Main Cast: Martin Lawrence, Lynn Whitfield, Regina King, Bobby Brown, Della Reese
Release Year: 1996
Country: US
Run Time: 108 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Writer-director Martin Lawrence billed this comic drama as his own version of the film Fatal Attraction (1987). Lawrence stars as Darnell, a hopeless male chauvinist. Darnell is a crude-but-smooth talker and lady's man who doesn't take no for an answer. He works for a nightclub called Chocolate City and aspires to be its owner. He trades VIP privileges at the club for favors from women. Though he is an expert at conning women, he sometimes worries about what his childhood sweetheart Mia (Regina King), who is engaged to marry him, thinks of his adventures. When the classy, elegant Brandi (Lynn Whitfield) steps out of a limousine to enter the club, Darnell feels that he's met his ultimate prize. She rejects his come-ons, which only fuels his appetite. He pursues her, showing up with flowers at her real estate office. He finally wins over Brandi, but she becomes obsessed with him, even taking all four wheels off his sports car to ground him from his rounds. Cutting off his engagement to Mia is not enough to satisfy Brandi, who finally administers Darnell's punishment for his misogyny. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
Roger E. Mosley - Smitty; Michael Patrick Bell - Marvis; Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr. - Tyrone; Faizon Love - Manny; Miguel A. Nuñez - Reggie; Charles Walker - Officer Evans; Malinda Williams - Erica; Daryl Mitchell - Earl; Simbi Khali - Adrienne; Stacii Jae Johnson - Peaches; Dartanyan Edmonds - Rodney; Tangie Ambrose - Nikki; Wendy Raquel Robinson - Gwen; Michael "Bear" Taliferro - 1st Club Security; Tracy Morgan - Bartender; Greer Bohanon - Parking Attendant; Tom Stillman - Officer; Arkay Stevens - Officer
Credit
David S. Lazan - Art Director, Peaches Davis - Associate Producer, Mary Gail Artz - Casting, Barbara Cohen - Casting, David Raynr - Co-producer, Suzanne Broderick - Co-producer, David Hubbard - Co-producer, Bill Carraro - Co-producer, William Carraro - Co-producer, Eduardo Castro - Costume Designer, Don Wilkerson - First Assistant Director, Martin Lawrence - Director, Doug McHenry - Second Unit Director, John Carter - Editor, Martin Lawrence - Executive Producer, Roger Troutman - Songwriter, Simon Dobbin - Production Designer, Francis Kenny - Cinematographer, Doug McHenry - Producer, George Jackson - Producer, Tessa Posnansky - Set Designer, Suzan Wexler - Set Designer, David Barr Yaffe - Sound/Sound Designer, Robert Allan Wald - Sound/Sound Designer, Martin Lawrence - Screenwriter, Kim Bass - Screenwriter, Kenny Buford - Screenwriter, Bentley Kyle Evans - Screenwriter, Wenden K. Baldwin - Title Design
