Pimps Up, Ho's Down (1999)

Pimping Is Easy, And No One Should Do it

This is a complete and total waste of footage. Anyone who feels the need to glamorize pimps, who are ALL women hating, lying losers, needs to take a belt off and beat themselves with it. I saw this once on cable and it left a bad taste in my mouth. There is NOTHING glamorous or attractive about a group of ugly, unintelligent males parading around bragging about how they abuse these women. This movie stars the biggest assortment of losers ever to be assembled onscreen. These pimps are ridiculous. If these morons can be pimps, then it MUST be easy. They couldn't get me to sell a pack of gum for them, let alone my body.I actually give this crud zero stars. June 23, 2007

2nd best Pimp DVD

This film makes a good combination to own with the American Pimp DVD.

AP is more polished bling-bling presentation and more educational interviews with Pimps, whereas PUHD is lower budget and seems to catch the Pimps just showing off to the camera, spouting cliches and not go as in depth in knowledge with interviewing them. So what does PUHD offer?

But PUHD has plenty of footage of the men and women in action and is a MUST HAVE along with American Pimp DVD, Pimp and Naked Soul by Iceberg, Space Age Pimping by Paradise, Gentleman Pimp by Stonewall. October 24, 2006

Very Interesting Very Scary

I've actually seen both the HBO series directed by Brent Owens and the move "American Pimp" and I'd say that they compliment each other quite well. But, the Owens' documentaries go further in showing in great detail what the lives of the women who work for these pimps are like.

The pimps are allowed to just speak. There's no leading no constant interjection from "journalists" moralizing, just the pimps. And whether they know it or not, we see past all of the outrageous talk and gaudy clothes. We see men who might have been something worthwhile, men who are cruel, men who are outright sociopaths, all using women in the most cold and de-humanizing ways possible, and we see that they are very real. And that is very scary.

For those who've actually seen this documentary I'd suggest seeing "Hookers at the Point" as well. The same un-flinching look given to the pimps is turned towards the prostitutes, and believe me after seeing it one thing will be clear. With the prostitutes descriptions of the violence that they've suffered through and the frank portrayal of the crude and quite ugly sex that they must perform, there is one thing that you can never say again. You can never say that there is anything remotely glamorous or "Pretty-Woman-Like" about prostitution. April 16, 2006

You Got Your No-Nonsense Pimp, You Got Your Gorilla Pimp, and You Got Your Drug Pimp....

Call me a gorilla pimp after seeing this "pimpumentary." Mr. Whitefolks is simply the greatest individual ever to walk this earth. "A Professional gentleman of leisure" as he states on his answering machine message, the story of a white pimp making it in a brothers' world is simply too great to be ignored. Other characters of note include Don the Magic Juan, Snooky (who keeps his hoes walking with they heads down---nice touch), Ice-T, Pimpin' Ken, and a female pimp Big Lex. Get all up in this piece like chicken grease and buy dis beatch ASAP!

Movie Quotes

"I have to put a ho under pimp arrest for reckless eyeballin'."--Mr. WhiteFolks

"Hoes can just smell a pimp."--Snooky

"Pimpin' and hoein' is the best thing goin'."--Pimpin Ken January 19, 2006

Pimpin ain't easy

Living in Glasgow Scotland we don't have the same exposure to "the game" as the folks in the US do.

The Ho's here in the U.K. by and large are heroin addicts and to be honest i wouldn't touch them with your's (if you know what i'm saying). They are skanky, sleazy and messed up. Their pimps are what we call scum (or trailer park trash to folk in the USA) and have NONE of the style, pizazz or character of the guys in this video.

Even the ho's in this film come across as at least able to form a coherent sentence and don't sound (like the ones over here) like they've just injected themselves with a gram of smack.

This is the crux of this film, the Mac's are so cheezy yet they've got character by the bucket load. Sure they epitomise every sterotype about how a pimp looks but as Pimpin Ken said "a ho chooses a pimp". The Bishop says "women love colour" and he's right these guys have a style of their own which garish or not is still style.

Some of the quotes in this film are great especially Mr Whitefolks "Let's see Bill and Hilary Clinton when we have the 1 million Mac march and come on down to Washington. Then what they gonna do?. Who the gonna call? Ghostbusters?!!"
Absolutely hilarious.

One frightening thing though is when The Bishop talks about dedication just after he talks about pimp arrest. The story about the Ho in Hospital with bullet wounds looking up and saying she wanted to get out of her bed and go an get his money. What sort of control do these guys have over these women that they would take a bullet and still wanna see that man getting paid. It's scary to think about.

That said there was the right blend of what pimps used to do (beatings etc) and how it is now to make it reasonably balanced.

Oh and there are some FFIIIIINNNEEEE women in this film. Especially the georgous dancer wearing the black bikini style outfit with the green tassles during the Player's ball. She is so hot.

Really this is a must see for the colourfull outfits and commentaries especially from Whitefolks, Don Juan and Pimp Snooky "you know what i'm saying there's some real pimpin goin on, know what i'm saying". Even if some of the Mac's i didn't understand a word they were saying November 27, 2005

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