FlashCallahan Mobster Frank hires DJ Darrell to man the turntables at a party for his daughter Dolly. At the event, some rival mobsters pull guns on frank, and Darrell steps in to save his life. Frank then gives the DJ a job as his daughter's bodyguard, but, to the mobster's dismay, Dolly starts to fall for the smooth-talker. Their romance is interrupted when Frank gets involved in a mob war and drags Darrell along with him....I have heard some horrible things about this film, and although it is pretty bad on many levels, it certainly doesn't deserve it's 2.9 rating on IMDb.It's obviously a potential film career starter for the singer, whom showed a little promise in The Faculty, and She's All That, but here, he looks lost, and it's a big thing considering that he can command a stage in front of thousands of fans, the man has no screen presence in this.As a supposed comedy, it's devoid of any laughs, and I for one, could not find any jokes in the film that were even supposed to be classed as comedy.Kevin Hart has a supporting role, but he looks and acts like he got his motivation from the Chris Tucker school of screeching.But the real reason to watch this is the fact that we have these seasoned actors in some of the worthless roles I have ever seen. Palminteri is doing nothing more than playing a stereotypical mobster, Davi turns up out of the blue in various scenes, and every ones favourite smoker, Nick Mancuso does exactly the same.But it's surprisingly watchable, for the inane script, the hilarious incoherence, and the overwhelmingly cheesy ending.See it, tell no one that you have, and then erm...Fhuggedaboudid...

bob the moo Darrell is a club DJ who agrees to do a private gig for the birthday of mobster Frank's daughter. Of course there no way that Darrell could have foreseen that there would be a hit on Frank at that point, but that is what happens and Darrell's quick actions saves Frank's life. Frank needs more protection for his family but finds that his daughter is not too keen on the idea of having a fat Italian bodyguard accompany her to yoga class and lunch with the girls. Dolly picks Darrell as her guard, who accepts the job. With the ever present threat of attack, Darrell focuses on protecting Dolly, but neither of them thought that they also needed to protect their hearts.It should have warned me when this film had its UK terrestrial premier in the wee small hours of a weeknight, but I dipped into it anyway. Others have already slated this saying how terrible it is but I will say that if you watch it from a distance it does look professional enough and it is clear that money has been spent putting it all together. The problems begin far below the surface though, in particular the material. What we have is an uneasy mix of genres with gangster, music, comedy, forbidden love and action but none of it functions either together or individually. So the overall sweep just doesn't flow and is the cinematic equivalent of a socially awkward man trying to fit in at a party but never once looking comfortable or like he belongs. The plot just doesn't work and while a mafia plot is on the back shelf we get Darrell flirting with girls, going to yoga, meeting the family etc. It is all clunky stuff ad is as dull as it is pained.The cast are a mix of those that should know better and those who probably couldn't have done more with a better film. Raymond is good at what he does but "what he does" should not include acting. He is in this for his name to market it to his fans but otherwise he is a wooden presence without any screen presence charisma or delivery. Palminteri plays a good sport but like Davi and a few others he should not be in this dreck. Chriqui is pretty but that is where it ends here. The script makes them all look good though by handing a terrible "w*gger" character to Fazio, who makes it as embarrassing and horrible as it was on paper. It is not an actor's film and it was a mess long before they turned up on set.In the Mix is a poor star vehicle that thinks consistency just means having the same people on the screen for the whole film. The tone and style is all over the place and none of it works, feeling uncomfortable and unnatural throughout. If you're an Usher fan then don't bother – listen to an album instead, everyone else without this hook should know to avoid.

jimmyspdes This movie is just plain great. I loved it more than I love life itself. Usher is probably the best actor in the world, bar none! I'm amazed that Daniel Day Lewis didn't make an appearance in this cinematic gem. His loss I guess. I saw this in theaters the day it came out and I couldn't sleep until it finally came out on DVD. Now I can watch this timeless classic over and over and over again. I like to sit on the couch and chew tinfoil while I spoil myself to multiple viewings of this blockbuster hit. Sometimes I call in sick and stay home just so I can watch this movie. (Even the credits are a treat) I cancelled cable and sold all my other DVDs as I'm just to engrossed with this movie at the time. I'm watching the movie right now (YAY!!!!). I made my own quiz game based on this movie, I play it when I can't watch the movie , like when I'm driving or at weddings and other unimportant things. My only complaint is that the movie is to short, I wish it would never end and IMDb only let me give ten stars when it deserves at least 36.1.3333333333 stars...YAY!

moviegal13579 Before you go saying how crappy the movie is you should know they had only 25 days to make the movie due to Usher's concert dates!! I would say that's pretty good for a film to be made in 25 freaking days I mean my god thats like one day in filming. Personally I think it's a good film and it has one of my favorite endings out of all the movie I've ever seen. I like the endings that go farther than they have too!! Ron Underwood did good considering the "extreme" time restraints. Oh and check out the soundtrak it's HOT! This movie is sweet and very sincere, I was actually very surprised!! Emmanuelle Chriqui is great to, she plays Dolly!!