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Class Act (1992/Warner Archives DVD)

 

Picture: C+     Sound: C+     Extras: C-     Film: C-

 

 

After much success as Hip Hop/Pop performers and in their House Party films, Christopher ‘Kid” Reid and Christopher ‘Play’ Martin reteamed for one last film in the highly predictable, formulaic Class Act in 1992.  It turned out to be the final act as this preposterous mistaken identity would-be comedy plays badly form beginning got end, only saved by a little bit of ambition to be a little classy.  Unfortunately, the original idea was so played out, that it rightly bombed.

 

It does have a notable cast including Loretta Devine, Meshach Taylor, Rhea Perlman, Doug E. Doug and Alysia Rogers, but Pauly Shore shows up and if that is not the kiss of death, who knows what is.  Running a very long 98 minutes, the duo should have made something different instead of playing it safe, but no matter the songs on the soundtrack, this was rightly their swan song and they could all fade-to-wack at this point.  The film just faded quickly after hitting theaters, so they just made a third House Party film after and that was it.

 

The anamorphically enhanced 1.85 X 1 image is not bad, but can be soft and unusually grainy in scenes, but this is a decent transfer just the same, while the Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo has some Pro Logic surrounds, but is also a little weak and compressed, foiling the soundstage.  The only extra is a trailer.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo


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