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The Wildcat Arts desk knows it's hot out there. And we want to help UA cool down a bit with a tall glass of iced tea - oops, we mean Ice-T. That's right, peel yourselves off the hot vinyl seats of your Ford Falcon and march into your local video store to rent some of the finer selections of the oeuvre of rapper/actor/all-around bad-ass Ice-T. And just in case you have some trouble choosing from all the cinematic splendor that has been his career, we offer some recommendations.
"Silence of the Lambs" and "Beloved" director Ted Demme took a little departure from his career arc when he helmed 1993's "Who's the Man?", promoted as the first hip-hop whodunit. Written by and starring rappers Dr. Dre and Ed Lover as two barbers who become cops who solve crimes in their unusual fashion, the film features the stunning rawness of Ice-T's earlier work.
What do you get when bad actors meet? "Johnny Mnemonic." The 1995 film starring not just Ice-T but (gasp!) Keanu Reeves features a dismal script from usually top-notch sci-fi writer William Gibson about a courier that must deliver the data package implanted in his head before it kills him.
Moving on to Ice-T's later and better work, when he finally comes into his own as an actor and bring us the straight-to-video cinematic achievement of·"Leprachaun in the Hood" (2000). The little green guy ends up in Compton this time. Hilarity and horror ensue. An Ice-T must-see.
Happy renting!
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