Video Review

Leprechaun in the Hood (2000)

EW's GRADE
B+

Details Release Date: Mar 28, 2000; Movie Rated: R; Genres: Horror, Musical; With: Warwick Davis

Back from the cosmos (surely you remember Leprechaun 4: In Space), everyone's favorite demonic elf finds himself in South Central L.A., resurrected by three aspiring hip-hoppers who then swipe some of his lucky (read: gold) charms so as to finance a trip to Las Vegas. Once revived, the Gaelic gargoyle becomes a blunt-smoking, boot-knocking playa with a couple of grudges to settle. Ice-T costars as Mack Daddy Onassis (''own asses,'' get it?), who's also got a beef with the rapping wannabes. Bloody, broad, and comically brutal, it's blaxploitation at its best. B+

Originally posted Mar 31, 2000 Published in issue #533 Mar 31, 2000 Order article reprints

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