A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Writer (WGA):

Keenen Ivory Wayans (written by)

Release Date:

23 November 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

He's armed and dangerously funny.

Plot:

A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money.During the course of his investigation...

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | White Supremacy | Explosion | Drug Lord | Homosexual

Cast

Keenen Ivory Wayans	...	Shame
Charles S. Dutton	...	Rothmiller
Jada Pinkett Smith	...	Peaches (as Jada Pinkett)
Salli Richardson-Whitfield	...	Angela (as Salli Richardson)
Andrew Divoff	...	Mendoza
Corwin Hawkins	...	Wayman
Gary Cervantes	...	Luis
Gregory Sierra	...	Captain Nunez
Kim Wayans	...	Diane
Andrew Shaifer	...	Bernard
Chris Spencer	...	Benny (as Christopher Spencer)
Devin DeVasquez	...	Mendoza's Girl (as Devin Devasquez)
John Capodice	...	Mob Boss
Craig Ryan Ng	...	Chun Yung Fat
Don Diamont	...	Chad

Also Known As:

Mister Cool

Runtime:

UK:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Caravan Pictures

Trivia:

Shame tells the bodyguard/thug (played by Sven-Ole Thorsen) to "say hello to Arnold for me" before hitting him with the gun. Thorsen has appeared on screen in nine different Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, did stunts and training for actors and stuntmen in many others, and was actually introduced to the movie business by Arnold, who knew him from when they used to do bodybuilding competitions together.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the scene at the mall when the two women are being exchanged on the escalators, Angela is seen behind Shame. You can tell it is the actress because you can see her eyes blinking. Then Shame put a mannequin on the escalator as to trick Mendoza. Later we learn that Angela is hiding in a storage room.

Quotes:

Peaches Jordan: You remeber when we first met.
Shame: Yeah. I busted you stuffin' CD's in your underwear.
Peaches Jordan: Well Whatever. I liked you. And I was only 16 and I knew it wouldnt work. Now, I'm 22 going on 23. Can't you see how much I've grown?
Shame: You mean you ain't wearin' that trainer no more?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Notorious B.I.G.: Ready to Die - The Remaster (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

OLD ARRIVAL

Barely Amusing

It was a shame that this movie couldn't have been 1) funny, and 2) faster paced. The plot was full of tired detective story cliches, including a plucky assistant who wants to get more involved in the action, a beautiful gun moll, and the cop who's main purpose is to berate the detective. Include stereotypical Hispanic gangsters, stereotypical gay men, and a friend of the cop who may not be whom he seems, and it adds up to poorly executed film. There were too many scenes that failed to move the plot along. In many spots, the movie came to a dead stop. Waynans, who did such great work on TV's "In Living Color", doesn't bring the same high quality to this movie. I'm glad I didn't see this in theaters when it was released. It doesn't make for a good video rental, either.