Kazaam (1996)

Did you people see the same film I saw?

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Kazaam has been sealed up for thousands of years, until one day he is accidentally freed by Max, who is on the run from a local gang. Kazaam explains that he belongs to Max until he grants him three wishes, but what Max really wants is to get to know his estranged father. When the genie, who considers trying his hand at a music career, forgets about his young master, Max is attacked by villainous club owner Malik..........Shaq had a couple of years in the nineties where the marketing bods saw something I the brand that was Shaq. First there was his silly game, Shaq-Fu, which was a Mortal Kombat rip off, then there was his illustrious music career, which in turn gave him the chance not only to star, but to executive produce his two 'big' movies.Steel came after this, and is decidedly better than this, but there is something really weird about Kazaam, it's bad, sometimes hilariously bad, but the studio must have had a little faith in the film, being released in the summer, just a couple of weeks after Independence Day.So Max finds Shaq, hates his mother and step dad to be, finds his real dad, who hates him, and in turn, influences Shaq to hate everybody via the power of rap, and his magical boom box.The first wish Max should have asked for was to repair that distracting crooked tooth to be corrected, and to get some manners, because Max has to be one of the most unbearable child characters I've seen in a while. He's abhorrent to his mother, who appears to be in a totally different film, and he looks up to a man who wouldn't give him the time of day.Shaq cannot act for a toffee, here it seems that he was just trying to showcase his rappin' talents and hope that the two combined would catapult him to the big time.It didn't,And the fact that Max falls the equivalent of the Chrysler building through the film begs the question, is all this happening in his subconscious? Die he really see a man take a shower in his own room?Clearly not as horrid as most say, but it's still pretty terrible.

First off, I will not sit here and say that the movie was perfect.However, I feel like everybody did great in their roles for their character portrayals. Personally, giving the overall movie a rating of 2.6 is a little harsh,don't ya think?It wasn't that bad,but then again I enjoy ALL movies and I only know of a few that was a waste of film!It all depends on the viewer and their perspective of things.Im an artist so naturally Im a little more open minded than some,but honestly,what did you TRULY expect from this movie?What would YOU have done differently?This is a general question.For me,once you can answer that, then you'll see how ridiculous panning this movie is.lol ^_^

So I'm aware that this film was released a fair while ago, but I've only just seen it; and not out of free will. I can some up this film in 1 word.... Shaq, the only "actor" who is more robotic than the Terminator. And really thats all that needs to be said, it's a stupid stupid movie that barely makes any sense, it's so uninteresting that I could feel myself getting stupider as I watched. If you see a copy of this film DESTROY IT, and then maybe one day the world will be ridden of this raping of cinema known as Kazaam1/10 (and the only reason it scored that high is that i'm not allowed to give it a zero)

This movie has gotten a bad wrap over the years, but in reality, it maybe one of the best of our generation. I remember watching this movie over and over and over and over again as a child and enjoying it more than any of those cookie cutter Disney movies.We have become so jaded and left our youth behind if we say this movie is terrible. Think about it; the acting was definitely above par for such a film, the direction was great, and the musical score was beautiful. It was subtle enough that I could hardly notice it but left me tapping my feet noticeably from the for the entire film. I love this film, always have and most certainly always will. It might not be The Godfather and it might not be Titanic but it is definitely not one of the 100 worst movies of all time. To place this piece of work there is dishonest and over all wrong! Enjoy this fantastic family movie.