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MAR22059
Undercover Brother (2002), PG-13
Analysis Date: June 12, 2002
CAP Score: 35
CAP Influence Density: 1.88

MinMax: -83





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SUMMARY / COMMENTARY:


If Scriptural references appear, the full text appears at the end of the Summary / Commentary likely using a mix of KJV and NIV.


UNDERCOVER BROTHER (PG-13) -- Too bad it had to use filth to do it.

Distributed by: Imagine Entertainment/Universal Pictures
Director(s): Malcolm D. Lee
Producer(s): Bill Carraro, Brian Grazer, Mathew Hart, Michael Jenkinson, Damon Lee, John Ridley
Written by/Screenplay: John Ridley (Internet series, story, screenplay), Michael McCullers (screenplay)
Cinematography/Camera: Tom Priestley Jr.
Music: Stanley Clarke, Cheryl Lynn
Film Editing: William Kerr
Casting: Robi Reed-Humes
Production Design: William A. Elliott
Art Direction: Elis Y. Lam


I cannot remember much about this movie. It has been nine days since I watched it. I will not be able to give you much of a Summary/Commentary, but thankfully a Media Analysis Worksheet is used to record the findings as they are observed so a memory to give you the full accountings of the findings is not required. The listing also serves to jog my memory about the story.

Anton Jackson (Eddie Griffin) is Undercover Brother who looks like he stepped out of Soul Train of the 70s: a self-proclaimed champion for Black man's autonomy. It seems the push of the 70s and 80s to reduce and defeat racism had started to wane in the 90s. Now, in the 00s, Black man is back where he was in the 70s -- according to the show. B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D. was an organization Jackson bumped into which had a sole purpose of creating disunity between Black and White since everything seemed to have taken on a graytone since the 90s.

The guy known as The Chief (Chi McBride) of the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D. was so impressed with Jackson he gave Jackson a key position in the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D. along side (according to IMDB) a White guy, milquetoast fish-out-of-the-water Lance (Neil Patrick Harris - Doogie Howser), Smart Brother (Gary Williams), Conspiracy Brother (David Chappelle) and Sista Girl (Aunjanue Ellis). I do remember somebody, I think it was Lance, calling her "Sister" Girl and was immediately chastised about her name being Sis-TAH Girl.

Jackson was given his first B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D undercover assignment of infiltrating Man, an organization headed by The Man (Robert Trumbull) and aided by Mr. Feather (Chris Kattan), bent on ruining the chances of a Black presidential candidate, General Boutwell (Billy Dee Williams) by giving him some sort of chemical concoction that made the General lose his political/military bravado and become a fried chicken Kentucky General. It was so clear the writers were jabbing Gen. Colin Powell that Billy Dee actually looked a little like Powell (who might not be that bad of an idea as a president anyway).

There are several spot memories I have about Undercover Brother but none with enough detail to be able to make any sense. But I will say that as a white man I was not offended in the least about this light-hearted jab a both Blacks and Whites in good fun. Too bad it had to use filth to do it. Seventy instances of foul language in 80 minutes, including one use of the most foul of the foul words and a number of instances of changing one letter of a foul word to excuse its use [Col. 3:8]. There was so thick a density of foul language the Impudence/Hate score was zero. There was so much use of firearms to threaten, control and to kill the Wanton Violence/Crime score was zero [Prov. 3:31-32, Hab. 2:12]. And there was so many sexual improprieties, among them were sex talk and comments, requests for sex and sex offers, that the Sex/Homosexuality score was zero [Rev. 21:8]. The listing in the Findings/Scoring section tells it all.


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SCRIPTURAL APPLICATION(S)
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  • Col. 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
  • Prov. 3:31-32 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways, for the LORD detests a perverse man but takes the upright into his confidence.
  • Hab. 2:12 Woe to him who builds a city [a place guarded by waking or a watch] with bloodshed and establishes a town [a collective such as a city, mob, gang or regime] by crime! [The 'city' or town could even be wealth.]
  • Rev. 21:8 But the [unforgiven] cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars -their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.

