As the Fat Boys demonstrated in DISORDERLIES, the social stridency of rap music does not mix well with crude, antediluvian slapstick. And now Kid 'N' Play, the popular rap duo that scored high-energy hilarity in HOUSE PARTY, offer further proof with the intensely juvenile CLASS ACT.
CLASS ACT regurgitates the old mistaken identity comic formula that reaches back to A Comedy of Errors and The Prince and the Pauper, only updating it to a South Central Los Angeles high school, where, due to a contrived switching of student records, two newcomers to the high school, Duncan
Pinderhughes (Christopher "Kid" Reid) and Blade (Christopher "Play" Martin), are...
Released:
1992
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
98 mins