Leprechaun in the Hood (2000) (V)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Rob Spera

Writers:

Doug Hall (screenplay)
Doug Hall (story)

Release Date:

28 March 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Horror | Music

Tagline:

Lep in the Hood, come to do no good!

Plot:

The Leprechaun ends up in the inner city, Compton, CA. More comedy than horror fill this installment.

Plot Keywords:

Leprechaun | Pimp | Violence | Blindness | Ghetto

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Warwick Davis	...	Leprechaun
Ice-T	...	Mack Daddy
Coolio	...	Himself
Anthony Montgomery	...	Postmaster P. (as A.T. Montgomery)
Rashaan Nall	...	Stray Bullet
Red Grant	...	Butch
Lobo Sebastian	...	Fontaine Rivera
Ivory Ocean	...	Reverend Hamson
Jack Ong	...	Chow Yung Pi
Bebe Drake	...	Post's Mother
Donna M. Perkins	...	Jackie Dee's Wife
Daya Vaidya	...	Supporting
Chloe Hunter	...	Waitress #2
Lori J. Jones	...	Waitress #3
Eric Mansker	...	Bodyguard

Also Known As:

Leprechaun 5 (USA) (working title)
Leprechaun 5: Leprechaun in the Hood (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and gore, pervasive language, drug use and some sexual content.

Runtime:

Brazil:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Germany:16 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA | Norway:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

Trimark Pictures

Trivia:

This is the fifth movie in the Leprechaun series, although the number "5" doesn't appear anywhere in the title or credits.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Postmaster P is singing "Stray Bullet to the Heart" he removes his jacket twice.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Leprechaun: Death to he who sets a Leprechaun free. Steal his gold, it will corrupt your soul, you see. For many a moon the legend has grown, death toll increases, solution unknown. Beware the evil wanderer in search of his loot, lest you suffer the wrath of his golden flute. Flee while you can, the future's not good- for no one is safe from a Lep in the Hood!

Movie Connections:

References Child's Play (1988)

This WAS a brilliant vision.......

I wholeheartedly agree with the other comments. This film was BRILLIANT! The combination of Anthony Montgomery (Postmaster P), Rashaan Nall (Stray Bullet), and Red Grant (Butch) is stunning! I had no problem believing they were rappers on the brink of making it big. And how great was it to see such a message of positivity? I'll never know why the academy screwed Ice-T out of an Oscar for his performance as Mack Daddy. We shouldn't even mention the magnificent Warwick Davis returning to his role as the Leprechaun. His work was so stunning in this film, I was reduced to tears. In what other movie can you see an evil Leprechaun rap while being surrounded by his green zombie minions? While he was a "Lep in the Hood, come to do no good", this film was far from bad. Okay, I can't do that any more. Want to see a movie so bad you can feel your soul being polluted? Watch Leprechaun in the Hood. If you need a reason to hate yourself, a reason to want to do yourself bodily harm, or a reason to go completely insane with no hope of recovery, watch Leprechaun in the Hood. You'll be a much worse person for it. Believe me.