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An ex-cop, now a private detective, takes on the search for the millions stolen by a drug lord.An ex-cop, now a private detective, takes on the search for the millions stolen by a drug lord.An ex-cop, now a private detective, takes on the search for the millions stolen by a drug lord.
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- 1 nomination
Jada Pinkett Smith
- Peaches
- (as Jada Pinkett)
Salli Richardson-Whitfield
- Angela
- (as Salli Richardson)
Gary Carlos Cervantes
- Luis
- (as Gary Cervantes)
Chris Spencer
- Benny
- (as Christopher Spencer)
Devin DeVasquez
- Mendoza's Girl
- (as Devin Devasquez)
Craig Ng
- Chun Yung Fat
- (as Craig Ryan Ng)
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- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaShame tells the bodyguard/thug "say hello to Arnold for me" before hitting him with the gun. Sven-Ole Thorsen and Arnold Schwarzenegger knew each other from bodybuilding competitions, and Schwarzenegger introduced Thorsen to the movie business. Thorsen has appeared on-screen in nine Schwarzenegger movies, and has done stunts and training for actors and stuntmen in many others.
- GoofsWhen he calls Agent Rothmiller to let him know that he has located Angela, Shame doesn't identify himself to the telephonist. But when Rothmiller gets on the telephone, he knows that it is Shame.
- Quotes
Shame: Ooh, silk drawers and a red tie. I gotta wear these together! Get off me ladies. I hear those ladies callin' my name, 'Shame, Shame!' Leave me alone, stop tuggin' at my silk drawers, don't love me like you do!
Peaches Jordan: Are you makin' fun of me?
Shame: Hell, yeah!
- SoundtracksShame
Written by Reuben Cross and John Fitch
Performed by Evelyn King (as Evelyn Champagne King)
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Music
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If you take this seriously then you're totally missing the point!
A Low Down Dirty Shame is really no more than all the most familiar Cop movie clichés arranged in an order that makes a barely cohesive story. But it's all the fun and silly action that occurs in between that really matters! It's a bit like The Last Boy Scout from a spoof-blaxploitation angle.
Shame (Keenan Ivory Wayans) is a former cop who has been blackballed after a major drugs bust went awry, leaving several DEA agents dead. He now works as a private detective, taking on suicide missions for peanuts and barely scraping by. His disapproving secretary Peaches (a very funny and very, very small Jada Pinkett) wants him to get his act together but he's too busy wallowing in self-pity.
His old pal from the DEA shows up and offers him a side mission to help get back at the Drug Kingpin who ruined his career. And so, with only a few clues, Shame begins his search and soon all roads lead to lies and deception. Like I said, the plot is certainly nothing special. But it does contain a helluva lot of laughs and decent action.
The one thing I can complain of is that the production design is kind of dated now. Action films have evolved so much in the past decade that watching ALDDS 12 years on can be a bit distracting. Wayans (who also directs as well as writing and starring) too often shoots non-actions scenes like a sitcom and his light-hearted editing may help remind you that this totally AIN'T a serious film but it's a little TV-ish if you know what I mean.
If you find ALDDS for cheap somewhere or if it's showing on TV then don't con yourself out of a fun movie. High art is not what this film aims to be.
Shame (Keenan Ivory Wayans) is a former cop who has been blackballed after a major drugs bust went awry, leaving several DEA agents dead. He now works as a private detective, taking on suicide missions for peanuts and barely scraping by. His disapproving secretary Peaches (a very funny and very, very small Jada Pinkett) wants him to get his act together but he's too busy wallowing in self-pity.
His old pal from the DEA shows up and offers him a side mission to help get back at the Drug Kingpin who ruined his career. And so, with only a few clues, Shame begins his search and soon all roads lead to lies and deception. Like I said, the plot is certainly nothing special. But it does contain a helluva lot of laughs and decent action.
The one thing I can complain of is that the production design is kind of dated now. Action films have evolved so much in the past decade that watching ALDDS 12 years on can be a bit distracting. Wayans (who also directs as well as writing and starring) too often shoots non-actions scenes like a sitcom and his light-hearted editing may help remind you that this totally AIN'T a serious film but it's a little TV-ish if you know what I mean.
If you find ALDDS for cheap somewhere or if it's showing on TV then don't con yourself out of a fun movie. High art is not what this film aims to be.
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $29,392,418
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,970,574
- Nov 27, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $29,392,418
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994) officially released in India in English?
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