Barbershop

CAR WASH (1976) transplanted to an old-fashioned, South Chicago barbershop. Ambitious Calvin (Ice Cube) inherited his father's shop two years ago, and he wants out. His newest moneymaking scheme involves setting up a recording studio in his basement, but he needs seed money, and the bank's already threatening foreclosure unless he pays back his earlier loans. So Calvin makes a deal with the devil, butter-voiced neighborhood sharpie Lester Williams (Keith David), who swears the sign outside will always say "barbershop" and forks over $20,000, then admits that he plans to turn the place into a strip joint with a barbershop theme. Meanwhile, Samir (Parvesh Cheena), who ...