Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)

Directed by

John Whitesell

Genre

comedy film, teen film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 301 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A rich senator's son pretends to be a rapper and glorifies gang life. His father hires actors to kidnap him and drop him in a rough neighborhood to scare him straight.

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What happens

Malibu's Most Wanted is a 2003 American comedy film starring and co-written by Jamie Kennedy and co-starring Taye Diggs, Anthony Anderson, Blair Underwood, Regina Hall, Damien Dante Wayans, Ryan O'Neal, and Snoop Dogg. The film is written by the creators of MADtv, Fax Bahr and Adam Small, who also serve as producers. The character of "B-Rad", a spoof of Eminem's character "B-Rabbit" in the film 8 Mile, originally appeared in Jamie Kennedy's hidden-camera show The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, but started in his stand-up routine when he was starting out. Here, B-Rad is Brad Gluckman, the son of Senator Bill Gluckman who is running for governor of California and fears his son is a distraction on the campaign trail, with Brad's aspirations of becoming a rapper and his glamorization of gang life. To that end, Gluckman's campaign manager hires two actors to stage an abduction to bring Brad to an inner city neighborhood where he will learn to behave himself. The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on April 18, 2003 to mixed to negative reviews from critics, but the film grossed $34 million against a $15 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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