A Low Down Dirty Shame [HD]

If you take is seriously then you're totally missing the point!
A Low Down Dirty Shame is really no more than all the most familiar Cop movie clichés arranged in an order that makes a barely cohesive story. But it's all the fun and silly action that occurs in between that really matters! It's a bit like The Last Boy Scout from a spoof-blaxploitation angle.

Shame (Keenan Ivory Wayans) is a former cop who has been blackballed after a major drugs bust went awry, leaving several DEA agents dead. He now works as a private detective, taking on suicide missions for peanuts and barely scraping by. His disapproving secretary Peaches (a very funny and very, very small Jada Pinkett) wants him to get his act together but he's too busy wallowing in self-pity.

His old pal from the DEA shows up and offers him a side mission to help get back at the Drug Kingpin who ruined his career. And so, with only a few clues, Shame begins his search and soon all roads lead to lies and deception. Like I said, the plot is certainly nothing special...

One of The Few Movies Where The Sidekick Steals The Show
"A Low Down Dirty Shame" has many laugh out loud moments. Shame played by Keenan Ivory Wayans makes a living with odd police jobs and finds he has an opportunity to strike big, after following a lead from an old acquaintance. Shame is casted into an action hero role and gets backup from partner Peaches, played by Jada Pinkett. Undoubtedly, this is my favorite Jada Pinkett role. Peaches is sassy, in your face, exuberant, and downright sexy. Although her appearance is cute and petite, she will snap on anybody who steps on her toes. Oddly enough, my favorite scene in the movie is the very beginning when peaches is an undercover maid and barges into a hotel room and spots a man on a toilet. Peaches - "house keeping". Hotel guest on toilet - "EXCUSE ME...do you know how to spell do not disturb". Peaches - "Do you know how to spell Lysol, god damn you better check your pulse you might be dead".

A Low Down Dirty Shame. The "Shaft" for the nineties.
"A Low Down Dirty Shame " at first looks like another predictable, poorly acted and unfunny action/comedy, but release it from it's box and you've got the complete opposite. It is very funny, unpredicatble (apart from the ending) and the action is way above the unrealistic scenes of "schwarzenegger" films. But most of all, it's entertaining. This has got to be the "Shaft" for the nineties, Keenan Ivory Wayans matching style with smoothness. It is an action/comedy to end all action/comedies, and add in a funny, aggressive Jada Pikett and you've got a film that will keep your interest for a long time.

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