Keenen Ivory Wayans (“The Glimmer Man”) directs and stars in this spoof the blaxploitation pictures of the 70s. This came out well before “Undercover Brother” and other spoof films of black cinema and it was before Wayans created “In Living Colour”, a popular sketch tv series. It’s a surprisingly funny film.

In this film, Jack Spade (Keenen Ivory Wayans) returns home from the military after his brother has died of a ‘gold chain overdose’. He sets out to bring down Mr. Big (John Vernon “Animal House”), a local crime boss responsible for getting young blacks hooked on gold chains. He joins forces with old black heroes including ones played by Bernie Casey (“Never Say Never Again”), Steve James (“The Delta Force”) and Isaac Hayes (“Escape From New York”) to fight back and reclaim the streets.

Keenen Ivory Wayans is relatively amusing here as Jack Spade. Damon Wayans (“Blankman”) appears as a goofy bad guy. It’s funny see the older guys capture the different types of black cinema heroes with Steve James playing a martial artist in an obvious parody of Jim Kelly from “Black Belt Jones”. John Vernon does a decent job as Mr. Big despite not having much time on the screen. Keep your eyes open for very brief appearances by young Shawn and Marlon Wayans (“White Chicks”).

It’s not the best spoof film out there by any means but I think “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka” does a good job. I laughed at the scene where Bernie Casey’s character walks down the street with the theme from “Shaft” playing as we then see a band playing their instruments right behind him. This movie is certainly a lot funnier than later films from the Wayans brothers such as “Scary Movie”. However, “In Living Colour” is still probably the best thing they have done.