The numerous scenes when the sextet smokes and trips over LSD-laden pot, in combination with the film’s rather laid-back directorial style, ends up turning the film into essentially a cliché hip-hop stoner flick in the vein of The Wash or How High. This makes it almost impossible to take the film’s seemingly paralleled good intentions seriously.

Also, the rival groups are portrayed largely in mockingly cartoonish, one-dimensional ethnic stereotypes (just look at the group names: Rude Jew Crew?! White Bread?! Latin Intent?!) that totally turns the film into a rather hypocritical embarrassment. What also doesn’t help the film be taken seriously is the film’s rather amateurish nature of its meager low-budget production and much of its acting, as well as a rather annoying occasional use of record-skip-style editing.

In conclusion, Jude-Murphy’s attempt is clearly to add well-intentioned social commentary to what is essentially a rather typical hip-hop film of this caliber. However, the embarrassingly comical premise causes any good intent of the film’s message to come out rather thinly as its bogged down by the very gangsta clichés it seems to try to elevate itself above.

It’s difficult to tell whether the director’s intent was to use the comical material as satire. But the way it’s seemingly portrayed, 6 Brothaz In A Cadillac rather lazily betrays its good intent in exchange for cheap entertainment to its target audience.

It ends up as a further embarrassment to the hip-hop movement rather than an elevation of it. It’ll be mildly amusing to the hip-hop fans the film’s target audience obviously serves, but it’s too comical and embarrassing for anyone else to take seriously.

Movie Grade: D
Special Features Grade: N/A
Overall Grade: D