Rich white kid, B-Rad (Jamie Kennedy), desperately wants to be black and is a source of constant embarrassment to his father who is a senator on the campaign trail.

In the hope of modifying his behaviour the senator arranges for his son to be "kidnapped" by a couple of actors who plan to scare him out of his plans to be a rapper.

Amusing at times, mostly credit to the Taye Diggs and Anthony Anderson who shine as the cosseted thespians who have to "learn" how to be gangsters.

Claire Ashcroft