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So let's review shall we? The Leprechaun started off in Ireland, came to someplace in the vague Mid-west, then was in L.A, went to Vegas (Seen in Leprechaun 3, not reviewed), and went into space. Where, o where shall Warwick Davis, who's probably getting a zillion dollars per Leprechaun movie that is made, as The Leprechaun go next?
'Ight G, he be all up in Da Hood. I wonder why it wasn't called "In Da Hood". Maybe it would sound too much like "Boyz In Da Hood", I dunno but the proper title is Leprechaun In The Hood.
Sometime in the 70's, two guys, one of them played by Ice-T with a laughable fake afro, go searching somewhere for some gold that the read about on some map that they got somewhere. Oddly enough, there was a pot of gold there, with a gold statue of the Leprechaun with a gold necklace around it's neck. So you won't be confused, the necklace wasn't turned into statue, it was real.
Ice-T, who plays Mack Daddy, and his friend, who isn't given a name, takes the gold. The Friend then takes the necklace off the statue and viola! The real Leprechaun appears and kills The Friend with a hair pick. I always said those things should be outlawed.
The Leprechaun and Mack Daddy have a tiny scuffle but he figures out the necklace stops The Leprechaun and does so, turning him into a statue again. He continues getting the gold.
Jumps to the present, meaning whatever year this movie was made, Mack Daddy is a big rap recording star, with his own label. He keeps the statue of The Leprechaun in a box in his home. Oh, and this is all in Compton, nonetheless.
Three guys who want to be rappers, named (sigh) Post Master P, Stray Bullet, and...Butch, are auditioning for a club. The club is holding a contest to find rappers to go to Vegas for a National contest, then they get the ho's and the bling-bling and whatnot.
Going into character detail, Post Master P is a gentle soul who only wants to rap about good things and saving the hood. Stray Bullet is sort of the opposite and Butch is the DJ, who is a bomb and explosives expert and a virgin.
The owners of the club think these three suck, especially when Butch tries to put some nitro on a turntable and they end up blowing up their equipment. So while trying to sell a guitar they claim was owned by Jimi Hendrix by two different pawn shop owners, they run into Mack Daddy.
Mack Daddy listens to their demo tape and says they have potential, but have to knock off the "let's save the hood" groove and go the "let's pop a cap in all of those Mutherfucker's asses while smackin' some ho's" route. Post doesn't wanna do that and as a result, they are thrown out by Mack Daddy.
Not knowing what else to do, they decide to go back to Mack Daddy's place and rob him. Was this a good idea? Probably not, but dammit, we needed some Leprechaun action. Oh and you can probably see what happened next, but I'm not one to leave out details so I'll go ahead and tell you anyway.
They go to Mack Daddy's and find all the gold that he stole from the Leprechaun. Then Butch blows open the box the Leprechaun statue is in and, yes say it with me, steals the necklace freeing The Leprechaun. Mack Daddy comes in to see what the rucus is all about and Post shoots him. Then all three in turn, shoot The Leprechaun when he comes to life. Post, finding a gold flute around Mack Daddy's wrist, takes that but Butch ends up dropping the necklace and they all run out.
Mack Daddy wasn't fatally shot, so he orders all of his posse, I'm assuming, to meet him so they can hunt down those three. While in the bathroom, he runs into The Leprechaun. Mack pulls out a joint and they, yes they meaning he and The Leprechaun, start smokin'. The Leprechaun enjoys it but he rips Mack Daddy's finger off anyway.
So much for making you mellow.
The next day, they sell the gold to the pawnshop owners, first Jackie and then a rather stereotypical Oriental dude named Cho or Chow, not sure how it's spelled. While selling the gold and getting new equipment, Post starts playing the golden flute and everyone just stares at him like zombies.
After getting their equipment, they realize that Mack Daddy is hunting them down and they need a place to hide out. So they go to the one place they're sure he won't be looking for them: at a transvestite's house.
The transvestite, named Fontaine, tells them to perform in his...her..whatever, backyard. While performing, they run across a music critic who lives across the alley, meaning he's an old man who likes throwing beer bottles at untalented rappers. Post plays the flute and realizes finally what it really does and gets the entire neighborhood to jam with them.
