Worst Trash on Earth

Rating: 1/10 (9 May 2006)

This film is so horrible, that from the first minute of watching it, I knew what was happening and will happen. The point was to squeeze as much racism and personalities into 100 minutes as possible. Apparently this city's population is 10 people, who keep running into each other a thousand times a day for no reason. The white cop has a black partner, who is married to a Chinese woman, who is best friends with a hispanic woman. Wow, I get it, setting up for racism. Let's also spend 1/2 hour talking about the protective cloak, which obviously will come into play in the most predictable way possible. And start random, unbelievable arguments just to lead up to violence. Everything is conveniently placed and phrased, so the audience doesn't get lost in this extra simple script. The characters are way too unrealistic and undeveloped. I can't tell you a single character's name or anything about them. So much talent wasted on this horrible mess.
I can go on an on, but the sad truth is that Matt Dilon and Terrence Howard are actually amazing actors, and if this was a better script, they would have been that much more amazing.
Obviously if you want to win an Oscar, here is the formula. A retarded gay racist kid that gets abused, works hard, and at the end learns his lesson. Done, you'll get an Oscar.
Go rent Magnolia, if you want to see good actors act out a good script.