Review of Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood (2003) by Butterz B — 16 Dec 2009

Honestly, this is not one of the best Leprechaun movies, but it still is pretty funny. There seems to be more slapstick this time, as the Leprechaun constantly gets smacked around, thrown against walls, hit with refridgerator doors, cars, etc.

Not like any of that will stop him though. The movie opens with an interesting animation that finally tells you the Leprechaun's backstory. In the time of knights, Leprechauns were summoned from the forest to protect the King's gold.

When their job was finished, they all went back to their realm, save for one, who turned evil, hoarded the gold, and stayed. Shoot to the present, and Leprechaun is battling a priest, on the grounds of what was to be a community youth center.

The priest kicks his ass, stabbing him while splashing him with holy water with clovers in it. This sends Leprechaun to hell (wait, he's not from hell). But not for long, this time the pot of gold can actually be found at the end of the rainbow, and leads the ghetto-trash main characters to it.

It's funny when one of them complains about the weed he bought from his drug dealer, because there are clovers in it (which will play an important part later). The guy calls him "my ninja", because apparently no one says "my nigga" anymore.

So, now you can call black people ninjas, but I'm not very sure if that's still racist or not. Also, it seems that Leprechaun has a drug problem in this one. He's constantly smoking weed, walking around super-high (into walls), and has the munchies so bad that at one point he even gets trapped in a fridge.

I think the Leprechaun needs an intervention. He doesn't even shine shoes anymore! The ninjas spend all of his gold on stupid things, like low rider cars, ridiculous amounts of weed, and one of them even has a coin melted down for a gold tooth.

Another funny scene involves the Leprechaun picking up a cellphone, and talking to one of the ninja's girlfriends. She asks him what he looks like, and she seems turned on until he reveals he's only 3 foot 6.

And this time the characters finally realize that bullets don't stop him or anything else, and try to seek out other ways that will actually work. Warwick Davis was always a complete joy to watch as the Leprechaun, but this sadly was the last installment.

For the next one they could have sent him to West Hollywood to wreak havoc on the gay community. That would've been great.