Running an illegal casino brings many terrible for Sugar, the casino owner, who has many enemies and his casino has gained a huge popularity, the thing that makes his enemies' rage and leads them to fight him, so he struggles with the corrupted police officers, fighting his enemies, and saving his business.
An uninspired cross between Cotton Club and the characters of Damon Runyon, told in cliches so broad you keep waiting for it to poke fun at itself, but it never does.
Not as bad as you might think, but not all that good either.
Matinee Magazine
July 25, 2002
There's maybe two funny moments in this shrill directorial bomb from Eddie Murphy.
New Yorker
October 27, 2016
The movie is a whirlingly divergent romp, blending serious violence with outrageous comedy, but it has the feel of oral history, of lives and times rescued from oblivion.
