Leprechaun in the Hood

Plot synopsis:
Sometime in the 1970s, treasure seekers Mack Daddy O'Nassas (Ice-T) and comrade Slug (Barima McKnight) break into a small room inside of a disco nightclub. The duo come across a trove of gold guarded by the statue of a petrified Leprechaun (Warwick Davis). Mack Daddy only presents interest in a magical flute which is said to hypnotize its listeners into a euphoric trance that has them fall underneath the control of the flute's player.Slug continues to collect the rest of the gold as well as removing an amulet from around the Leprechaun's neck, thus unfreezing him. The Leprechaun sets to work recovering his gold by killing Slug and converging onto Mack Daddy for the highly coveted flute. Mack Daddy outwits the Leprechaun by safely securing the amulet back around his neck in an elaborate manner, therefore re-freezing him.Fast forward to modern day Los Angeles, California. Mack Daddy has used the wealth of the gold and power of the flute to skyrocket in the hip-hop industry earning him the title of a famous record producer and pimp. Three vengeful, aspiring rappers named Postmaster P (Anthony Montgomery), Stray Bullet (Rashaan Nall), and Butch (Red Grant) conspire to rob Mack Daddy of his riches by breaking into his office after Mack Daddy refuses to sign them onto his record label and instead, insults them.Unexpectedly, Mack Daddy walks in on the robbery startling Postmaster P who shoots and presumably kills Mack Daddy. Butch removes the amulet from around the Leprechaun's neck which Mack Daddy kept in his office the ensuing years. The Leprechaun springs to life and orders the three to return his gold. Confused, the three rapidly fire at the Leprechaun in succession before fleeing. Mack Daddy is revealed to have been spared by a golden medallion he was wearing around his neck and also escapes when he discovers the Leprechaun is alive.Mack Daddy arrives at the Golden Parrot, a local bar, where he is confronted in the restroom by the Leprechaun. The Leprechaun severs his finger before Mack Daddy leaves. The Leprechaun, then kills a bartender before hypnotizing three waitresses (Daya Vaidya, Chloe Hunter, & Lori J. Jones) into becoming his Zombie Fly Girls, gorgeous, yet deadly femme fatale who are recruited to do the Leprechaun's evil bidding.The following day, the trio cash the stolen gold on technical equipment to be used to enter an upcoming music competition. Postmaster P is revealed to have secretly taken the flute and begins to discover its hypnotic effects. Unfortunately, the Leprechaun can sense whenever the flute is played and uses this as a tracking device to catch the three hoodlums.Later that night, the Leprechaun kills antique store owners Jackie Dee (Dan Martin) and Chow Yung Pi (Jack Ong) to recover his gold. Meanwhile, Mack Daddy and his bodyguard (Eric Mansker) confront Postmaster P, Stray Bullet, and Butch at a house party. Mack Daddy orders them to hand over the flute, although Stray Bullet and Butch are not aware Postmaster P is in possession of the flute. When Mack Daddy is temporarily subdued due to his injury the trio use this to their advantage by jumping off the rooftop and safely landing onto a fire escape, making a fast getaway. Afterwards, Postmaster P reveals to Stray Bullet and Butch he has the flute, but refuses to give it up believing it holds a strong power.The following night, the trio pay to stay at the apartment of Fontaine Rivera (Lobo Sebastian), a transvestite prostitute. Once the flute is played, the Leprechaun arrives, kills Fontaine, and begins to search the apartment for the flute. Postmaster P, Stray Bullet, and Butch hide in the bathroom while Butch concocts a combustible fluid made by mixing household chemicals. Once the Leprechaun is lured into the bathroom, they combine the concoction with electricity and he is set ablaze. The trio escape and come to the consensus they need sanctuary. They decide to stay at the local church for the night.The next morning, the church's pastor, Reverned Hamson (Ivory Ocean) strikes a deal with the men that if they perform for his morning congregation, they can continue to use the church as their safe haven. Afterwards, Mack Daddy and his bodyguard show up and pursue the trio through the upstairs of the building. The Leprechaun arrives during the ensuing chaos and kills Mack Daddy's bodyguard, disgusting Mack Daddy who runs away.The trio barricade themselves in Rev. Hamson's office while