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After watching this film and seeing both sides of the argument. I was left (again) on the fence but a little bit to the good side. A pretty interesting purge parody movie, about a family moving to Beverly Hills during the purge and then getting ransacked.

Obviously people will argue that this film is "racist", as per usual, and to some extent it kind of is, and obviously during the purge, everyone wants to kill them. But because its a comedy film, we should take everything as satire with a pinch of salt. From my point of view, its a funny comedy that made me laugh quite a lot, and i see no downside apart from the alleged "racism". This means, its not for everyone.

But at the end of the day, my words to you are: If your easily offended, don't watch it. If your not, then why not give it a shot?

At this point if you are still trying to break down a parody movie from every angle and inspect it then you are wasting your time. Parody movies are literally designed to not be a good movie. The only thing it's for is to make you laugh. Everyone knows this so why every time a new one is made people expect more? Honestly these type of movies are for people who like to laugh and usually don't care how it turns out. I understand some of you may feel if it's a theatrical release then it should be at least worth the money but it's very hard to please everyone when it comes to music and art and it has always come down to a preference thing. I am giving this a 10 out of 10 because it made me laugh the whole time and that's all these movies are made for. I expected nothing else from it and I got nothing else from it.There was no great story line or amazing actors just good Ole parody humor.

So Meet the blacks is a parody of film, the Purge. Most of the comedy that I'm seeing comes from the fact that they are giving the same message as the Purge only being a lot more up front about it.

The Blacks stumbled upon some money and moved from the ghettos of Chi-Town to a luxurious space in Beverly Hills, where they thought they made it to a social status that made them immune form the annual purge, but of course when it begins, guess who all the purgers on the block come after. In all fairness, the neighborhood's dislike of the new family lowering their property value is the least of the Blacks' worries.

It's works as a look on social commentary the same way the Purge did. It also works better if you think of it as a series of sketches on a comedy show. Not every sketch is good but I got some laughs from George Lopez who played president La Bama ( a Mexican parody of President Obama). The great Charlie Murphy who plays the gangster the blacks stole money from to movie to Beverly Hills, and Mike Tyson who does not need to try hard to be funny.

Also like to give a shout out to the the gorgeous Latina they got to play Step-MILF Mrs. Black. From the moment she came on the screen her only job was to be eye candy and she did the job well and excelled.

I'm taking the movie for what it is. It's not Scary movie it's Scary movie 5 (which also features Iron Mike). It's not going to win any awards or gain an critical acclaim, but it made me laugh. Job well done.

The folks who think it is dumb, racist, chauvinistic, lots of overused clichés, are wrong in my opinion. It is a really fun movie to unwind after a hard days work, i recommend it truly, especially to age 16-35, older folks would smirk at it, but they love to watch films like Mission impossible or James Bond. This is great movie in all. Made me smile. Now, in saying that, having seen movies like the purge, resident evil, saw movies, meet the parents, walking dead, this movie indeed takes a lot from those , that's why this movie is semi- called a parody. Seems similar to scream 2, scream 3, pretty clever graphics for a crazy family horror comedy. Was at one point thinking it was set near sun, was filmed in a hot weather. In this age of politically correct movies and countless re-makes and dynasty franchise blockbusters this is a nice departure into the world of silliness and craziness , which is a lovely thing and we should rejoice about that fact.

Meet The Blacks is a very funny comedy! I was a little pessimistic at first, I was afraid it would be too stereotypical but it had me in tears from beginning to end. It's a great parody of the movie The Purge (which I also loved by the way). The story: Carl Black moves his family to Beverly Hills thinking there's no annual purge there (a night where anybody can get away with murder); Shout out to Mike Epps, Lil Duval and Bresh Webb who are shining in this film! I did not really know Lil Duval but his role is hilarious! A lot of comedy legends are also appearing: Charlie Murphy, Paul Mooney...even Snoop Dogg is in it! Great job for a low-budget and independent film! I recommend anyone who wants a good laugh to go see it!

Not funny, not a parody, a lot of shouting, shooting and not even a good parody of The Purge, the message is hammered home, they even threaten at the end to make Meet the Blacks 2, hopefully that project never sees the light of day.

"Rich people don't purge." Carl Black (Epps) has finally found a way out of Chicago and his dangerous neighborhood. He and him family movie into a huge mansion in a gated community in Beverly Hills. They are just settling in when the thing they most feared arrives. The Purge exists in the richest city in the country, and they are the only black family around. Things can only go bad. This is a strange movie. This is not really a spoof in the usual sense. This is really more of a remake of The Purge movie done as a comedy instead of a horror. Unlike the Scary Movie series it doesn't take from all other movies. There are some funny parts in this but it did seem to drag a little. The two biggest problems with this movie however were the over used cliché racist jokes. We get it, your black so even when crime is illegal you will get caught...very funny. The biggest problem with the movie though is that the actors didn't look like the wanted to be in this. That really hurt the comedy due to the fact that you almost felt sorry for them. Overall, Some people will enjoy this but as for me the movie was only funny in some parts, and only because I saw the original Purge. I give this a C.

