The Breaks / Phat Beach (1999)

THE BREAKS: THE BREAKS is a hip-hop hilarious comedy in the tradition of Friday and Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood. Mitch Mullany plays Derrick - an Irish white boy who thinks he's black - facing a day in the hood when everything goes wrong. The luck of the Irish doesn't quite seem to work in the hood. With special appearances by basketball great Gary Payton and funk legend George Clinton.

PHAT BEACH: Life ain't nothing but a g-string for hefty home boy, Benny King. With Ben's folks out of town, the rotund teen and his terminally suave buddy "borrow" pop's Mercedes convertible, taking a curvy ride through the land of sun, fun and well-browned buns. Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins ("Juice," "Lean on Me," HBO's "Strapped") stars in the first street-flavored beach flick, with Brian Hooks, Coolio and a host of other hip hop talent.