Master P Repos the DVD Market
Filed under: Comedy, Independent, Music & Musicals, Distribution, Home Entertainment, Cinematical Indie
The rapper and No Limit Records head Master P has entered the movie business with his new HollyHood Cinema label (distributed by Urban Works Entertainment), releasing his first title Repos on July 4th. The straight-to-video comedy stars Master P alongside Katt Williams, A.J. Johnson and Michael Blackson and is about a pair of repo men who accidentally repossess a truck containing a stash of diamonds that belong to a criminal kingpin.
Repos kicks off a proposed slate of 100 titles planned to hit stores by 2007, with each DVD including a free soundtrack CD. Master P says the reason his movies are bypassing theatrical release is because his audience doesn't like going to movie theaters. He also states that Repos and the rest will be a great spotlight on talent that is unfairly being unrecognized because of Hollywood politics. "I feel hands down that Katt Williams is the next Richard Pryor, A.J. Johnson is the next Bill Cosby and Michael Blackson is the next Sidney Poitier," he told AllHipHop.com. He compares HollyHood's movies to Poitier's Uptown Saturday Night.
100 movies is a lot of output, even for straight-to-DVD, and I'm very interested to see the list of titles. Unfortunately I can't find any of them on the IMDb, not even Repos, and the Urban Works site seems to be under construction. On top of that, the Repos website is very short on info and its links don't work. For awhile I even thought the whole thing was a joke, but then I noticed that Amazon has the DVD for sale, so now I just figure the company and its productions are running on a super-low budget.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
6-21-2006 @ 3:30PM
Vman said...
I'm willing to bet a kidney that this movie will be incredibly terrible especially if Master Ps movie making skills are comparable to his "talents" on the mic ( screaming two or three words repetitively ). 8 mile and maybe the new OutKast flick are and will be the only good music oriented rapper flicks ever.
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3-27-2009 @ 8:56PM
ms. choclit said...
your wrong this movie is the funniest i guess u do have a sense of humor if u dont agree
6-21-2006 @ 3:47PM
Scott Weinberg said...
"Master P says the reason his movies are bypassing theatrical release is because his audience doesn't like going to movie theaters."
Master P negelected to add an additional reason: The movies will be so jaw-gapingly awful that no distributor would touch them.
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7-23-2006 @ 12:27AM
jamilliah said...
i saw the movie myself and i have to tell you guys.its the funniest movie i have ever seen in my life..i watch alot of movies from many counries....so i know i have good taste..my friend told me about this cause she loved it...michael blackson holds up the entire movie basically..i laughed so much and i have seen worse low budget movies.this one just happens to be particualry good and even the story line makes sense..vman you might as well keep your kidney...if you want to laugh watch this...lets see the only thing is katt stevens role wasnt that funny as the guys boss.he acts like a white cowboy a bit,blinged out.he should have just played himself.master p was something else touting a gun to help repo peoples car.your not supposed to do that.but he does it.thats how he makes the paper he always seems to say in the movie...
dont be a "dumb bitch ass modafucka" go watch this movie it leaves you talking about it to your friends for days.until the "fake ass niggas" have to go see it for themseves..have fun*
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2-19-2007 @ 5:43PM
pilar said...
i love the movie repos it is sooooo funny
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