in a long time. Go to Full Review
Tom Keogh Film.com Jan 1, 2000
A waste of time. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 27, 2005
2/5
Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com Apr 3, 2005
1/5
Just rambles around loudly, making little sense, before winding to a close. Go to Full Review
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Jul 30, 2002
2/5
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Finn S Nov 1, 2018 One Of The Best Comedy Hood Movies
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I Got the Hook-Up

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Cast & Crew

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Michael Martin

Director

Master P

Black

Anthony Johnson

Blue

Gretchen Palmer

Sweet Lorraine

Frantz Turner

Dalton

Tommy Tiny Lister

T-Lay

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I Got the Hook-Up

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Movie Info

Synopsis Friends Black (Master P) and Blue (Anthony Johnson) are broke, but they think they've found their big break when they get a truckload delivery of cell phones by mistake. With the help of Black's girlfriend, Lorraine (Gretchen Palmer), they start selling them to whoever wants to buy them, and soon they're rolling in cash. But there's a big problem with the phones: They don't work. Their unhappy customers, including local gang members, are ready to take them down -- and so is the FBI.
Director
Michael Martin
Producer
Jonathan Heuer
Distributor
Miramax Films
Production Co
Miramax
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 27, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 14, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$10.3M
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Surround
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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