the Leprechaun prepares to break down the door. They wheel a wrought-iron safe over and open the door, prompting the Leprechaun to inadvertently tumble into the safe, thus rendering him powerless. The trio make a deal with Rev. Hamson to watch the safe while they travel to the competition being held in Las Vegas, Nevada.Once they leave, the Leprechaun summons one of his Zombie Fly Girls to kill Rev. Hamson and release him from the safe. The Leprechaun confronts the trio in their dressing room in Las Vegas, resulting in Postmaster P surrendering the flute and ultimately costing Stray Bullet his life.Postmaster P and Butch plan to avenge Stray Bullet's death and recover the flute. Butch finds out the Leprechaun has taken up residence at the Golden Parrot where he has been luring prostitutes up to his lair who eventually find themselves never coming back down. The duo disguise themselves as female prostitutes and subdue the Zombie Fly Girls, thus gaining them access to the Leprechaun. Postmaster P administers a marijuana joint laced with a four-leaf clover knocking the Leprechaun unconscious. They steal the flute and race downstairs where Butch is shot and killed by Mack Daddy.Postmaster P is offered to join alliance with Mack Daddy who brandishes the amulet--the only thing that can stop the Leprechaun. Postmaster P refuses just as the Leprechaun regains consciousness and kills Mack Daddy. The Leprechaun commences in a final showdown with Postmaster P over the flute. Postmaster P successfully outsmarts the Leprechaun and returns the amulet around his neck, freezing him.Sometime later, Postmaster P has gone solo and has made it to the finals of the competition. He raps about his struggles to make it to the top of the hip-hop industry earning him a standing ovation from the audience. After his performance, Postmaster P removes his sunglasses revealing that he is under the Leprechaun's control.

Tags: cult, violence

Review:
OK, it wasn't that bad, I just really wanted to get to use that line for once (my friend who went to see Lep 1 in the theater yelled it out during the movie and got a standing ovation).My same friend also made a good point about watching the Lep series in general: you know exactly what you're getting up front.
It's not like going to see, say, Play It To the Bone or 8 Heads in a Duffle Bag where you think you might actually laugh once or twice at something or enjoy the movie at some points, but end up wanting to punch everyone involved in the face (even Joe Pesci).
Of course, couple things also happened that I didn't WANT to happen but had a horrible premonition that they were going to, such as the Leprechaun smoking a blunt and rapping (though not at the same time, Thank God).
There was one particularly funny moment when the heroes are hiding from  the Leprechaun that was worth the money I paid to rent it, because it was exactly like a scene from Scooby-Doo (in fact, I think it WAS a scene they stole from Scooby-Doo, but at least they stole from something amusing).
There's another scene where two characters are having a very serious discussion about how to go after the Lep -- this is after a tragic event occurs, so I figured the movie was going to stop trying to be funny-- and you see that one of them is holding "Leprechauns For Dummies".
So, while on the negative side, we have the fact that the movie is completely stupid and mindless, with little gore, and really cheap production values, we do have the positives of a few good laughs and the fact that it would pi$$ off Spike Lee.
I've seen a lot of horror movies WAY worse and more insulting to viewer's intelligence, so I didn't really want my money back after I rented it..
The Leprechaun films have always been silly horror movies that never try to take themselves too seriously (In Las Vegas?
Warwick Davis once again returns as the murderous, magic, Oirish fellow, this time causing all manner of trouble for a trio of young rappers when they steal his horde of gold to pay for some audio equipment.With such unforgettable visual treats as Davis' character puffing weed, Lep hanging with a group of hot, zombie ho's, a death by afro-comb, a cross-dressing homie meeting a bloody end, an utterly pointless guest appearance by Coolio, and even a rap song from the little green fellow himself, it's hard not to have a good time with this film.Don't believe the negative comments here on IMDb; some people are just naturally unable to have a good time!
