He does this by undergoing a brainwashing by Smart Brother (Gary Anthony Williams) that makes him more "uppity" and therefore more palatable to the white infrastructure. Undercover Brother teams up with Sistah Girl (Aunjanue Ellis) to infiltrate The Man's business headquarters. Most interestingly, he doesn't seem to realize that he's about 30 years out of date. He's got the 'fro, the duds, and the 'tude. Their unwitting spokesman is the Colin Powell-esque General Boutwell (Billy Dee Williams).Įddie Griffin plays a slightly outdated superspy in Undercover Brotherīrought in to help with the fight is Undercover Brother himself (Eddie Griffin), a super-spy who seems to have stepped out of a 1970's "blaxploitation" movie. (One of the big jokes in the film is that there really is a "Man" trying to keep blacks down.) The Man's latest plot involves turning African-Americans into walking/talking stereotypes via a chain of restaurants that serve fried chicken laced with a hallucinogenic drug. Their foe is The Man, a shadowy white guy who works overtime to keep society monochromatic. works to advance the rights of African-Americans. Here's the concept: an underground group known as the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D. It's just that the comic material it uses is so satiric that I'm not sure I will be able to do it justice. It's not that this is a hard film to explain or even justify my reason for liking. Undercover Brother - how do I even begin to review this movie? I've been sitting here staring at my computer for five minutes, unable to find a place to start.
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