Underclassman (2005)

This fast-paced action comedy stars Nick Cannon (DRUMLINE, ROLL BOUNCE) as a streetwise detective who goes undercover … and ends up in over his head! Tracy "Tre" Stokes (Cannon) is a rookie bike cop who finally gets the kind of heavyweight assignment he’s been begging for: find the killer of a student at an elite private school! What he discovers is a plot more deadly than anyone imagined! With danger ... and preppies…everywhere, Tre will need his hip personality to fit in and his unorthodox style of investigation to crack the case! Packed with high-octane laughs and featuring Roselyn Sanchez (RUSH HOUR 2) and Kelly Hu (THE SCORPION KING), UNDERCLASSMAN delivers over-the-top entertainment!

Beverly Hills Cop wannabe

Take out everything that is appealing about the Beverly Hills Cop series and replace Eddie with Nick Cannon(who nobody finds funny) and Underclassman is what you get.

Premise: Tre Stokes(Nick Cannon) is a rookie bike cop who is assigned a case on a mysterious murder of a teen. He is instructed to go undercover as well as inducted into a high class private school to finish high school. Later on as the plot develops you find out that the head of the private school is forcing preppy teens to steal cars so he can trade for an extasy knockoff called "bliss".

Opinion: I can only stand Nick Cannon in one movie and that is Drumline. When he tries to be funny he falls on his face. Let me show you all the ways that this movie wants to be Beverly Hills Cop. 1. Nick Cannon's character Tre tries to be funny but Axel Foley didnt have to try to be funny because he already was funny! 2. Tre' gets himself so deep into the case that it cost him his job just like Axel Foley does. 3. Tre's boss is just as hot-headed as Axel's boss. 4. The action scenes mimic what you would see in BHC. The only difference between the two is that in Underclassman, Tre is not visiting LA he lives there and BHC had more credible villains. The villian in this movie... what a ham! He definitely wins the the ham of the year award. Some irascible dean who forces preppy punk kids to steal cars so he can trade for an exctasy wannabe? Just slap that hoe and end the story! The script sounds like it was written by some hack who got inspired by BHC and said hey, I can do something like that. Rosalyn Sanchez is gorgeous as usual but that is still not a reason to see this movie. Another thing that bothers me is that Im sick and tired of seeing these cheesy white boys trying to act black in these movies. It's not funny and it will never be funny! Give it a rest PLEASE! In closing this movie 93 minutes of dry humor and hackneyed action scenes. I'd recommend Beverly Hills Cop III(the weak link in the BHC series) over this movie. Its THAT bad. May 19, 2008

Roselyn Sanchez the sexiest!!

The only good thing about this movie is Roselyn Sanchez, she is fine and as far as Nick Cannon I can't stand him, he's not funny at all and tries too hard to be tough and I recommend not getting this movie unless you wanna see the sexy Roselyn Sanchez, which is the only reason I gave it 2 stars!! August 18, 2007

Kiddie Cop

Now I knew his co-hosts clowned Nick Cannon on "Wildin' Out" for this movie and I don't know one person who went to the show to see it, but I still give EVERYTHING the benefit of the doubt. My mother bought the movie and this was another one she said "Give it a chance." Aw man, this is about an hour and a half of my life that I cannot get back. He's supposed to go undercover as a student to find out what trouble-making kids are doing, but nothing about this movie was believable. The action scenes were so amateur, the shooting scenes looked about as cutesy as watching Super Mario Bros. video games, the "thugs" were NOT good at playing troublemakers at all, the chop shop looked way too pretty, and BOTH cops needing to go to ONE spot so ONE person could "empty" himself was too goofy for me. I hope he got a fat check for this one, because even admitting he was apart of this movie would make me embarassed if I were him. August 23, 2006

3.75 stars is what i'm feeling

This movie isn't bad it was ok to watch but i wish Nick Cannon would stop taking rolls that put him back in high school even though he was playing an undercover cop as much as i watch i couldn't see him as an undercover cop..if he wants people to start taking him serious he can still do comedy and whatever but stay away from the high school rolls he is like 25,26 yrs old.. August 3, 2006

*sigh*

Wouldn't it be great if people wrote a review on the actual movie and not just the lead actor? What did you do, look at the cover, see Nick Cannon, and write your review? Because this isn't like any other Nick Cannon movie I've ever seen. I was kind of disappointed because normally his movies are more for girls than guys and this seemed more like a guy movie.
Nick Cannons CHARACTOR (not him!) is a police officer. He goes undercover at a high school campus to find out who has been stealing cars and commiting murder. It's a really funny movie and for guys there's lots of action and guns and stuff blowing up. And for girls Nick Cannon looks almost as hot playing basketball as he did banging the drums in Drumline. July 26, 2006

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