The flick unfolds just like the other sequels, with no explanation of how the Leprechaun got to his location, or even a reference to the other movies.
They happen to swipe the lep's stolen magical flute, and before they know it are being stalked separately by Mack Daddy and the now awakened Lep. Along the way we see the Lep smoke weed ("What a curious aroma"), go to bed with a drag queen, and make a few pop culture references ("Come hand me gold you thieving hoods, You've got more loot than Tiger Woods!!").
Rent Leprechaun in the Hood and watch it on a weekend when you don't feel like going out.
Now, obviously you don't watch "Leprechaun in the Hood" expecting anything more than standard horror-comedy fare: some scares, some gore, some jokes, and some T&A.
When 3 would-be (and I DO mean would-be) rappers rob the music tycoon's house, they accidentally free the evil leprechaun, who hounds them and creates a group of "zombie fly-girls" to exploit the hood.
1st watched 3/17/2007 - 3 out of 10(Dir-Rob Spera): Fair little green man movie with him getting involved with rappers this time.
The movie then comes to the current day where a group of wanna-be rappers try to get on the good side of Ice-T's character but it doesn't happen.
The rest of the movie the rappers are on the run from both Ice-T and the Leprechaun and doing different things to try and elude them until they can make it to Las Vegas, where they hope to compete in a rap contest.
The Leprechaun has a little more personality in this one and he's back to his rhyming one-liners but the movie doesn't deliver much in the fright area and there's no real lesson learned here either for the young rappers.
The final scene has Warwick Davis as the Leprechaun doing his own rap tune which is kind of a hoot and probably the best part of the movie, but we have to wait 90 minutes for this, though.
Because if they did, shame on them, the guy can't act, and it painfully obvious watching this turkey of a movie.Ice T didn't go a bad job in this film, considering he had to keep a straight face reading his lines.
Aside from such lovable and memorable characters like "Mack Daddy" and "Local Drag Queen" this movie also contains such memorable scenes as Leprechaun trying to get hand job from young boy in drag.
It would have been another flawless entertaining leprechaun movie, just like all the others in the series, if only it didn't contain certain content.
If you thought that the leprechaun franchise could not possibly go in any wierder directions after having the last movie take place in space, you probably haven't seen what happened when this little green devil payed a visit to the hood.Sadly, the endlessly entertaining protagonist doesn't get as much screen time as he should, the human characters are the most stereotypical black guys ever put to film and even if the movie has professional rappers Ice-T and coolio in the cast, they are the only characters in the movie who do not get to rap..
Others will, and do, dislike them for mostly being cheap, far from scary, too dumb to be entertaining and not very interesting.Finally decided to see all the 'Leprechaun' films to see which above extreme they would fall under, being on a horror franchise roll recently.
Disliked the first film as far as the previous three films go, and while the next two were marginal improvements they were not particularly good either while up to this point of the series the fourth film fares the worst.'Leprechaun in the Hood', while a marginal improvement over 'Leprechaun 4: In Space', for me is among the weakest of the franchise.
Apart from a few bright spots most of the film is poorly executed for reasons that are similar and even the same as the previous four films.Once again, Warwick Davis is the best thing about 'Leprechaun in the Hood', like he was with the previous four films so that was not a surprise.
Ice-T came over as really out of place and was just annoying.Very like as with before, 'Leprechaun in the Hood' is particularly undone by the script and story.
I really loved this one ( though the 3rd is my most favorite ) , warrick davis still did a wonderful job like always :)I love how much magic lep used and his funny great rhyming ,The cast did really good but I didn't watch for them , truly it was boring when that loveable lep wasn't in it And I simply love the ending :) plus leps song " Lep in the Hood " was just so great :).
Three would be rappers steal jewels and gold from a pimp played by Ice-T, and unwittingly release the evil leprechaun, who once again kills everyone who gets in the way of him finding his gold.
The leprechaun was wisely never made out a dark or serious of horror villain, so placing him onto the mean streets of the hood only adds to the comedic elements of the character and franchise.
