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Meet the Blacks

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When some unexpected money comes his way, Carl Black moves his family from cold and windy Chicago to bright and sunny Beverly Hills, Calif. As the Blacks settle into their beautiful new home, they start to notice some strange behavior in the neighborhood. Nighttime is approaching, and President Obama announces that the annual purge is about to begin. Carl and his loved ones must now endure a 12-hour period of lawlessness before they can enjoy life once again.
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Christy Lemire RogerEbert.com 04/03/2016
1/4
The movie as a whole is such an incompetent train wreck, you can't look away, just to see how much worse it can get. Go to Full Review Jesse Hassenger AV Club 04/03/2016
D+
A tortured use of another movie's absurd mythology to help make muddled quasi-satirical points, while indulging the apparently fail-safe punchline of saying the word "purge" about once a minute. Go to Full Review Keith Uhlich The Hollywood Reporter 04/01/2016
Wrongheaded, utterly incompetent, and nearly laugh-free ... Go to Full Review Mark H. Harris Black Horror Movies 01/07/2020
1/5
And the sad fact is it's so obnoxiously awful, you'll wish it was actually another Madea Halloween. Go to Full Review Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens 11/05/2019
3.5/5
Raucous and riotous and irreverent with off-color language to make some toes curl, this is one funny, funny, funny, funny movie! Go to Full Review Micheal Compton Bowling Green Daily News 01/15/2019
F
"Meet the Blacks" can't decide if it wants to be a straight-up parody of "The Purge" films or some kind of acidic satire of social class structures and perceptions. It fails miserably at both. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Jesse P @SoHandsomeReviews Jan 11 Felt like alot of comedians rolled out one at a time for bits that may or may not pay off rather than a growing story line. Epps did his thing tho See more thiago s @Thiagostone Oct 8 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more Lloyd S @Lloyd93 02/01/2025 Bad acting and bad movie as a whole. Bad jokes all the time. Not funny at all. I saw there is a second movie, I don't if want to watch it. See more alan g @agenser 01/16/2025 Interracial softcore porn and stupid horror film rolled into one. See more Gaming U @RT92267917 03/04/2024 Super funny movie overall See more Sarah B @RT96711556 02/19/2024 Don't normally love horror, but once I started watching this movie with some humor involved I couldn't stop watching! It scared me one minute and made me laugh the next, so I was able to sleep! I truly enjoyed it. Also comedy horror genre shouldn't terrify you —to the comment before mine. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Deon Taylor

Director

Mike Epps

Carl Black

Gary Owen

Stranger

Zulay Henao

Lorena

Bresha Webb

Allie

Lil Duval

Cronut

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(L-R) Alex Henderson as Carl Jr. and Mike Tyson as James Clown in in "Meet the Blacks." Zulay Henao as Lorena in "Meet the Blacks." (L-R) Alex Henderson as Carl Jr., Zulay Henao as Lorena, Mike Epps as Carl Black, Bresha Webb as Allie and DeRay Davis as Tyrone in "Meet the Blacks." Mike Epps as Carl Black in "Meet the Blacks." Meet the Blacks (2016) Meet the Blacks (2016) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis When some unexpected money comes his way, Carl Black moves his family from cold and windy Chicago to bright and sunny Beverly Hills, Calif. As the Blacks settle into their beautiful new home, they start to notice some strange behavior in the neighborhood. Nighttime is approaching, and President Obama announces that the annual purge is about to begin. Carl and his loved ones must now endure a 12-hour period of lawlessness before they can enjoy life once again.
Director
Deon Taylor
Producer
Roxanne Avent, Shannon McIntosh, Deon Taylor
Screenwriter
Deon Taylor, Nicole DeMasi
Distributor
Freestyle Releasing
Production Co
Hidden Empire Film Group (HEFG), McIntosh Films
Rating
R (Pervasive Language|Drug Use|Some Sexual Material|Violence)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 1, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 2, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$9.1M
Runtime
1h 33m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)