Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang

Jacob Two Two is the best movie I have ever seen! I am stunned that it did not even get an oscar nod..Gary Busey plays the role of a lifetime, and Jacob is super cool. ICE-T drops some funky raps too! All in all, I have not seen a better movie since The Langoliers. Truly a film for all ages.

Although I haven't seen this movie, I saw the 1970's version as my first movie theater outing on a school trip when I was only seven years old. Jacob Two-Two is a cultural icon in Canada. Children are told this story and study it in school, as it is one of the most famous of Mordecai Richler's writings. He was a well-loved Quebecois writer.

Don't diss the actors in this movie because you are not aware of the background of the story. One could make similar comments of depressing scariness involving children about any number of stories that children clearly love, for example the Harry Potter and A Series of Unfortunate Events series, or even the modern remaking of any fairy tale! And as you know, children are not concerned with costumes or plot on the same level as older people. They love things that seem strange and cheesy to adults -- witness the success of Barney and The Power Rangers.

I think it's great that there is a new version of Jacob Two-Two for today, and I am looking forward to watching it.

I probably came across this at the best time - 3 a.m. while channel surfing. I could not believe this was Gary Busey. And, then, imagine my surprise when I also learned it was Miranda Richardson. What? Were these people at the work house? Had they fallen so low as to do this dreck?

One might possibly term this a warmed over Captain Hook story where for some reason (all right, I did miss the beginning) children were imprisoned by a demented ex-wrestler who demanded that they keep a fog machine in operation so that their prison could remain hidden.

I know this is a children's movie but I don't even think a 5-year-old would have bought this story.

For shame.

This 1999 remake of a 1970's film was much better than the original. Gary Busey puts in (as usual) a great performance. The supporting cast of Ice-T, Mark McKinney and Miranda Richardson all give equally good performances. The kids in the movie give marginal performances but are acceptable.

The plot involves a young boy who gets hit on the head and finds himself in court where he is sentenced to slime island, a place where the hooded fang imprisons children for such offenses.

It also has a heart warming ending that teaches a moral lesson. Not bad for a kid flick these days!

If you liked Nightmare before Christmas or James and the Giant Peach, this one has that same Burtonesque feel to it.

Your kids under 8 will thoroughly enjoy this one. You may not. Look at it this way -- kids adore the purple dinosaur and the blue dog, but wouldn't you just like to beat the snot out of both of them? Bottom line is that if you watch it with your kids you'll enjoy it but if you took your saturday night date to the theater to see it, you will probably want to write a vicious, myopic review on IMDB.

This is a story about a kid who is sent to a kid prison that is headed by the Hooded Fang (an evil professional wrestler played by Gary Busey). Jacob has to take on the Fang and liberate all the wrongfully locked up kids. Two things make this movie worth watching, Gary Busey and Ice T, both play their parts hilariously. Busey looks completely coked out the entire film and makes some of the funniest faces I've seen caught on film, Ice T plays a singing judge who is tough on crime and seems to send everyone to the kiddie joint. The songs in this movie are really ridiculous, and thus really funny. Definitely worth the watch but it is no Jingle all the way.