Writer/Director Louis C. K. mimics the Wayans
brothers' parody style with this painful,
outlandish spoof of the superhero, gangster
and blaxploitation genres. Based on a Chris
Rock HBO sketch, the loudmouth comedian
appears in many forms, from a disciplinary
daddy mauled by a crazed gorilla to a
reincarnated cornstalk who mentors the oddly
irresistible icon Pootie Tang (Lance
Crouther). This eccentric superhero with a
ridiculous '70s pimp fashion sense and a
break-dancing twitch fights evil Corporate
America
with his bullet-repelling ponytail and a
prized villain-whipping belt given to him by
his deceased father. Once stripped of his
sacred secret weapon, the dimwitted savior
must grasp the concept that the pen is
mightier than the sword in order to defeat
the treacherous Dick Lecter (Robert Vaughn).
This over-the-top comedy incorporates
everything from a dirt-obsessed ex-con to
some raunchy pork-chunk cereal ads. These
absurdities provide cheap, mild entertainment
value, but it is buried very deep beneath a
surface of incompetence and stupidity.