The Players Club with LisaRaye: DVD Cover

    The Players Club Director: Ice Cube Cast: LisaRaye, Bernie Mac, Monica Calhoun, A.J. Johnson

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    • DVD Release Date: 09/14/1999
    • Original Release: 1998
    • Rating: Rated R
    • Sales Rank: 26,259

    Viewer Rating: (5 ratings)

    Detailed Rating: "Intellectual Stimulation" See All

     
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    Features

    Widescreen and full-screen versions of the film; "We Be Clubbin," Ice Cube music video; "My Loved One," Ice Cube featuring Mr. Short KHOP music video; Original theatrical trailer; Cast and crew filmographies and biographies

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    Scene Index

    Scene Selections
    0. Scene Selections
    1. Main Title [2:12]
    2. Use What You Got [3:33]
    3. First Night Jitters [4:32]
    4. Cousin Ebony [2:40]
    5. Making Threats [9:02]
    6. Workign the Room [3:24]
    7. Taking a Toll [2:43]
    8. Going for a Ride [6:01]
    9. Slow Night [4:01]
    10. Taking Advantage [6:15]
    11. Party Games [5:08]
    12. Falling Apart [4:42]
    13. "There's Money Upstairs" [7:30]
    14. All Hell Breaks Loose [4:06]
    15. "It Ain't What You Think" [5:17]
    16. Junior's Bachelor Party [6:37]
    17. Trouble for Ebony [7:09]
    18. Getting Even [6:19]
    19. Cashing in on Dollar Bill [4:54]
    20. Full Circle [2:29]
    21. End Credits [4:14]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Rapper/ actor Ice Cube directed this urban comedy-drama about African-American single mother Diana (Lisa Raye), who aims for a career as a broadcast journalist. To finance her education, she works as a stripper at the raucous Players Club, run by hustler Dollar Bill (Bernie Mac). When naive Ebony (Monica Calhoun), Diana's young cousin, also signs on at the club, Ronnie (Chrystale Wilson) attempts to lead Ebony into prostitution, creating conflicts, while club deejay Blue (Jamie Foxx) begins dating Diana. This film is Ice Cube's feature directorial debut; he also scripted and appears in a supporting role. Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

    Customer Reviews

    “Make the money, don't let it make you.”by Anonymous

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    March 04, 2007: When this movie first came out I thought it was a good flick but when I recently watched it again I wonder why. First-time director Ice Cube makes some pretty bad decisions in this movie, mainly in that his movie is dreadfully dull. You may wonder how a low-rent black version of “Showgirls” could be dull, but then you've yet to see “The Players Club.” Personally this movie could have been made over twenty years ago starring Pam Grier. It's like that. Apparently, it's perfectly OK to perpetuate and even celebrate cartoonishly negative stereotypes, but only if you belong to the minority you're exploiting. In here we have Good girl Diana, played by Lisa Raye, who just wants to make enough money to finish college and do right by her baby. So she starts stripping at some sleazy dive. Much to her surprise, not everyone who works (or hangs out) at a strip club is very nice. The slimy owner of the club is played by Bernie Mac, whose back then performance is notable solely and not that funny because during that time Bernie's been great in small roles in his previous films. (Think of him in Friday or as Uncle Vester in House Party 3.) Bernie gets a subplot all to himself! He's a cheap and corrupt individual, so the local mob boss wants him dead. For some reason, 2 Live Crew shows up at one point, acting like a band that's had a hit record in the past ten years. They must have stopped by to pick up a cup of ice and was invited to be in the movie. To be even a little fair, Jamie Foxx is pretty likeable as the club's DJ, and he gets to work some stand-up type material into his scenes. The Players Club is a slow-moving and completely unoriginal movie. While some entertainment value could still be gained from a movie like that, no such luck here. You'll know every single plot point before it arrives, and when it gets there it's delivered in a bored fashion.

    Wow...by Anonymous

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    October 25, 2006: And I thought movies had hit a new low in violence and pornography.


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