The L.A. Riot Spectacular

R

2005

1h 20m

Comedy

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38%

8 Reviews

Tomatometer

39%

100+ Ratings

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Los Angeles erupts into violence after police beat Rodney King (T.K. Carter).

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Steven F

Never has a movie gone for it like this. Fearless and the funniest satire I've seen. A must see!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

Had quite some potential, but blows it all with its harmless and lame humor. Some fun, though.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

first twenty minutes your thinking 'what the hell am i watching' but slowly you ease into the style of humour and the cutting satire becomes apparent, reminded me of 'the onion' in its style though not quite as sharp

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Audience Member

Didn't know what to expect, but laughed a lot more than I thought I would from the cover art.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

Feels half-assed but has a couple funny bits. fights to make a point on racism, which is executed poorly and feels just like an excuse to let white guys say some n words in a movie.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

well, weird and funny humour, but could've been better...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Marc Klasfeld

Director

Christopher McDonald

Officer Koon

Emilio Estevez

Officer Powell

T.K. Carter

Rodney

Ronny Cox

The Chief

Charles S. Dutton

The Mayor

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John Anderson

Variety

[The] pic feels overlong because once it's established that this is going to be a tasteless, if occasionally hilarious, exercise in social criticism, the movie needs to constantly accelerate the level of hilarity, which is impossible to do.

Aug 10, 2006

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Mark Olsen

Los Angeles Times

A veteran director of music videos, [Marc] Klasfeld has for his feature film debut churned out a lifeless series of sketch-comedy ideas that presumably would make even the Wayans brothers blanch at their broadness.

Rated: 1.5/5

Aug 10, 2006

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

[T]he most riotous, raucous, rowdy, ribald and uproariously funniest satire to hit theaters in years. And I admit right now, I had to see it four times to hear all the jokes because I was laughing so hard.

Nov 13, 2019

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Film Threat

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 5, 2006

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Steven Mikulan

L.A. Weekly

The gags are mortally unfunny.

Aug 10, 2006

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Andy Klein

Los Angeles CityBeat

...occasionally funny, but the tone is mostly one of frantic and forced "outrageousness"...

Aug 10, 2006

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Synopsis

Los Angeles erupts into violence after police beat Rodney King (T.K. Carter).

Director: Marc Klasfeld
Screenwriter: Marc Klasfeld
Production Co: Visionbox Pictures, Rockhard Pictures, Entitled Entrtainment
Rating: R (Brief Drug Use|Some Sexual Content|Pervasive Language)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 6, 2017
Runtime: 1h 20m

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