Feather attacks Undercover Brother with sharp blades protruding from his sleeves. Car/motorcycle chases cause bad guys to wipe out. Two men in a golf cart are blown to smithereens. With the help of an x-ray machine, viewers see a man literally insert his foot in another’s backside. A guy is pistol-whipped after being forced to breakdance at gunpoint. A man hits himself in the groin with num-chucks. Women fight with the same moxie as the men. Violent content: Frequent hand-to-hand combat includes crunching blows and karate kicks. Several songs heard over the action (“Brick House,” “Ladies Night,” “She’s a Bad Mama Jama,” etc.) have sexual themes. During a battle between two clawing females, the combatants wind up stripping away pieces of each other’s clothing, falling into a shower and touching each other sensually while a group of men ogle them. Scenes also involve lewd slang, double-entendres, talk of nipples and penis size, and a woman being aroused in a business meeting. Sexual content: It’s implied that Undercover Brother and shapely vixen Penelope Snow (aka White She Devil) are involved sexually. Spiritual content: When an armed intruder decides not to shoot him, Undercover Brother says, “Thank you, Jesus.” Conspiracy Brother ponders the color of the Lord’s skin. It wants viewers to lighten up and find humor in what makes us different as we try to understand each other and work for the common good. Positive elements: The film walks a fine line with its racial jokes, managing to rib Caucasians and African Americans alike for their uniqueness without being mean-spirited or unfair. Most of the film’s humor comes from a playful attempt to mock ignorance, entrenched racial preferences and stereotypes-black and white-while preaching the need for unity and understanding. It will take those skills and more to defeat The Man who, from his island lair, plans to use a chain of fried chicken restaurants to drug the entire black population, turning people into mindless zombies. The agency’s newest member, Undercover Brother, seems stuck in the Shaft era. fears that their evil nemesis, The Man, is undermining black culture and trying to turn back the clock on race relations. A secret African American organization called the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D. Cut from the same polyester cloth as Austin Powers, this racially charged comedy is another retro secret-agent send-up that trades on a steady stream of one-liners, sight gags and other un-PC humor.
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