Marlon Wayans (“Senseless”, “Scary Movie”) stars in “Fifty Shades Of Black”, a spoof of the “Fifty Shades Of Grey” book and film. While I’ve never seen the original film nor read the book, it’s one of those piece of entertainment than everybody is at least vaguely aware of. This spoof film is predictable and features a lot of disgusting gags but I’ll admit that I did chuckle a few times at it.

In this film, Hannah Steale (Kali Hawk “Bridesmaids”, “Couples Retreat”) is a university student that falls for eccentric businessman Christian Black (Wayans). However, Black has some extremely bizarre and aggressive sexual habits and seeks to bring Hannah into his abusive and whacky world.

Marlon Wayans is so obnoxious here. He bounces around like a kid that has had too much sugar and he just will not shut up. The worst moment features him performing as a male stripper where we have to endure the sight of him showcasing his small manhood (the actor is of course wearing a small prosthetic). Kali Hawk is forgettable as Hannah Steale. Jane Seymour (“Wedding Crashers”, “Live And Let Die”) gets dragged in here as Black’s racist adopted mother. She’s actually fairly amusing but we only get to see her for mere minutes.

A lot of the humour is really gross. If you’ve seen other Wayans brothers’ films such as “Scary Movie”, “Little Man” or “White Chicks” then you’ll know what to expect. This film is definitely not a comedic abomination like “Little Man” was but it’s certainly not good. One somewhat amusing moment has Wayans torture a girl by tying her down and reading the original book to her; they both comment on how bad the writing is. There are undeniably some small chuckles to be had here but they are buried under Wayans’ annoying performance and gags so gross that you honestly feel like throwing up.