Overall Cube may have directing skills worth watching again but lets hope his next vehicle is better than this. ![]() The plot is episodic and lacks drive or drama and will leave you feeling bored and distracted. The plot is average at best and the performances are mostly poor. Wilson and Givens are ugly and nasty they can't act and I find it hard to believe people actually paid Wilson to get naked! This film is basically a modern blackploitation film made for black people to come and watch regardless of quality. Foxx is not bad but could have done more. Mac is terrible, not funny or believable. While The Player’s Club was full of unsavory characters, the key antagonist was a fellow stripper named Ronnie(portrayed by underrated actress, Chrystale Wilson). Calhoun is good looking and quite good but that's about it. Lisa Raye's narration is terrible but her performance is actually alright. The movie is sophisticated about its people and places, and Diana and Ebony have the clarity of characters who seem drawn from life. The acting is surprisingly bad from several main sources. We are `treated' to the odd dance and fight scene but really the bits don't all come together and it just feels like everyone is swearing over nothing all the time. It's told in flashback and just seems to involve everyone swearing as our heroine tries to go her own way and move up and out etc etc. Sadly he is let down on nearly every other front. On her own, Diana finds a job at a shoe store, where she meets Ronnie and Tricks, who work for Dollar Bill at the Players Club. She begins reminiscing about the time she moved out of her parents' home with hopes of attending college. I mean the shots are nice and the camera moves around well enough. Plot Diana Armstrong gazes at the ruins of the Players Club, a strip club where she used to work. Here he takes on his directorial debut and he does OK. 1h 44m IMDb RATING 5.8 /10 7.2K YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 0:30 1 Video 41 Photos Comedy Drama A woman must contend with rival strippers and her boss in an attempt to make a legitimate living. He does stay in the `safe' comedy roles but he has also moved on well since his debut in Boyz n'da Hood. Eventually the drama of the club gets intense and catches her up. A woman must contend with rival strippers and her boss in an attempt to make a legitimate living. ![]() ![]() Given the name Diamond by her boss, Diana also gets her cousin involved in the club while she also tries to look after her son and stay in school. When working in a shoe shop Diana gets met by two strippers who invite her down to try out for the Players Club where she gets taken on. The rest is history.When Diana gets pregnant in college she moves in her with boyfriend who soon tires of her and moves out. However, Ronnie used Ebony and she ended getting brutally raped and left for dead, cause of Ronnie's scheming and it pissed off Diamond. ![]() Diamond was xesually harassed by Ronnie after she was date rape by her while still working at the club with them. What Diamond and Ebony had in common was that they let the business dictate them and they ended getting betrayed, xesually assaulted and had to learn the hard way. Synopsis: Diana, a young, unwed mother struggles to make enough money to pay for her college education. The Players Club (1998) - This comedic drama about the dark side of strip clubs was another classic from Ice Cube as well as the first leading role for Bernie Mac. They were pimping out the strippers from the Players Club to patrons and non patrons which was dangerous.ĭiamond got caught up in the business briefly, she was hanging around them cause she did not know any better and she got caught up in the lifestyle similar to her younger cousin a couple of years later. The Players Club is a film directed by Ice Cube with LisaRaye, Monica Calhoun, Bernie Mac, Jamie Foxx. If I can recall, they were stripping for a rich Asian or white guy and he was willing to pay them more money if Ronnie performed xes on another girl and Diamond was passed out in the other room.Ronnie/Tricks also got into the business of prostitution which was unethical and illegal.
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