The read
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do. Most of the 2,452 2000s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
The controversial satire The LA Riot Spectacular plays for mordent laughs the events that consumed L.A. in 1992, after the police officers on trial for beating motorist Rodney King were found innocent. The city was engulfed by a massive riot, but the film plays these moments for laughs. In addition to recreating some of the images seen on television, the film skewers a variety of figures including the police, the media, and the citizens of the city.
Ratings
IMDb5/10
Rotten Tomatoes38%
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Marc KlasfeldDirector
- Marc KlasfeldWriter
- Nicholas PikeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Snoop DoggErzähler
- T.K. CarterRodney
- Charles S. DuttonThe Mayor
- Emilio EstevezOfficer Powell
- George HamiltonThe King of Beverly Hills
- Charles DurningThe Lawyer
- Christopher McDonaldOfficer Koon
- Jonathan LipnickiTom Saltine Jr.
- Ted LevineTom Saltine
- William ForsytheGeorge Holliday
- Ronny CoxThe Chief
- Jude CiccolellaThe Assistant Chief
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Themes
race politicsxenophobia