Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer return in a belated sequel Barbershop: The Next Cut which feels less like a comedy and more a dramedy with socio-political commentary relating to gang violence in Chicago.
The Barber shop is now mixed with a female co-owner and had Nicky Minaj as a brassy hairdresser who makes a play for Ice Cube's best friend and fellow hairdresser Common.
There is plenty of making fun and discussing topical issues but gang violence gets in the forefront as Ice Cube's son is getting older and wilder. Ice Cube thinks the neighbourhood is no longer safe and wants to move out for the sake of his son.
Not sure offering free haircuts would ever end gang violence but the film felt mawkish and heavy handed when the comedy should had been in the forefront.
The Barber shop is now mixed with a female co-owner and had Nicky Minaj as a brassy hairdresser who makes a play for Ice Cube's best friend and fellow hairdresser Common.
There is plenty of making fun and discussing topical issues but gang violence gets in the forefront as Ice Cube's son is getting older and wilder. Ice Cube thinks the neighbourhood is no longer safe and wants to move out for the sake of his son.
Not sure offering free haircuts would ever end gang violence but the film felt mawkish and heavy handed when the comedy should had been in the forefront.