Customer Reviews
Worst...Movie...Ever 
2008-06-03
I rented this movie almost 10 years ago and have actually taken the time to look it up on Amazon solely so I could slag it for being the worst movie I ever saw. While trying to ride the coattails of "Friday," the producers of this movie have given us a grossly juvenile "film" that probably set black film making back 10 years. Some awful stereotypes and much, much more offensively lame, lame, lame, lame humor ensues. This movie was so painfully unfunny that it actually was depressing. Long conversations followed on just how awful it was. Truly, this movie is just too awful to waste more words on, but please distance yourself from this stinker. DO NOT BUY!!!
Hilarious 
2007-04-01
I don't know why people criticize this movie alot. I guess they probably don'tunderstand the movie.It's a comedy which pokes at the LAPD and it's really funny for a low budget movie...
3 Strikes Indeed!!! 2006-10-16
1 Strike for uneven direction.
2 Strikes for stupid acting.
3 Strikes for a horrible screenplay.
This (VERY UNFUNNY) movie is a complete waste of time, money and energy. Avoid!! Avoid!! Avoid!!
0 Star
3 Strikes = An OUT and OUT BOMB That should never have been made. 2005-12-13
A lame thredbare tired uninspired story of a two time loser picked up from jail by his low life friends. In the car a gentleman shoots at law enforcement officers. Now the two time loser is a wanted man with a third strike looming large in his life when he was a victim of circumstance. YET ANOTHER Insulting racist stupid trite base humorED DVD movie with absolutely no redeeming value whatsoever. If you liked this ghetto comedy flick which I did not you will likely enjoy another DVD of this same ilk called HOW HIGH! another DVD ghetto movie that is just as bad as 3 strikes just the same basic garbage with a different name. Nothing new here.
Oh and for those who say I did not see this mess because, I do not detail how horrible it is. I saw 3 Strikes on a satalite TV channel during my vacation. I am just so happy I did not actually rent or buy this ripe stinker 3 Strikes DVD Movie.
Deserves Life in the bargain bin with no chance of purchase 2005-03-29
3 Strikes...this puerile comedy about a two-time felon trying to avoid a life sentence was DOA from the opening frame. A screenplay full of stock characters and stock South Central jokes make a poor commentary on the California Justice System. In my three attempts to watch this movie all the way through I wound up turning it off around the thirty-minute mark each time.
To make a story like this work, you have to feel for the main character. Unfortunately he has no good qualities. He makes no efforts to do anything worthwhile. Getting out of jail, he goes back to doing the same things that got him locked up. In his attempts to clear himself he spends most of the movie doing a bunch of unfunny things that are supposed to be funny. I just can't laugh at car chases and shootouts in the inner city when so many young men and women die this way in real life. I can't laugh about a man throwing his life away going in and out of the prison system. To me, that's not a comedy. It's a tragedy. And the attempt to make this situation into comedy produces a movie bad it's criminal. It deserves life in the $5.99 Discount DVD bin right next to Ghost Dad and Nora's Hair Salon with no possibility of purchase.
YOUR AVERAGE GHETTO COMEDY MOVIE 
2004-04-30
The chase is on in the wildest manhunt L.A. has ever seen with this arrestingly funny comedy starring Brian Hooks (Bulworth), David Alan Grier (Return to Me), Faizon Love (Friday) and N'Bushe Wright (Blade). Boasting hot new music from Tha Eastsidaz featuring Snoop Dogg,Silkk The Shocker and more, this irreverent comedy written and directed by D.J. Pooh (Friday) is hilarious fun! Rob Douglas (Hooks) is a two-time offender with one thing on his mind: getting out of prisonfor good! So on the day of his release, his pal J.J. (De'Aundre Bonds) pickshim up in a smooth new ride to take him home to his girlfriend (Wright). But when the cops stop them on the way, J.J. confesses that his hot new wheels are real hot, and he's not goin' down without afight! Facing his third strike and a 25-year sentence, Rob flees on foottoo bad he gets caught on videotape! With two strikes against him, Rob's got two choices in front of him: clear his name or go directly back to jail!
One of Brian Hooks best. 2004-01-14
I guess this is one of those movies that either you get it or you dont. I enjoyed this movie very much, it left me in stitches. I dont know why it got dissed so hard. As for the people complaining about it black exploitation...... get a grip its comedy not a dramma. Its the 2k decade if we cant laugh at ourselves who can we laugh at?!! I think you can sit back with ya girl or chill with ya man and get a good laugh out of this movie. Thats why I give it 5 stars.
I actually would give it 3 1/2 stars... 
2003-12-02
This movie has humor in it, it's not "intelligent" humor, no it's actually pretty low brow. But, that doesn't make it un-funny. Brian Hooks plays his part wonderfully. And George Wallas, as his father, is perfection. This movie wasn't made to be the greatest ghetto comedy ever. People have to high expectations, they need to just enjoy this movie for what it is. A Silly, stupid, "black" comedy. It's good for some chuckles.
FUNNY MOVIE. 2003-03-01
THIS MOVIE WAS VERY FUNNY, THEY MADE THIS MOVIE VERY FUNNY. I LIKE THE WHOLE THING. HE GOT IN TROUBLE AS SOON AS HE GOT OUT OF JAIL. ITS CRAZY. HOW U GONE GET UR 3RD STRILE AS SOON AS U GET OUT OF JAIL. ITS FUNNY IF U HAVENT SEEN IT THEN U SHOULD GO AND SEE IT.
Funny movie with funny actors 2002-09-10
I don't understand why this movie was dissed so hard by the other reviewers. I saw a lot of people write that they were offended by the movie. I guess if you're offended extremely easily, don't see it. But if you like a funny movie to just watch and chill out to check it out. Faizon Love and Brian Hooks were the funniest.
