Mo' Money
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| Directed by | Peter MacDonald |
| Written by | Damon Wayans |
| Produced by | Eric L. Gold Carl Craig (co-) Damon Wayans (executive) |
| Starring | Damon Wayans Stacey Dash Joe Santos John Diehl Harry Lennix and introducing Marlon Wayans |
| Cinematography | Don Burgess |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | July 24, 1992 |
Running time | 97 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $40,227,006 [1] |
Mo' Money is a 1992 American crime comedy film directed by Peter MacDonald, and written by Damon Wayans, who also starred in the film. The film co-stars Marlon Wayans and Stacey Dash. The film was released in the United States on July 24, 1992.[2]
Synopsis
Johnny Stewart (Damon Wayans) is a lifelong con-man who meets a girl, Amber Evans (Stacey Dash), and tries to impress her by cleaning up his act and doing things the honest way.
He becomes a mailroom clerk at the credit card firm where she works and soon finds that he needs money to impress Amber. So, he develops a scheme to commit identity theft (though this term was not used for the crime in 1992) with the credit card information of deceased cardholders that he has access to due to his mailroom position. He justifies his actions because he knows that he is only stealing from the company and not harming the individual cardholders.
With the help of his brother and fellow conman (Marlon Wayans), he charges large amounts of money to the cards with the intention of impressing Amber. The supervisor, Keith Heading (John Diehl) (who is responsible for a virtual stolen credit card empire) records Johnny stealing a returned credit card, and cons him into joining his credit card ring.
Cast
- Damon Wayans — Johnny Stewart/ Anton Jackson (cameo)
- Stacey Dash — Amber Evans
- Joe Santos — Lt. Raymond Walsh
- John Diehl — Keith Heading
- Bernie Mac — Club Doorman
- Harry J. Lennix — Tom Dilton
- Marlon Wayans — Seymour Stewart
- Mark Beltzman — Chris Fields
- Quincy Wong — Eddie
- Kevin Casey — Lloyd
- Larry Brandenburg — Businessman
- Garfield — Rock
- Alma Yvonne — Charlotte
- Richard E. Butler — Ted Forrest
- Matt Doherty — Kid
- Evan Lionel Smith — Detective Mills
- Kári sig - THE MAN
- Rondi Reed - District Attorney
See also
Reception
The movie had a mostly negative reception.[3][4][5][6]
Box Office
Mo Money debuted at No.1 at the US box office.[7]
References
- ^ "Mo' Money (1992)". Box Office Mojo. 1992-09-08. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- ^ "Mo Money(1992)". Yahoo movies. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ "MOVIE REVIEW : 'Mo' Money' Overdoses on Blood, Guts". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ "'Mo' Money' (R)". Washington Post. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ "'Mo' Money'". Variety. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ "Review/Film; A Scruffy Street Hustler In the Corporate World". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ "'Mo' Money' Takes In Most Money". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-05-29.