Frankenhood Movie
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Their M.V.P. is R.I.P.
Two slacker morgue workers, Motown and Darius, are desparate to win the KHIP HOP 3on3 Streetball Tournament - which they lose year after year. The problem is, they can never seem to find anyone to play on their team. But when a fellow morgue worker, Franklin, creates a huge Frankenstein type creature, Motown and Darius think they've struck streetball gold.
| DeRay Davis | Motown |
| Jasper Redd | Darius |
| Charles Q. Murphy | Franklin |
| Bob Sapp | Frankie |
| J.B. Smoove | Leon |
| Drew Sidora | Tammy |
| Angell Conwell | Sabrina |
| Hassan Johnson | Marcellus |
| Sandy Brown | Luwanda |
| Rio Ahn | Basketball Fan |
| Danny Cistone | Oddjobz |
| Patrick Clement | Club Bartender |
| Peter Cornell | Himself |
| Eugene Long | George |
| Al Madrigal | Carlos |
| Blaxwell Smart |
3.30 out of 10 (158 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Frankenhood, Number One For Just Plain Fun!
posted on 31 Aug 2009I just finished watching "Frankenhood," a hilarious new DVD scheduled for release by Lionsgate on May 5; and I can tell you that this film consists of ninety two minutes of nonstop laughter and sheer fun.
The plot of the film is not very complicated although at times, it borders on the unbelievable. But hey, that's what makes watching it so much fun! Motown (DeRay Davis) and Darius (Jasper Redd) work in a morgue, trading put-downs and toiling among the most undemanding of customers. Outside of their decidedly dreary jobs, the two dream of bigger and better things. If only they could win the $25,000 prize that will go to the winners of the upcoming 3-on-3 Streetball Tournament. One night, having been demoted to the graveyard shift, they catch their semi-sane colleague Franklin (JB Smoove) in a dark alley using the auto battery of Motown's precious Gremlin to bring to life a monstrous dead man (Bob Sapp,) whose heart Franklin has just replaced. Now if they can just get their new mutant friend to play basketball, the basketball tournament is theirs! Teach a dead man how to play basketball? Yep, that's the plan! Now you know why I say the plot is a little unbelievable in places.
Without question, Davis and Redd provide the engine that keeps the film running at top speed. They work smoothly together and their timing is excellent. But in my opinion, Bob Sapp had the toughest role to play; portraying a dead man who is trying to relearn the facts of life while mastering the nuances of the fast break and the slam dunk. All these things and more, he accomplishes credibly.
Speaking of the facts of life, there is more than enough love interest to go around, thanks to a bevy of toothsome beauties that include Drew Sidora, the up and coming actress, singer, and recording artist. I assure you that that if anyone would be capable of raising me from the dead it would be her!
The timing for the release of "Frankenhood" couldn't be better. Spring is in the air and before you know it, summer will be here. Soon it will be time to chill out and enjoy the simpler things in life. "Frankenhood" fits that scenario perfectly; nothing serious, nothing complicated, just plain fun to watch!
I actually found it quite funny
posted on 30 Aug 2009Franklin (Charles Q. Murphy) is a mad scientist who just created a monster. Darius and Motown (Jasper Reed and DeRay Davis) are in need of some quick cash and are planning to compete in a basketball competition that requires three players. So Darius & Motown decide to turn the monster into Frankie (Bob Sapp), and teach him how to play basketball in time for the tournament. The movie is very funny, kind of a mix of Friday and White Men Can't Jump. I liked the energy of it, and the fact that it has heart. Sapp, Reed, and Davis are all very good in their roles, especially Sapp, perfectly comically playing a Frankenstein monster. Yes, the movie never really breaks any new ground, you will not walk out shocked at how great it is, but it certainly knows how to get laughs, and also has a good amount of heart. It is never ridiculously over the top, just at times insane in plot. It's a comic trio done right, and Frankenhood proves how to make a good spoof without fart or booger jokes, or for that sake, any gross out jokes. This is why Frankenhood is an ideal comedy for that spoof lover inside all of us.
Am I The Only One Who Has Ever Seen This Movie?
posted on 30 Aug 2009This movie receives four stars for two reasons. It receives 2 stars for having fly Angell Conwell in it and two stars for having fly Drew Sidora in it. This movie was totally stupid! It had two crazy guys who worked in a morgue and a big black Frankenstein guy who became a great basketball player. Charlie Murphy plays a crazy guy in every role that he takes. I didn't like the fact that they had the little girl cursing at Charlie Murphy's character. Everyone should know that the morgue workers' team was going to win the 3 on 3 basketball tournament and Frankenstein would end up with the fly honey and improve his vocabulary.
Bit better then expected!
posted on 31 Aug 2009The movie is about these two guys who work in a morgue who find themselves being dragged into some sort of Dr Frankenstein's operation to re-animate a corpse. Something goes wrong and the Dr ends up being taken away for medical treatment and the two guys go back to there night security job having thought that the experiment didn't work.
However, it did work. And Frankie is brought back to life. At first he seems like an out of control monster, but with a little fried popcorn chicken and a lot of weed, the trio become a posse ready to become cool and help train Frankie on how to use the toilet and play Basketball to win a tournament for $25,000 ...as well as get the girls along the way while taking on the typical bully like characters.
So the plot sounds pretty thin, but it's a comedy. I was expecting some kind of updated and adapted to the hood version of Frankenstein, but it shows pretty much no resemblance to it at all apart from re-animating a corpse back to life.
The name kind of makes little sense, as the so called HOOD seems like a pretty nice place to live except for the villians who who will attempt to give you a paper cut if you try to beat them at Basketball.
It seems to take inspiration from "Above the Rim", "White Men Cant Jump" and "Frankenhooker"
The movie doesn't take itself seriously, and it's just made for fun. So give it a rent at least.