CB4
This fake documentary, covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group 'CB4', who pretend to be tough street thugs. When they come face to face with real gangsta violence, however, their true colors are revealed.
4 September 1957, New York City, New York, USA
27 February 1960, Richmond, Virginia, USA
7 September 1963, Compton, California, USA
27 December 1964, South Central, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 March 1959, Roosevelt, Long Island, New York, USA
31 August 1976, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
10 March 1965, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 November 1963, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
August 20, 2008
Partly scripted by Nelson George, the premier authority on hip hop, the film is not without moments of insight, and there are certainly enough gross-out gags to keep you watching.
December 06, 2005
An amusing look at the early days of the gangsta rappers.
February 09, 2006
In parts it is hugely, monstrously funny.
January 02, 2004
A muddled but often funny rap satire.
January 01, 2000
As a series of ocasionally-amusing vignettes, CB4 is is fitfully entertaining. However, when everything is tied together into a cohesive whole, this movie is a colossal mess.
March 31, 2008
Torn between celebration and sendup, CB4 misses its big target as often as it hits.
January 01, 2000
If your mood is loose and profane, if you speak hip-hop (or you just like hearing it) and if you think Rock is funny (he is), you'll be glad you checked this out.
September 07, 2004
CB4 promises sharper satire than it actually delivers.
December 17, 2007
CB4 just isn't too funny, and one gets the feeling that the filmmakers themselves lacked the resolve or coherence of vision to mock rap in any effective fashion.
July 06, 2003
Resolutely lame in all the wrong places, CB4 is nowhere near the witty satire it purports to be.
March 26, 2009
Tamra Davis, a musicvideo director with the well-received feature debut Guncrazy on her resume, might have really had something here had she settled on any one of the many paths the movie starts down.
May 19, 2004
One of the first movies to parody gangsta rap, it does so knowingly and affectionately.
