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Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Now here's a strange case. Martin Lawrence is easily one of the funniest men on the planet. He just is. But once he became a leading man in feature films around 1996, he stopped being funny. With pictures such as `Big Momma's House,' `Black Knight,' `A Thin Line Between Love And Hate,' and `Blue Streak,' you'd be hard pressed to find a laugh in even one of them. Yet, when Lawrence takes the stage, it's like the mighty Kong on top of the Empire State Building, swatting away bad press and forgettable movies with the swing of his arms. `Runteldat' is pure Lawrence, a stand up comedy film created to counter the media scuttle over his past indiscretions, and also a potent reminder to fans who've lost faith in the comedian.

Shot over the course of two nights in Washington D.C., `Runteldat' showcases a hungry Martin Lawrence. He's ready to spill the beans on his problems (intersection standoffs with the cops, nightclub fights, a near-death bout with heat stroke), and, like his last concert film `You So Crazy,' Lawrence has brought with him a bag full of comedic delights. His take on unruly kids, the search for Osama bin Laden, and race differences on `Cops' are the stuff of comic gold. Lawrence prowls the stage with such fierceness and enthusiasm that it makes me downright sad that almost no director (even Lawrence himself) has found a way to transfer this stage chemistry to the big screen properly. It's a sad state of affairs that the only reasonably good films Lawrence has made in the last ten years (save for `Life,' and possibly `Nothing To Lose') have been his two concert films.

There is a higher agenda to `Runteldat' than simple jokes: Lawrence wants to use the forum to bash the media that's been treating him so badly, and he even throws in a rant about film critics to boot. This is the same media that Lawrence claims not to be bothered by, yet this acidic, fuming film goes out into 1,000 screens across the country, so go figure than one out. Lawrence believes he's received the raw end of the deal in press reports that portray him as unstable. He senses that people don't have the real story, hence `Runteldat.' But Lawrence does the same one-sided whitewash as the media, as he tries to joke his way out of disturbing stories of drug abuse and armed tomfoolery. `Runteldat' shoves an `I'm as human as the next man' message down the viewer's throat, and I admire that more than I would ever believe it. Even when Lawrence himself tells these wild tales, it still makes him look unstable.

If `Runteldat' doesn't exactly showcase Lawrence at the top of his game, at least it serves as a reminder that the man still has game. Now if he'd only care this much about his film career! --------- 8/10

A Must Buy!
All I can say is that this DVD is funny as sh-t! Anyone who likes comedy has to get the DVD and it could be one of the greatest comedy DVD you will ever buy.

Enjoyed
I enjoyed this a lot. I will admit his first live movie "you so crazy was funnier", but I laughed so much watching this. His take on the who Martin Luther King being peaceful made me think he had been in my head, but I don't want to give anything away for people who never saw it. You get to see Martin Lawrence as a man, not just an entertainer. Very enjoyable. Will watch again and add to my collection of DVD's of comedians for sure.

Pure idiot!
the only reason i gave him a 1 star was because there was no 0 star available. Frankly after watching this, I realised Martin Lawrence is the biggest idiot on television.

One example. He talked about how sept. 11 brought united the blacks and whites. In his next sentence he talks about how the blacks and whites united to discriminate those who looked arab decent and according to him "looked like bin-ladin." he gives an example by saying how he pulled the turban off an indian man.

wow. what a display of how racism suddenly didnt matter anymore... or between the blacks and whites atleast.

i could go on, but i dont want to waste my time on it anymore.

luckiest comic alive
i got it for christmas and re-gifted it. then my friend re-re-gifted it. he's just not that funny. definately doesn't deserve the acclaim he gets. he's lucky to have eddie murphy as a friend. ... Read more

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Prudes won't survive a single minute of Martin Lawrence Live:Runteldat, but those who brave the journey will be duly--albeitconditionally--rewarded. This is surely the dirtiest comedy performance everreleased to the general public, but beneath his barrage of profanity, crudeness,and unabashed sexual material, Lawrence gets into some serious truth aboutlife's trials and tribulations, to which (he repeatedly observes) none of us areimmune. The title's a hip-hop contraction of "run and tell that," and Lawrenceruns and tells like a seasoned pro, expounding on his own misdeeds (arrest fordisturbing the peace, substance abuse, his heatstroke-induced coma) and miningcomedic gold from the hazards of marital candor under the influence ofCourvasier. Lawrence is a better actor than a writer--his material'sinconsistent, but his delivery is lose-your-lunch hilarious, digging gems ofkeen observation from life's messiest details. One might wish for greatersubstance, but Lawrence can runteldat with a righteous guilt-freeconscience. --Jeff Shannon ... Read more

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Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Now here's a strange case. Martin Lawrence is easily one of the funniest men on the planet. He just is. But once he became a leading man in feature films around 1996, he stopped being funny. With pictures such as `Big Momma's House,' `Black Knight,' `A Thin Line Between Love And Hate,' and `Blue Streak,' you'd be hard pressed to find a laugh in even one of them. Yet, when Lawrence takes the stage, it's like the mighty Kong on top of the Empire State Building, swatting away bad press and forgettable movies with the swing of his arms. `Runteldat' is pure Lawrence, a stand up comedy film created to counter the media scuttle over his past indiscretions, and also a potent reminder to fans who've lost faith in the comedian.

