I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) * * *

 

Directed by:  Keenen Ivory Wayans

Starring:  Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bernie Casey, Jim Brown, Isaac Hayes, Damon Wayans, John Vernon, Ja'net Dubois, Dawnn Lewis, Kadeem Hardison, Chris Rock, David Alan Grier, Antonio Fargas, Steve James

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka is an Airplane!-style sendup of 1970's blaxploitation films which tries almost anything for a laugh.  It's funny most of the time, with some of the actors satirizing their previous roles in those movies, held together by a plot in which our heroes try to depose Mr. Big (Vernon), a city crime lord dealing in drugs and gold.  In the opening scenes of I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, a young man is found dead and is covered in gold chains and medallions from head to toe.  "He OG'd," says the weary detective on scene, which stands for "Over Gold"  The man's brother, Jack Spade (Keenen Ivory Wayans), comes home from military duty and learns of his brother's death.   When he sees the crime scene photo, Jack asks, "How does he go to the bathroom with all that stuff on?"  Jack decides to take down Mr. Big.  

Jack recruits former neighborhood hero John Slade (Casey), who now runs inner city contests to see how fast a car could be stripped for parts or how fast a thief can run from pursuing dogs with a television on his shoulder.  Slade is the former lover of Jack's mother (Dubois), and still has a thing for her.  Slade brings his former cohorts Hammer (Hayes) and Slammer (Brown), who run a fledgling rib joint, back to take on Mr. Big.  Also along for the ride is Kung Fu Joe (James), whose teacher was Bruce Lee, but for acting and not martial arts. 

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka soon blends shootouts and action with laughs.  It is not always a smooth fit, but it's engaging enough.  Casey, Brown, and Hayes poke fun at their personas, while Antonio Fargas shows up as Flyguy, a former "Pimp of the Year" betrayed by Mr. Big and sent to prison.  Flyguy is released to find his shoes with miniature goldfish tanks on the bottom are subjects of mockery.  Like the rest of I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, he redeems himself in the end.