    *******Food for Daily Thought*******
  • 1 Cor. 15:33 (KJV) Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. (NIV) Do not be misled: Bad company corrupts good character.
  • Jude 4 For certain men* whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord. [*men: anthropos {anth'-ro-pos}, generic, a human being, whether male or female]
  • Matt. 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto [or for] one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto [or for] me.
  • Luke 17:2 It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. [cause by teaching or example]
  • Ps. 119:133 Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.
  • John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
  • 1 Thess. 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.


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    As always, it is best to refer to the Findings/Scoring section -- the heart of the CAP analysis model -- for the most complete assessment possible of this movie.
  • FINDINGS / SCORING:


    Undercover Brother (2002) CAP Thermometers



    Wanton Violence/Crime (W):
  • threats to kill
  • firearm to head
  • firearms to control
  • two deaths by explosion
  • firearm threats, many
  • gunfire to kill
  • reckless driving
  • order to kill
  • fighting, repeatedly
  • gore, repeatedly

    Impudence/Hate (I)(1):
  • 69 uses of the three/four letter word vocabulary
  • a single use of the most foul of the foul words
  • lies LI>imagery of a foot up a colon
  • vulgar anatomical reference
  • vulgar gesture

    Sex/Homosexuality (S):
  • excessive cleavage throughout
  • sex talk, comments, innuendo
  • request for sex
  • vulgar suggestion
  • camera angles to force viewer on private parts
  • cohabitation
  • sensuous shower dancing
  • crotch hit
  • suggestive background song
  • strip fighting between two women with three men watching for enjoyment
  • sex offer

    Drugs/Alcohol (D):
  • smoking, repeatedly
  • booze, repeatedly
  • illegal drugs
  • drug intoxication
  • drugging to change personality/behavior without victim's knowledge

    Offense to God (O)(2):
  • three uses of God's name in vain but without the four letter expletive
  • "Jesus Christ was a Black man" when Jesus was an olive-skinned Jew - neither Black nor White
  • Italian horn neck chain

    Murder/Suicide (M)(3):
  • two gunfire murders



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    NOTE: The CAP Analysis Model makes no scoring allowances for trumped-up "messages" to excuse or for manufacturing of justification for aberrant behavior or imagery, or for camouflaging such ignominy with "redeeming" programming. Disguising sinful behavior in a theme plot does not excuse the sinful behavior of either the one who is drawing pleasure or example from the sinful display or the practitioners demonstrating the sinful behavior. This is NOT a movie review service. It is a movie analysis service to parents and grandparents to tell them the truth about movies using the Truth.


    "There are some in the entertainment industry who maintain that 1) violent programming is harmless because no studies exist that prove a connection between violent entertainment and aggressive behavior in children, and 2) young people know that television, movies, and video games are simply fantasy. Unfortunately, they are wrong on both accounts." And "Viewing violence may lead to real life violence." I applaud these associations for fortifying 1 Cor. 15:33. Read the rest of the story. From our nearly seven years of study, I contend that other aberrant behaviors, attitudes, and expressions can be inserted in place of "violence" in that statement. Our Director - Child Psychology Support, a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist concurs. For example, "Viewing arrogance against fair authority may lead to your kids defying you in real life." Or "Viewing sex may lead to sex in real life." Likewise and especially with impudence, hate and foul language. I further contend that any positive behavior can be inserted in place of "violence" with the same chance or likelihood of being a behavior template for the observer; of being incorporated into the behavior mechanics and/or coping skills of the observer. In choosing your entertainment, please consider carefully the "rest of the story" and our findings.





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    (1) As noted in CAP Special Report-001, "Investigation Area and Scoring Trend," of the six CAP Investigation Areas, Impudence/Hate was the strongest presence in all four movie classifications. It has a strong revelation about the entertainment media.

    (2) The use of the three/four letter word vocabulary without God's name in vain is incorporated into the Impudence/Hate Investigation Area. The use of God's name with or without the four letter expletive is incorporated into the Offense to God Investigation Area. There is no duplication.

    (3) Only portrayal of successful murder or suicide are incorporated into Murder/Suicide. Portrayal of attempts to commit murder or suicide and deaths by police action or war are incorporated into Wanton Violence/Crime.





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