This movie stinks. I didin't even make it past the 20 min. mark. Therefore 1/10. A score of 6.1 is totally absurd but that's because there are not enough "independent" reviews. About the content of the movie a lot is already said. Bad acting, bad stereotypes, jokes that aren't funny at all 'cause the writers & producers can't grasp the concept of irony & sarcasm, it's just childish profanity, the camera work is cheap and shaky,... To keep it short, this is not even a B-movie, just low budget rubbish with a quasi stolen title, hoping to squeeze some money out of people with the premise they promise in the description.

This is what you get when the movie is made by people who consider confusing editing a substitute for writing, and allusions to racism and rape-comedy. It's not even a tolerable slasher or "so bad it's good" thing. It doesn't step into surreal and seems to play it all seriously at points, which is simply disturbing.

Other than the paid reviews giving it 9 or 10, the actual rating of this movie should be anywhere between 0 and 1 (out of 10 course). If you like people screaming and swearing and not a word that can be classified as remotely funny, then this movie is for you. Not worth even watching on rental. Overacting and crappy script coupled with equally terrible acting from every single actor...boy o boy this was one horrible movie....AVOID AT ALL COSTS

Have you ever seen a movie that represents reality poorly? Ah, well. It is a comedy, right?

I like Mike Epps, but this film might as well have been a cartoon. There were a few short laughs; The biggest laugh by far was Mike Tyson's brief role. He had me rolling. The rest of the comedy was based on "stuck in the 1930's" style racist humor.

White people are represented as universally villainous and overtly racist; Which is supposed to be a joke, but the lines just seem so unnatural that there is no way it could sound authentic. Its like someone went through the film in post production and tried to ad-lib some racist white people from books written a century ago.

I was mostly disappointed in the comedy, bored by the action, and even a great scene with Charlie Murphy couldn't raise the bar on this film. The kids were annoying, the family was deranged, and Mike Epps himself seems too old for the sh*t-head gangsta roles he always seems to get. Casually dropping the N-bomb while looking disinterested and lanky was his main appeal in most films and I think the amusement of that character has run it's course.

Mike, you can play roles where the character has an IQ over 70, I promise! Err...I assume you can.

Mike epps... with this movie he has proved proved he officially needs acting and comedy lessons. His acting is atrocious his ability to execute or tell jokes is practically none existent. Th "movie" itself is just a waste of time at best , its boring , its NOT funny at all terrible writing , bad casting , some of the worst acting and the attempts of comedy relief are painfully bad! Its one of the worst movies I've watched all year hands down and honestly its probably one of the worst films I've ever watched...... I wish i could say something good about this i really do , But calling this a comedy is a reach let alone a movie , its sad that anyone would let themselves be part of something they have to know is just a waste of every ones time and trash from the beginning. Money means more then quality , standards , being good at what you do and or love , integrity and especially more then helping others or making other happy... quite sad from any perspective or position in life. i'm only in my 20s and i realize the importance of those qualities and how that if even 1 in 5 people practiced that in there own life and simply learned to be passionate , do the best you can in every situation , have integrity, care for others , and hold ourselves to a higher standard. With that little effort this world would be as amazing as it is beautiful an vast! Imagine...

Thats My Review - Take Care Everyone & God Bless ,I Hope We ALL Find Happiness in not only our personal lives but as a whole!Thats a Dream we can all embrace.

Ah, Beverly Hills. Everyone likes a good movie straight out of the most expensive zip code in the world. This movie follows in the lines of those movies. Many are bad, some are good. It's just the way these movies about the rich and poor usually work.

Meet the Blacks is about a man from the ghettos of Chicago who steals drug money after an arrest of its owner. He picks up and moves his family to the Hills. Little do they know that an annual purge is happening on that day. Now, the family must not only defend themselves from the gangsters out to retrieve their money, but also from their rich well to do neighbors.

Mike Epps is a really funny guy, in contexts. Here he does an average job of amusing the audience, but it's darn sure he knows how to take the lead place in a film. Everything seems to surround him, and it also gives me the feeling of the "Friday" character all grown up and independent from his uncle. The family aspects are there, but do not seem to shine as much as the purge plot. I wish this movie had more normal interactions with the neighbors, so we could see the difference between the rich and poor, and Epps could use his humor in that context. All in all, it was a pretty bad movie.

The movie relies a lot on horror. It gets dark really quickly, and we are left there wanting to bring the humor back. It doesn't come back.

