I had high hopes for Be Kind Rewind. I mean Jack Black? And Mos Def? And Danny Clover in a comedy? What could go wrong? For one, comedy-drama doesn't really work for me. The movie is funniest whey they were doing the skits for Ghostbusters and Rush Hour 2. During the latter part of the movie, it switched to drama, and I lost my interest. Still not too bad.Be Kind Rewind is the name of a neighborhood general store that rents out video for $1. It's so old school they only do VHS tapes. Mr. Fletcher (Danny Glover) is the store owner.
Mike (Mos Def) is the store assistant, and Jerry (Jack Black) is the tambay. One night, Jerry is trying to sabotage the local electric plant and gets electrocuted, making him highly magnetic. Next day, he walks into the store and fries every single tape, leaving only static behind.
If that was me, I would've just gone out and ordered more replacement tapes. But these guys are down on their luck and out of cash. A few more weeks and their building's gonna be demolished to make way for a modern housing complex. Instead, Mike and Jerry had this great idea to recreate the movies using a clunky videocam and themselves (just the two of them) as actors.And what do you know? The "new" movies become a hit in the neighborhood, and everyone can't get enough of it.
So with the help of the girl-next-door Alma (Melonie Diaz), they start a backyard industry creating 20-minute "Sweded" movies. That was until the FBI came along and shut them down for copyright infringement. Too bad. So they decide to create an original movie as a last hurrah, with participation from everyone in the community. Screening is the night before the demolition team moves in.
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