Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Highly Overrated But Still Good

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

"Underclassman" is not a particularly memorable or impressive movie. It is sort of a clone version of "Beverly Hills Cop" mixed with "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air". Now, you might think that it would make for a good combination, so did I. But the movie doesn't offer anything new or innovative that hasn't already been done or shown in the aforementioned titles.The story is about a reckless undercover police man named Tracey who is sent into a private school to unravel a stolen car ring.Story-wise, then "Underclassman" is adequate, just don't expect to be blown away by anything overly impressive. If you enjoyed the aforementioned titles then you will enjoy this movie to some extend. I just thought that this movie was a bit weak.The acting in the movie was good, though. And it was nice to see Cheech Marin in the movie. Just a shame he didn't have more time on the screen. I bought this movie because of Kelly Hu, and was disappointed with the short amount of screen time she was given, especially when she was on the front cover of the DVD movie.This is the type of movie that you will watch once, bag and tag it, and only to forget about it as it collects dust on the shelf.

Before I start this I review I need to get something off my chest. If this deadly dull movie offends you then you need to seek psychiatric help immediately! And now..... the review.The story: Tre'(Nick Cannon)is sent undercover to a preppy high school to investigate the murder of a teen. He later on bumps into a scheme involving some dean extorting teens to steal cars in exchange for an Extacy knockoff called "Bliss".Underclassman is exactly what you get when you poorly cross 21 Jumpstreet with Beverly Hills Cop. Its as if the screenwriter looked at Beverly Hills Cop and said hey, I could do that! Nick Cannon was likable in one movie only: Drumline. Any other movie you have to strain to like him. He is not funny and his character Tre' is such a ripoff of Axel Foley its a shame. He tries to be funny like Axel Foley, he gets deep into the case where it almost costs him his job just like Axel Foley. A lot of the action scenes look like something you would see in BHC. Plus it has an irascible police chief just like the one in Beverly Hills Cop. The only difference is that Tre' lives in Los Angeles and is not visiting. Rosalyn Sanchez is beautiful as always but is given nothing to work with. Nick's attempts to be funny falls flat and aren't you as tired as I of seeing these white kids trying to act black in these movies? It wasn't funny back then and its not funny now.Closing comments: Underclassman is a certified boring BHC wannabe that nobody can enjoy, not even on rainy days. The plot was weak, the acting was pathetic and the villain was lame(some dean forcing kids to steal cars...are you serious?). I'd recommend Beverly Hills Cop III(the weak link of the BHC series) over this mess.

The film's got laughable and insane plot of a young high school student working as an undercover LAPD cop working on a car theft case. The acting's pretty bad (I recognised only Kelly Hu and Ashmore among the cast) and the screenplay's full of tiresome clichés of racial harmony, student-teacher relationship, basketball and dead father's inspiration. Still the story carries itself to the end smoothly. As I was watching the film, I frequently found myself enjoying the poor-quality scenes and dialogues. Instantly forgettable it may be, but I never came to a point of actually hating this film. Come on, it's not that bad as the IMDb rated... I've seen much worse.

LA's youngest cop Tracey "Tre" Stokes (Cannon) is about to get his biggest assignment.He must go undercover&break up a dangerous crime ring rooted in a upscale prep school. The deeper Tre goes the more dangerous and volatile the situation becomes. Fighting both his personal demons and the forces determined to take him down, he must risk everything to catch the ones closest to him. Tre wants to follow in his father's footsteps. His father was an LA cop, in fact he was working in the same station Tre is working at. He's supposed to register as a student but yet go undercover. The sexy Roselyn Sanchez co stars as Tre's Spanish teacher. Now let me say how lucky he is to have her as a teacher. Also, the stunning Kelly Hu co stars as a cop.Nick Cannon has made other films. Some better than the others. But the one with the best story and which was a great film was 2002's Drumline. When Love Don't Cost A thing came out in 2003, it wasn't that great of a movie. Nick Cannon chooses the right roles but the plot is not that great. Now, Underclassman may seem like it has a great story but it's one of the movies thats either good or bad, but it just falls in between. I odn't really know what to say about this movie. I laughed at a few scenes. But Nick Cannon can get pretty annoying as he jokes. One scene when he falls into the water and comments "I think I just swolled Nemo". He keeps acting that way and it gets annoying.Now this movie is better than Love Don't Cose A Thing but I'd probably recommend Drumline before you go see this movie. It's just not right at the top. It has action and comedy but it doesn't mean it's good. I'd give it a 5.5/10