Two broke buddies feel lucky when they come upon a truckload of cellular phones and begin selling them out of the back of their van. Trouble arises though, when the phones develop faults. The two friends then not only have to deal with unsatisfied customers but also the FBI.
Acting
Anthony Johnson's frantic energy carries every scene.
Sound
No Limit Records soundtrack is a time capsule.
Practical Effects
The janky phone props are unintentionally perfect.
Director
Michael Martin
Master P
Black
Anthony Johnson
Blue
Gretchen Palmer
Sweet Lorraine
Ice Cube
Gun Runner
Tommy Lister Jr.
T-Lay
Helen Martin
Grandmother
Sheryl Underwood
Bad Mouth Bessie
John Witherspoon
Mr. Mimm
Snoop Dogg
Bar Patron
Laura Hayes
Mrs. Tucker
Frantz Turner
Dalton
Tangie Ambrose
Nasty Mouth Carla
Harrison White
Tootsie Pop
Richard Keats
Jim Brady
Joe Estevez
Lamar Hunt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in just 18 days on a $3.5 million budget, this became No Limit Films' highest-grossing release and proved Master P's business model—cheap, fast, profitable—could work in cinema.
The 'faulty phones' plot was inspired by real counterfeit electronics flooding urban markets in the late '90s; the FBI storyline mirrored actual investigations into phone cloning fraud.
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