Monkey Hustle [VHS]
by Arthur Marks
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Actor: Donn C. Harper, Kirk Calloway, Lynn Caridine, Thomas Carter, Yaphet KottoDirector: Arthur Marks
Cinematographer: Jack L. Richards
Producer: Arthur Marks
Editor: Art Seid
Producer: Robert E. Schultz
Writer: Charles Eric Johnson
Writer: Odie Hawkins
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Original recording reissued
Running Time: 90 minutes
Release Date: 2001-07-10
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
VHS Movie Reviews of Monkey Hustle [VHS]
Movie Review: Kotto! Moore! Scams Galore!!
Summary: 4 Stars
It's interesting to see Yaphet Kotto as a leading man coz it doesn't happen all that often, and I've always really liked the guy.
In all honesty I'm not really sure just what The Monkey Hustle was all about, but it was never boring and definitely had a few laughs. Kotto is Daddy Foxx, a legendary scam artist and con man in Chicago. One day he gets a couple of teenage boys who want to learn the ropes. Foxx agrees and there you have it. Most of the film is Kotto and his group of apprentice con men pulling off scam after scam, some of them pretty funny. A good chunk of the film shows us what's going on in the lives of the boys. It has a soap opera-ish kind of vibe, but like I said, I was certainly never bored with it. Also lurking about are a group of goofy characters like a competing con man, a pimp, and a police officer who seems to always get the green weenie, among others. Rudy Ray Moore may be front and center on the DVD cover box, but he gets much less screen time than you'd think. Plus his character is actually rather pointless.
An actual "plot" with an objective comes into play in about the last ten minutes of the film where Kotto, Moore and the rest of the neighborhood take a stand against greedy city hall schmucks who want to build an expressway through the neighborhood.
The Monkey Hustle is a fun and totally harmless little piece of nonsense that should at least bring a smile to your face. Catchy theme song too.
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