Movies That Attempt To Revive Old Genres
These are movies that clearly attempt to revive old genres of the past that have fallen out of fashion.
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- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsDarren RobinsonDamon WimbleyMark MoralesThree bumbling orderlies are hired to take care of an old rich man. Humorous mayhem follows.A bad movie starring early Hip Hop group, "The Fat Boys," I think DISORDERLIES (Michael Schulz, 1987) is nothing but an attempt to make a 3 Stooges movie that's longer, and where two of them are Black.
- DirectorRick RubinStarsDarryl McDanielsDaniel SimmonsJam Master JayLegendary hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. stars in this cross between a blaxploitation film and a spaghetti western. They must find and punish the evil drug lord-record company executive who murdered their friend. Along the way, they encounter racist bikers, blonde bimbos, and the Beastie Boys!As Spike Lee observed in the diary for his classic DO THE RIGHT THING (1989), TOUGHER THAN LEATHER (Rick Rubin (!), 1988) tries to make Hip Hop's first superstar group into its first new Blaxploitation heroes too. I'll let you decide whether it succeeds.
- DirectorDennis DuganStarsJohn TurturroBob NelsonMel SmithThree manic idiots; a lawyer, cab driver and a handyman team up to run a ballet company to fulfill the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow.If you like the Marx Brothers, you might like director Dennis Dugan's attempt to bring them back to life, with John Turturro doing Groucho for all he's worth. Normally that's more than this.
- CreatorGlenn Gordon CaronStarsCybill ShepherdBruce WillisAllyce BeasleyAn ex-model and a smart-aleck detective manage a private detective agency.Showing that television does it too, this fast, funny, full-length pilot reveals that the TV series it spawned was nothing but a screwball comedy of Carole Lombard proportions. It also shows that reviving an old genre ain't necessarily a bad thing - as with everything else, you just have to do it well. I thought this one definitely did.
