Review of Undercover Brother (2002) by Deb S — 10 May 2011

A very funny spoof of blaxploitation films. Eddie Griffin plays Undercover Brother, a black crusader stuck in the seventies (his hero is Jim Kelly) brought into a secret brotherhood (known as `The B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D.') organized to fight the evil white majority--led by `The Man,' a mythological white dude who supposedly spearheads a conspiracy to keep the black man down. (I had no idea mayonnaise was a white thing). The Undercover Brother is given the task of trying to stop "The Man" from brainwashing a black general (Billy Dee Williams) who is running for president to instead open a fried chicken franchise.

In addition to Griffin, `Undercover Brother' features Chris Kattan, Denise Richards, David Chappelle, Aunjanue Ellis, Neil Patrick Harris, Chi McBride, Billy Dee Williams and even the legendary James Brown playing himself. Hats off to Chappelle as the militant headstrong Conspiracy Brother who steals the show with every outrageous vent of his angry spleen; the sexy duplicity of babelicious Denise Richards as Penelope Snow (aka White She-Devil) - 'the black man's Kryptonite' - whose hellacious curves and pouty demeanor is knowingly spoofed to full effect. Elllis equally hot as the ass-kicking Sista Girl; Neil Patrick Harris is the clueless Caucasian intern Lance and Gary Anthony Williams is excellent as Smart Brother.

Be sure to watch it toward the end as Undercover Brother has a dance off against the nefarious Mr. Feather (an over-the-top Chris Kattan) to Michael Jackson's Beat It and of course Denise Richards is sizzling in tight white leather. The guys would love the catfight shower scene between her and Sista Girl.