2 stars

I can't believe I wasted my time on this. 90 odd minutes of my life that I will never get back. Stick with the first purge movie, not this toss.

Not funny at all, had to stop watching this cause it was so bad. Skip it

How hard can you go in on a parody and not have it be a parody anymore? This hard, parodies should work on the rule of "hey, we're here to poke fun at the plot holes, but still have a sense of structure, and comedic insight.", this movie had no idea of what it was and why it was doing it. Tryhard humor is probably the clearest reason. How tryhard? White guy with an, I'm not racist, but I'm super racist complex. That's pretty much the rest of the neighborhood actually... Anyways, other than Jackass 3 and The Human Centipede, I have never fought off the urge to vomit as hard, and that's saying something about a movie that doesn't rely on the shock value of fecal matter.

I smirked a few times. I don't think i laughed once. I quit after an hour (1 viewing, 8/27/2021)

This film is a parody of the Purge films where its played for laughs as a comedy. We know what to expect from these type of films. Starring Mike Epps in a role which he has always played, the typical fast talking, overly loud yet often times laid back. The film isn't too funny and the jokes are predictable. Meet the Blacks is in the same realm as the Haunted House films with Marlon Wayans (those are better).

Just since the beginning of this century, filmmakers have asked us to meet the Parents, the Fockers, the Spartans, the Robinsons, the Browns, the Patels, and, every Sunday morning on network TV… the Press. Personally, I have taken part in most of those "meets" – and generally enjoyed them, to varying degrees. Next, we are encouraged to "Meet the Blacks" (R, 1:30). Like most of those other examples, this meeting is intended to be comedic in nature and, like the example of "Meet the Spartans" (2008), this meeting is a parody of an earlier cinematic encounter. You see, "Meet the Browns" is also known as "The Black Purge". You can think of the movie this way: What if the 2013 film "The Purge" were re-staged with a black family? We're talking the first of the Purge movies – as in taking place in an upscale neighborhood, but where a single family of color lives. Get the picture? The next question is, will you "get" the movie? Carl Black (Mike Epps) has suddenly, uh… come into some money. He (VERY) quickly moves his family from Chicago to a mansion in Beverly Hills. His new wife, Lorena (Zulay Henao, a Columbian actress, playing a sexy Mexican woman and looking like a younger, less-Latina Sofia Vergara), his self-centered teenage daughter, Allie (Bresha Webb), his nerdy young son, Carl Jr. (Alex Henderson) and Carl's ex-con, sex-obsessed cousin Cronut (Lil Duvall) are enjoying their new home – and wondering how and why they ended up here. Lorena is struggling to get Carl's kids to accept her as part of the family, Carl Jr. keeps to himself wearing a vampire costume and sending his remote-controlled toys around the house from a secret hideaway in his closet, Allie is secretly meeting with her boyfriend, Freezee (Andrew Bachelor), who rode a bus from Chicago to surprise her, and Cronut is busy "fixing" Carl's new SUV, sexually harassing Lorena and breaking into Carl's safe, helping himself to Carl's secret stash of cash and weed. Carl gets the family out of the house to walk down their street and meet some of their new neighbors (including Phil Austin, Kate Enggren and Perez Hilton), but Carl's timing leaves something to be desired.

The Blacks have moved into their new mansion just in time for the annual national Purge – a night of terror during which citizens are free to release aggression, right wrongs and get rid of "undesirables". All crime is legal for 12 hours – including murder. Even as President El Bama (George Lopez) announces the beginning of the Purge in a televised address to the nation, Carl assures his family that people don't purge in nice neighborhoods like theirs. He's trippin'. Just as in the film "The Purge", even rich people aren't safe from others who are purging, and the family home is soon invaded by criminals, masked strangers and even their own neighbors. But remember, "Meet the Blacks" is a parody of that film… focused on a black family in an otherwise white neighborhood – and Snoop Dogg is involved in the production. So, instead of a family having to fend off jealous neighbors and other anonymous purgers, the Blacks have to contend with people like a drug dealer, a creditor (Mike Tyson), a repo man, a process server, an unhappy president of the homeowner's association and some racist neighbors.

"Meet the Blacks" is a semi-humorous, half-way decent parody. The mixture of the plot from "The Purge" and the fish-out-of-water / racially-oriented comedy is full of possibilities, but not very successfully exploited by up-and-coming director Deon Taylor and the writing team of Mr. Taylor and Nicole DeMasi. What is exploited are racial stereotypes of several different kinds and common racial epithets. If you're not offended by those kinds of terms or sources of humor, you may well enjoy this film. Personally, I found it sometimes funny, sometimes offensive and mostly just mildly amusing. "C+"

The whole movie feels like someone wrote a script and decided to turn it into a movie before proof reading it. A piece of incoherent trash.