Frankenhood

Not bad. Just very wacky/silly. And at times Goofy.
I wanna start off by saying i think this film may have been originally filmed in the 2.35 aspect ratio, and then cropped for some stupid reason as several scenes have stuff on the side cut off, or at least it appears that way to me. If thats the case that was a stupid move. Anyway, this film isn't bad at all. Deray Davis is great as always along with comedian Jasper Redd, Charlie Murphy, J.B. Smoove and Bob Sapp are good too. I noticed that several scenes mainly The Basketball tournament and club scenes feature several people walking in front of the camera, or awkward zooming. The filmmakers didn't really know what they were doing it seems but its not terrible filming by any means. Just clunky. Check this out if you're bored and in need of a laugh or 2.

Bit better then expected!
The 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...

Frankenhood, Number One For Just Plain Fun!
I 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...

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