On paper this sounds a good idea: Warwick Davis, despite his dubious Irish accent, is very entertaining as the witty, deadly Leprechaun, and I love hip-hop, I've seen Ice-T several times live here in the UK.
The film feels flat, the gore & humour isn't on par with previous episodes, every other word is f*** or muthaf***er, it's too long (even at 90mins) & the Leprechaun rapping at the end is excruciatingly bad.
Hoping to break into the music business, a rap group inadvertently steals a magical flute from a mischievous leprechaun, reviving him in the process who sets out on a rampage to get it back and forcing them to stop him.This one here wasn't that bad and had enough going for it to be entertaining.
The film's biggest issue is the fact that there's a lot of time spent on integrating the leprechaun into this particular environment by overloading the rap genre in here to the point of getting irritating with all the different segments here that features show-stopping moments to get them performed.
Okay,so maybe this movie does have some stupid moments,but I want to hear from somebody that none of the Leprechaun movies had some dumb scenes.I thought so.But this is actually a pretty entertaining horror-comedy that deserved more positive reviews.3.3 stars?Come on people.Did your brain die or have you lost interest in movies that mix horror and comedy together.Because 'Leprechaun in the Hood'does a good job with it's own blend of horror and comedy.There are 2 characters in this movie that I think did a better job than the others.They are Warwick Davis and Ice-T.Warwick Davis does a great job at playing an evil leprechaun and Ice-T knows what he's doing when it comes to trying to take the lead role.6.7/10B-.
i mean, its a series about an evil leprechaun.this movie obviously finds the leprechaun in the hood, chasing down three young wannabe rappers.
thrown into the mess is ice-t playing a music mogul who has used the leprechaun's magic flute to gain his fame.the first five minutes of the movie that are set in the 70s are just fantastic.
the way it is filmed is actually very good, the comedy is great, and it totally ignores all the other movies in the series and starts new.
even though they tried to set it in the hood again, they failed to make it as fun as this movie.if you are like me and like bad horror movies that are actually kind of good, check this one out..
A comedy that tries ever so hard to be funny but which fails at every step, LEPRECHAUN IN THE HOOD turns out to be way worse than the original, Jennifer Aniston-starring movie (I haven't as yet watched any of the movies in between, but on the strength of this I doubt I'll bother).
It's a micro-budgeted attempt at crossing a traditional comedy horror with a blaxploitation movie, and it really is that bad.Warwick Davis (who REALLY must have needed the money) returns to the fold as the Irish menace who sets his sight on some black rappers and gangsters.
And when Butch, Postmaster P, and Stray Bullet find out that Mack Daddy is in possession of one of the Leprechaun's magic charms, the inevitable five-way confrontation in the 'hood' is set to begin.
This is one Leprechaun you don't want around your 'hood.' I felt that the film's weakest point was Ice-T's performance as 'Mack Daddy.' I've seen Ice as a New Jack Hustler, and I've seen him as an Original Gangsta.
It wasn't even the Evil Leprechaun that made the Movie, it was the three people trying to make it big and running into him that was so Awesome.This Movie was not Scary, Just VERY Hilarious, so Don't say I didn't Tell or Warn You!As far as Relation to others in the series go, The Special effects on this one are Noticeably better.
Also, watch for Warwick Davis' "Lep in the Hood" rap.
Probably the best part of the film was that it had no storyline, character development, explanation for production or hope of success, making it my choice for movie of the new millennium.
This probably explains why they never give him any screen time on Star Trek:Enterprise, because he can't carry a scene to save his life.To top it all off, this movie was full of some of the most vile stereotypes I had ever seen in a film.
But the truth is, Leprechaun 5: In the Hood, was a great film.
This time out a pimp (Ice-T) steals the gold from the leprechaun (Warwick Davis) and manages to get the medallion around his neck turning him to stone.
This fifth film in the series pretty much puts the horror elements on the back burner and instead we have the leprechaun getting into all sorts of situations.
This movie really isn't much good but with its title "Leprechaun in the Hood" it became an instant cult-classic.In all truth and honesty, this movie is just plain bad.
