Low Down Dirty Shame
Shame is a struggling private dick whose career was destroyed after he became involved with a woman while tailing a Latin American drug lord. When the case is reopened because the presumed-dead drug lord is discovered to be still alive, they need Shame's help to bring the drug lord down.
24 January 1953, Maywood, California, USA
16 October 1961, New York City, New York, USA
3 February 1948, El Paso, Texas, USA
16 January 1950, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
18 September 1971, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
24 September 1944, Copenhagen, Denmark
2 January 1968, Los Angeles, California, USA
July 28, 2009
Wayans the screenwriter is largely to blame for the film's shortcomings, but Wayans the director does a solid job.
January 01, 2000
Question of the day: why is there such an appeal to brainlessness?
May 20, 2003
Mr. Wayans is an agreeable screen presence, but he makes a surprisingly bland action hero.
January 01, 2000
I'm not sure what type of movie this is supposed to be or who its audience is, but it's a low down dirty shame that Wayans' talent is wasted on this film.
January 01, 2000
Here is a movie about guns. Take away the guns, and the movie would be about nothing much.
February 09, 2006
So far, so hackneyed.
January 01, 2000
It's easy -- far too easy -- to use the title of Keenen Ivory Wayans' latest movie as a description. Unfortunately, it's also accurate.
January 01, 2000
Wayans isn't sure whether to send up Shaft and company or simply to remake the action thriller. The result is an embarrassing compromise.
January 11, 2004
The comedy is hit-or-miss, while Wayans proves to be a huge fan of Hong Kong action flicks, ripping off a number of action sequences from them.
July 25, 2008
In terms of action, Wayans the director relies too much on slow-motion in shooting action scenes -- a tiresome habit that undercuts the potential excitement of some sequences.
January 01, 2000
Unfortunately, however, where I'm Gonna Git You Sucka was completely off the wall, A Low Down Dirty Shame is just off.
