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09/05/06
The L.A. Riot Spectacular (2005)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:2
Rotten:5
Average Rating:3.8/10
Runtime: 80 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: This brazen, gleefully un-P.C. satire from director Marc Klasfeld takes on the highly controversial topic of the Rodney King trial and ensuing deadly rioting in Los Angeles, turning a fearless... [More]
Starring: Snoop Dogg, Anne-Marie Johnson, Ted Levine, Jonathan Lipnicki
Director: Marc Klasfeld
Reviews for The L.A. Riot Spectacular
1 - 7 (sorted by source; UK critics are listed first)
A film that works overtime to offend each and every ethnic group and economic class that makes up the smoggy purgatory of Los Angeles while simultaneously patting itself on the back for being so putatively daring.
07/15/06
Stunningly, the end of 'The L.A. Riot Spectacular' promises a sequel taking on the OJ Simpson trial. If I have to physically go to the west coast and prevent this from happening, I'm prepared to make that commitment.
08/04/06
The gags are mortally unfunny.
08/10/06
...occasionally funny, but the tone is mostly one of frantic and forced "outrageousness"...
08/10/06
A veteran director of music videos, [Marc] Klasfeld has for his feature film debut churned out a lifeless series of sketch-comedy ideas that presumably would make even the Wayans brothers blanch at their broadness.
08/10/06
Top Critic[The] pic feels overlong because once it's established that this is going to be a tasteless, if occasionally hilarious, exercise in social criticism, the movie needs to constantly accelerate the level of hilarity, which is impossible to do.
08/10/06
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