Hit (video recommendation only) – Starring Bernie Mac, Angela Bassett, Paul Sorvino, Mr. Big
Stan Ross (Mac) is an arrogant baseball player who decides to quit the game the night he achieves 3,000 hits. Years later, Ross is now a business man with an entire sports complex that thrives off of his fame. Before the hall of fame vote, baseball accountants discover that three of his hits were counted twice and therefore he is three hits shy of 3,000. Now, Stan must set things straight, get back on his team, and get three more hits.
3,000 laughs! Ok, so maybe it wasn’t 3,000 laughs… this movie is an adult comedy with mild humor. I don’t believe this movie is suitable for children under the age of 17 because of it’s adult content and humor, anyone younger than 17 would find this movie to be a drab. The target audience of this movie ranges from 17 to 65.
Bernie Mac makes the character Stan Ross a person that people love to hate. At the beginning of the film this character comes on strong but by the end we realize that he has made a few attitude changes for the better. Angela Bassett’s ‘performance is abbreviated©’ and the audience does not find a real connection between her character (Mo) and Stan. The entire subplot concerning Mo and Stan should have been left on the cutting room floor. This plot did not take the movie in a particular direction, it just kept the audience from the more interesting parts of the movie concerning the game of baseball and the baseball team. The baseball team is led by Paul Sorvino who plays a stoic baseball manager / coach named Gus. Gus still harbors negative emotions for Stan (since he was the manager when Stan quit the team the first time around) and gives Stan the silent treatment until necessary. Once Gus finally opens his mouth you feel excited to see that he ultimately is displaying some emotion. Bottom Line: Entertaining film with good laughs; excellent video recommendation.
Best Scene: Stan’s final commercial endorsement.
Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language.
Comedy
Running Time: 1 hour 44 minutes
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