![]() ![]() Inevitably Charles' vacation goes south and he set to come home. Of course Jon Jon quickly disobeys him once hes out of sight and throws a bash. Subtitled Down To The Last Minute, the film focuses on Jon Jon (Marques Houston, playing a completely different character from part 3) house sitting for his rich and overly strict Uncle Charles's mansion, being told right from the get go not to have anyone over, especially Jon Jons best friends: Mark and T (Jerome Jones and Kelton "LDB" Kessee, Houston's fellow bandmates). A fourth movie was made in 2001 that was an egregiously low-budget direct to video feature, staring said rap group. It was the last movie to feature a plot revolving around Kid n Play but not the last to feature them altogether.Īnd speaking of IMx, seven years after part 3 came and went in the theaters. This film was notable for debuting Chris Tucker and featuring the rap group Immature (later known as IMx) who play as Kid's nephews. Of course though things get complicated before everything winds down to a bachelor party thrown for Kid. Play meanwhile has gone into the music business as a manager to a female rap trio, Sex as a Weapon ( TLC). The third movie (1994) see Kid getting married to his girlfriend Veda (who was introduced in this movie rather than his past girlfriend Sydney ( Tisha Campbell). One thing leads to another before the duo wind up hosting a party on the campus to help Kid stay in college. Misfortune however befalls Kid no sooner then he starts his semester after he loses his tuition money. Much to the chagrin of his friend who wants Kid to go into music with him after they got the attention of a record producer. The first "House Party" was produced and directed by Reginald and Warrington Hudlin, who included some thoughtful material (a subplot, for example, in which a young man has to decide if he'll date a girl even though she lives in a low-status housing project).The second film (1991) sets Kid, now living with Play after his father died (as Harris had died not long after finishing the first movie) off to college thanks to some charity of his local church. Hundreds of students turn up wearing elaborate costumes, and dance the night away, undeterred by the same three goons who harassed Kid in the first movie, and are now campus security guards.Ĭhristopher Reid is an engaging actor who doesn't push this lightweight material too hard, and the other performances are all well within the tradition of teenage comedy. Admission is $10 for men, free for women who wear nightwear sexual politics haven't arrived on this campus yet. It goes without saying that the solution to his financial problems is to hold another house party, this time in the faculty dining room. At the same time, he tries to talk his way into the heart of a co-ed ( Tisha Campbell), and past her stern and Politically Correct roommate (Latifah). And so then he has to try to talk his way into school, past an unfriendly dean and various other enemies. ![]() But he loses the money to some slick con-artist record promoters. Reid stars once again as Kid, who goes off to college with scholarship money provided by the congregation of his church. There's some attempt to bring him back in spirit, through the device of a photograph that sometimes comes to life and provides advice to the son, but basically this is a movie without a relationship at its center, and so the decisions of the hero don't seem to make as much difference to anyone. Robin Harris died suddenly just as his good reviews were appearing for "House Party" and other projects, and his presence is missed in the sequel. The relationship between the father and son provided a grounding for the movie, and made it more thoughtful and emotionally sincere. He had a problem: His strict disciplinarian father ( Robin Harris) was determined to raise his son responsibly. " House Party" was essentially a musical, ending with a long sequence of wall-to-wall singing and dancing at a party the hero, Kid, was dying to attend. ![]()
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