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Title: A crude, crass, and lewd directorial debut from Ice Cube.
Review: If Ice Cube were as great a filmmaker as he is a rapper, then "The Player's Club" would have more to offer besides being a hip-hop flavored "Showgirls." Wishful thinking. The appealing LisaRaye stars as a struggling college student who abandons her part-time shoe salesman job to begin a life of a stripper. Along the way, she befriends another stripper and gets into all sorts of drama. The film's script is clumsy and never rises above the predictable and stereotypical. There's also a very unpleasant rape scene that's unnecessary as it is vile. Cube, I'm sure, wanted to "keep it real" by making this film as raw as possible, but in doing so, he forgot to "keep it right" by making a decent and believable film. "The Player's Club" isn't the worst film I've seen, but unlike "Showgirls," it isn't bad enough to qualify as camp. It's just simply bad.
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