Afterwards, Fontaine makes some disturbing sexual comments to the three boys and goes into his bedroom. Yes, it's a he, he took his clothes off. Shudder...
Anyway, The Leprechaun shows up and Fontaine tries to have sex with him...oh I should've of warned you. Oh, hell the movie didn't warn me, so why should I warn you? But, of course, the Leprechaun kills Fontaine.
The three wannabe rappers hide out in the bathroom where Butch makes an explosive out of soap, toothpaste, and a hairdryer. Ladies and gentleman, the ghetto MacGuyver. With the bomb, he sets The Leprechaun on fire, which brings up a question: is there really stunt midgets?
They decide to hide out at a church, but Post says he must make a stop at his blind grandmother's house. This was done so we know he has a blind grandmother.
The next day, in the church, The Reverend says they can stay if they sing at mass. Hiring rappers to sing at mass, what could go wrong? Well, the church going people, whatever they're called, don't like the song Post and Stray are trying coming up with, so Post blows on the flute and you got old grannies shaking their withered old tailfeathers while Post raps about Jesus and his mom, Mary Jo.
The Leprechaun AND Mack Daddy track them down at the church, but Mack Daddy retreats when The Leprechaun blows a hole in his bodyguard. In case you're wondering, Mack Daddy did look through the hole in the guys chest before he fell down. Comedy gold.
Then Post gets the idea to lock The Leprechaun in the safe. Now here I thought we'd finally have some continuity among these Leprechaun films. If you remember, in Leprechaun 2, his weakness was iron and he was locked in an iron safe, rendering him useless. But no, he was just locked in the safe. Of course, somehow he got out and kills The Reverend.
Actually, there is one thing that did remain constant among these movies is the later it got in the film, the more absurd it got. The Leprechaun calls for his "Zombie Fly Girls" to help him get his gold flute back. To review, The Leprechaun likes weed and has Zombie Fly Girls.
The three rappers, or two rappers and a DJ, whatever, perform in the contest and, with the help of the flute, win. They are told by megawhite record executive producer Barry Grady that they are going to Vegas. But the celebration is over when The Leprechaun and his Zombie Fly Girls show up.
Through The Leprechaun's magic, he makes Post give the flute up and makes Stray shoot himself. The Leprechaun is all happy that he has his flute back, but Post and Butch are all bummed out, not only by the death of their friend, but they need the flute because they suck so much.
Later, they decide to get the flute back and, remember it's later in the film so it gets more absurd, they read in "Leprechauns For Dummy's" book that four leaf clovers make them lose their powers for just a little bit. So Butch put some clovers in a joint, then go to The Leprechaun's hideout, dressed as women, because The Leprechaun likes women and we needed another cheap laugh, to give him the joint to steal the flute back.
They actually succeed in all of that, but not before Post nearly has to give The Leprechaun a handjob...ugh ugh ugh I can't believe I typed that. I gotta wash my keyboard now.
Ok, back. On their way out, Mack Daddy finds them and shoots and kills Butch, still wearing the dress. Post, just having about enough of all of his friends dying around him, gets pissed off and shoots Mack Daddy, who, by the way, has the gold necklace.
The Leprechaun gets over the clover high and comes to claim the flute but the necklace falls on him again...
...and my God I hate the ending of this movie. Apparently, Post let The Leprechaun go, made Post his personal slave or something, and made Post a millionare by turning him into an overnight rap sensation.
As if ALL of THAT wasn't enough to melt your brain, at the very end, over the ending credits, Warwick Davis as The Leprechaun raps.
Yeah...
Ok, yes I hate this film, I don't know why it was made but on the other hand I couldn't stop laughing at the absurdity of it all. And I'll be honest, I did glaze over some things during the review, like Post having a dream where the blind grandmother is feeding The Leprechaun, The Leprechaun's first words when he comes back to life in the 20th century have to do with Tiger Woods and nevermind the fact that there is no way he should know who that is, and the fact that Coolio made a cameo appearance in this film. I felt they weren't important and, frankly, I think the writers and director didn't think it was important either.
Still, if you wanna see The Leprechaun smoke weed and rap, this is your movie.
Peace out.
2 stars.
"Leprechaun In The Hood" on IMDb.com:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209095/