Director Deon Taylor
Genre Comedy
Cast Mike Epps, Charlie Murphy, Mike Tyson, Zulay Henao
Rating R
Release Date April 1st, 2016
“The Black family is getting out of Chicago in hopes of a better life. After Carl Black (Mike Epps) comes into some unexpected funds, he takes his family and leaves the hustling lifestyle behind for something better. Carl, his new wife Lorena (Zulay Henao), son Carl Jr., daughter Allie Black (Bresha Webb) and cousin Cronut (Lil Duval) pack up and move to Beverly Hills. Turns out, Carl couldn’t have picked a worse time to move. They arrive right around the time of the annual purge, when all crime is legal for twelve hours.”
Someone must have been listening because when Mike Epps appeared for his 5 seconds of screen time in Fifty Shades of Black I was wondering why the heck this guy doesn't get more roles. I think he is hilarious and I loved him in All About The Benjamins which I have seen at least 10 times. He was very funny in Next Friday (Friday After Next was a bit unnecessary) and served as a solid replacement to Chris Tucker. Aside from that it seems like he only gets small supporting roles. Meet The Blacks has me excited because I finally get to see Epps play a lead role in another comedy. The film is a spoof of The Purge movies but luckily it looks a lot funnier and does not seem to have the same over-the-top corny humor as the Scary Movie films. Fingers crossed. Check out the trailer below.