One good thing about the Leprechaun movies is the settings whether that is in Las Vegas, a tree house or in space. The fifth Leprechaun movie is set "in the hood" with the leprechaun being more of an evil character than before. Frankly, it seems like another strange and questionable movie unlikely to work. Unlike the fourth movie though, Leprechaun: In the Hood is not completely terrible.
This movie has a bigger budget and better cast than the previous ones with a more realistic setting than the last one which was set in space. Led by Anthony D. Montgomery and Warwick Davis as the leprechaun, the cast is given more to do here especially Davis who is actually much funnier than in the prior movies. The hood setting is no doubt silly and cheap but is put put together pretty well and the movie actually has a good vibe to it.
With a halfway decent cast and setting, the plot isn't too bad either. Ice T makes an appearance as a fugitive and this works. Like the others, there is the four leaf clover theme but here it is connected to street drugs. There is also a interesting flute idea and finally a rapping leprechaun as shown below.
If you thought the last few movies in this series were weird, this one takes weird to a new level. In this movie are a lot of cross-dressing, illegal drugs, kill scenes with a hair pick and tons of of sexual stuff. While I appreciate something new in this series, I am not sure that there was a point here.
As with the other movies, this one is of course very hard to take seriously but there is some quality here which really came out of the blue as this series seemed dead with the last movie.
2.5/5
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