When Emily Woodrow and her friends happen on a treasure chest full of gold coins, they fail to heed the warnings of a wise old psychic, who had foretold that they would encounter trouble with a very nasty and protective Leprechaun.
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Title: Leprechaun 6: Back 2 Tha Hood (Video 2003)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Warwick Davis | ... | Leprechaun | |
| Tangi Miller | ... | Emily | |
| Laz Alonso | ... | Rory | |
| Page Kennedy | ... | Jamie | |
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Sherrie Jackson | ... | Lisa |
| Donzaleigh Abernathy | ... | Esmeralda | |
| Shiek Mahmud-Bey | ... | Watson | |
| Sticky Fingaz | ... | Cedric | |
| Keesha Sharp | ... | Chanel | |
| Sonya Eddy | ... | Yolanda | |
| Beau Billingslea | ... | Thompson | |
| Christopher Murray | ... | Whitaker (as Chris Murray) | |
| Vickilyn Reynolds | ... | Doria | |
| Willie C. Carpenter | ... | Father Jacob | |
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Varee | ... | Countergirl |
The hairdresser Emily Woodrow finds a fortune in golden coins and she shares the amount with her close friends. However, the owner is the evil Leprechaun that returns from Hell to retrieve his treasure back, killing each member of the greedy group. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The last Leprechaun film to star Warwick Davis, Back 2 tha Hood is both the worst and best film in the series.
The story follows 4 inner city youths who discover a chest full of gold, only for its owner, the titular Leprechaun, to hunt them down to retrieve it. It's the basic Leprechaun story that anyone familiar with the series knows by heart already.
What makes this film different from the rest is the complete lack of quality on nearly every level. Other films in the series were at least mediocre on the technical side. Here, the shoddy craftsmanship is so noticeable, you'd think it was made by a first time director/writer with absolutely no budget (which may not be too far from the truth).
There's horrible editing with reused shots in the same scene, terrible direction with shots messed up on the day of filming that were later remedied with horrible cgi, and dialogue so bad that it comes across as the writer having seen Boyz in the Hood once and writing a screenplay based on what little he remembered from that film. Hell, even the characters are one note and complete stereotypes.
The one bright spot is the cast, that while held back by the material, come off as genuine and seem like decent actors overall. Warwick Davis is of course the standout of the group, delivering his lines with the same energy and humor he's known and loved for. The actor has always been a constant positive in these shoddy sequels.
That said, for as bad as the film is, it's incredibly entertaining on a so-bad-it's-good level. You have scenes with the Leprechaun getting high, getting shot up by a group of gangbangers, and reapeatedly getting hit by moving cars that generate the right amount of laughs. They're obvious gags but still funny.
Most of the other sequels in the series were bad films as well, but they tended to drag on top of that (namely 3 and 4). Back 2 tha Hood is thankfully short by comparison and keeps a brisk pace, allowing the humor to be more consistent.
It's a terrible film overall but one that knows that and simply tries to give you a few laughs along the way. For the sixth film in a series, you could do worse. I personally had fun.