The Man - Filmless Review

No summer movie season is truly complete without a good two hours of Samuel L. Jackson yelling. He was in Star Wars Episode III, but Mace Windu is too reserved. I need my SLJ fix, and that galaxy far, far away didn't provide it. Here to rectify things is "The Man". In this cinematic monstrosity, Jackson is a federal agent that is forced to work with Joe Everyman (Eugene Levy) when some kind of mistaken identity thing goes down. The trailers have been pretty lame; although I think the poster is ok. You know how these movies go; except this time, the black-white buddy-cop thing is even worse than usual, as "The Man" is currently garnering a 0% Fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes. That's impressive in its own way.

Samuel L. Jackson movies tend to fall into two categories. The occasional "I'm a serious actor with a broad range... watch me whisper and be pensive" movies, and the much more common "WHITE PEOPLE MAKE ME ANGRY" movies. The question in my mind became, "Are there movies about SLJ yelling at other races?". To IMDB I went.

I decided that I should start out discussing the SLJ movies that I've actually seen, before delving into full-blown conjecture. Let's begin:

Jurassic Park - Security guy at dinosaur amusement park that yells at white people.

Pulp Fiction - Charismatic hit man that yells at white people.

The Great White Hype - Flamboyant boxing promoter that yells at white people.

A Time to Kill - Distraught father that takes the law into his own hands while he yells at white people.

The Negotiator - Double-crossed cop that yells at white people.

Star Wars Episode I - Mace Windu. Little to no yelling at white people.

Deep Blue Sea - Billionaire philanthropist that yells at white people.

Shaft - Come on... HE'S SHAFT!

Changing Lanes - Screwed over regular guy that yells at white people.

Star Wars Episode II - Mace Windu again... Yawn.

Basic - Army sergeant that yells at white people.

Coach Carter - High school basketball coach that yells at black people.

I thought there may have had a disturbing trend going until I hit that last one. To be fair (As if I care), he was in "Unbreakable" and did very little yelling. I could go into a big thing about Hollywood typecasting and the repetition of cliched characters in studio films... But again, I don't really care. Watching Samuel L. Jackson yell at people is entertaining, I just think he should broaden his yelling horizons. Does he yell at people in "The Man"? Probably; but it stinks really bad either way.