It certainly has some cult value in it, with its rapping thugs, living in the hood, crossing paths with the little, green, Irish, Leprechaun.
Now the Leprechaun's back in Los Angeles in the ghetto side where a bunch of rapper wannabe's get in the little green guy's way while he's doing justice to those that get in his way regardless if they're good or bad.The only noticeable person was Ice-T as a greedy executive while Warwick Davis probably needed the money to play the green guy again.Skip this movie!.
Leprechaun in the HoodThe good thing about being a little person in the ghetto is that the bullets from the drive-bys go right over your head.Mind you, the small person in this horror-comedy also has magic to protect him.Imprisoned by a record producer (Ice-T), a malevolent leprechaun (Warwick Davis) is released by unsuspecting rap-artists: Postmaster P.
It begins with Ice T's character "Mack Daddy" and a friend who, will looking for gold, come across the leprechaun who is stone-like thanks to a magical gold chain wrapped around his neck.
But still, "Leprechaun in the Hood" is not a horror movie.
Just with a tad too much music and singing.The story in "Leprechaun in the Hood" is basically the same as in all previous four movies.
apparently years earlier mack daddy had robbed the Leprechaun,, so now you got mack daddy and the leprechaun trying to get back the gold and a special magical flute that put some kind of mysterious spell on you,, all in all i think that this is even funnier than the third installment when he goes to Vegas,, very entertaining movie here..
so far this fifth movie in the "Leprechaun" series is probably the best.it is much better than the fourth entry,and a bit better than the third.this time,the scene is a bit different.the leprechaun finds himself involved in the gangster culture and also the rap scene.this movie is fairly funny at times,and the first few minutes are as close to a riot of laughs as this series has come.this is probably the bloodiest entry yet.i think the Leprechaun is much more menacing in this one,than the previous ones.there's no shortage of the "F" bomb and other sears.in fact they come fast and furious.if you don't like coarse language,steer away from this one.there'e also a lot of sexual innuendo,some of it pretty sick.still,this isn't too bad a movie.it's especially interesting to watch the Leprechaun do his rap thing.for me,"Leprechaun 5:in the Hood "is a 4.5/10.
With a scary scene of Warwick rapping, this was a fun movie to watch.5/10.
Leprechaun 'N the Hood is a great movie.
Diehard Lep fans will enjoy this film, the kills are gory, the acting is actually good for a change, and Warwick Davis continues to dominate.
Why was this a thing at that time?In the other movies, we at least got to see the leprechaun die and lose.
Instead of giving us, Ice T's gangsta raps, the movie plays it, over silly, by having the Leprechaun do one himself.
Not only, does the movie spend most of the time, with these three idiotic unlikeable characters who are not entertaining, but they hardly give anything for the Leprechaun to do.
It's sad, how wasted, Warwick Davis's character was in this film, because the Leprechaun make up work is pretty impression and Warwick Davis does have some charm to pull this movie, off.
In the end, this movie is probably, the second worst horror film.
In my opinion, 2003's 'Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood' does use the hip hop concept a lot better than this movie, however that is also a stinker.
Towards the end of the film after lots of fighting, shooting, blunt smoking, hoe abusing, benjamin making and rapping Postmaster P is offered to join alliance with Mack Daddy who has the gold medallion -the only thing that can stop the Leprechaun.
I asked him what it was and he said it was the 5th installment of the Leprechaun horror series and described it as "like a bad sexual story that you don't want to know but yet cannot resist hearing" -- how do you turn that down???
Technically Leprechaun in the Hood has the look of a made for TV film, the special effects are OK at best, the film's soundtrack is populated by foul mouthed rap music which I didn't like too much & as a whole it's generally quite well made in a low budget horror sort of way.
For what it was I liked Leprechaun in the Hood, I thought it was quite often funny, had a certain charm & personality & has decent character's.
Such a great actor and don't give him the huge amount of time in a movie he deserves.The acting level of the film was low but the storyline was also incredibly bad.
Leprechaun in the Hood contains everything a good movie should have:Ice-T pulling a baseball bat out of his afro to fight off a leprechaun.A leprechaun rap.