Charlie Murphy takes the lead for this comedy concerning two best friends sent hurtling through a politically-incorrect television landscape thanks to a magical remote control that redefines the concept of interactive entertainment. Now, with each change of the channel, the shows get more bizarre, leaving hapless knuckleheads Bubba and Leroy scrambling to find a way back into the real world.
Acting
Charlie Murphy commits to every unhinged bit.
Writing
Channel-surfing premise goes places it shouldn't.
Director
Gary Hardwick
D. C. Douglas
The Narrator / The Navy Suit
Parvesh Cheena
Sammy / Baliff
Affion Crockett
The Black Suit / B-Dogg / Arguing Man / Man In Love
Dean Edwards
Serious Black Man
Jesse Erwin
Dog-Dogg / Fireman / Englishman / Real Gay Man / Billy Blanders / Whitey Anglin / Terrorist
Robert Hays
Dr. Anderson
Jill Marie Jones
Court Reporter
Brian Maillard
Folk Singer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Charlie Murphy's first and only leading role in a feature film, released the same year he started his legendary 'True Hollywood Stories' on Chappelle's Show.
The film barely registered on release but found second life in bargain bins and late-night cable—peak 2007 direct-to-DVD energy before streaming killed that ecosystem.
US