Shot over the course of two nights in Washington D.C., `Runteldat' showcases a hungry Martin Lawrence. He's ready to spill the beans on his problems (intersection standoffs with the cops, nightclub fights, a near-death bout with heat stroke), and, like his last concert film `You So Crazy,' Lawrence has brought with him a bag full of comedic delights. His take on unruly kids, the search for Osama bin Laden, and race differences on `Cops' are the stuff of comic gold. Lawrence prowls the stage with such fierceness and enthusiasm that it makes me downright sad that almost no director (even Lawrence himself) has found a way to transfer this stage chemistry to the big screen properly. It's a sad state of affairs that the only reasonably good films Lawrence has made in the last ten years (save for `Life,' and possibly `Nothing To Lose') have been his two concert films.

There is a higher agenda to `Runteldat' than simple jokes: Lawrence wants to use the forum to bash the media that's been treating him so badly, and he even throws in a rant about film critics to boot. This is the same media that Lawrence claims not to be bothered by, yet this acidic, fuming film goes out into 1,000 screens across the country, so go figure than one out. Lawrence believes he's received the raw end of the deal in press reports that portray him as unstable. He senses that people don't have the real story, hence `Runteldat.' But Lawrence does the same one-sided whitewash as the media, as he tries to joke his way out of disturbing stories of drug abuse and armed tomfoolery. `Runteldat' shoves an `I'm as human as the next man' message down the viewer's throat, and I admire that more than I would ever believe it. Even when Lawrence himself tells these wild tales, it still makes him look unstable.

If `Runteldat' doesn't exactly showcase Lawrence at the top of his game, at least it serves as a reminder that the man still has game. Now if he'd only care this much about his film career! --------- 8/10

A Must Buy!
All I can say is that this DVD is funny as sh-t! Anyone who likes comedy has to get the DVD and it could be one of the greatest comedy DVD you will ever buy.

Enjoyed
I enjoyed this a lot. I will admit his first live movie "you so crazy was funnier", but I laughed so much watching this. His take on the who Martin Luther King being peaceful made me think he had been in my head, but I don't want to give anything away for people who never saw it. You get to see Martin Lawrence as a man, not just an entertainer. Very enjoyable. Will watch again and add to my collection of DVD's of comedians for sure.

Pure idiot!
the only reason i gave him a 1 star was because there was no 0 star available. Frankly after watching this, I realised Martin Lawrence is the biggest idiot on television.

One example. He talked about how sept. 11 brought united the blacks and whites. In his next sentence he talks about how the blacks and whites united to discriminate those who looked arab decent and according to him "looked like bin-ladin." he gives an example by saying how he pulled the turban off an indian man.

wow. what a display of how racism suddenly didnt matter anymore... or between the blacks and whites atleast.

i could go on, but i dont want to waste my time on it anymore.

luckiest comic alive
i got it for christmas and re-gifted it. then my friend re-re-gifted it. he's just not that funny. definately doesn't deserve the acclaim he gets. he's lucky to have eddie murphy as a friend. ... Read more

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Don't mess with MARIO LOPEZ
MARIO LOPEZ has very little patience when it comes to his mom. Don't even think about kidnapping his mom. MARIO LOPEZ will not be easily tamed, let alone, easily swayed. UNSTOPPABLE is MARIO LOPEZ. MARIO LOPEZ will never be OUTTA TIME. MARIO LOPEZ will make ICE CREAM SANDWICHES out of his nemesis, LOGAN. MARIO LOPEZ, AKA--MR. LOTHARIO, has had it up to here. Eight inches. MARIO LOPEZ is through playing games. No more games for MARIO LOPEZ. ENOUGH GAMES FOR MARIO LOPEZ!

Worst Film of 2002
I have enjoyed Mario Lopez's past work, Breaking The Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1996) and the USA cable network tv series "Pacific Blue", but this film Outta Time is really low-budget. I was surprised to see one of my favorite comedians Carlos Mencia and the notable actor John Saxon. The cardboard acting in this film is unforgivable. The writing and direction of film is like reading a bad comic strip. Nancy O'Dell trying to play an evil villianess was too ridiculous. Obviously, she was having too much fun on the set to take on a serious role. When a film does not do well in the theatres and goes to video rather quickly, that should tell you something about the film. I do not know why this film is rated "R". There is no frontal nudity nor sex in this film. (Spoiler) Carlos Mencia did play dead very well. Worst film of 2002.

oh that Mario !
OK OK i confess, i bought the movie just to look at mario....but i really found that i liked the movie too ! ... Read more