KEEP IT OLDSKOOL MOVIE OF THE WEEK

 

 

Cult classic comedy D.C Cab was released in 1983. The filmed starred an in his celebrity prime Mr. T, Max Gail, Gary Busey, Adam Baldwin, a pre “Real Time” Bill Maher and the immortal Charlie Barnett. The movie set in Washington D.C didn’t win any awards and wasn’t a huge money maker (only made a small profit) but with the advent of cable TV gave it a cult following .

 

 

 

 

 

 

The movie story centers around Albert Hockenberry  (Baldwin) who for some strange reason feels the road to success starts with owning his own cab company. He goes to D.C and gets a job in his dad’s army buddy Harold’s (Gail) D.C cab. He meets the rag tag bunch of cab drivers and instantly wants to hang out with the “roller in hair wearing” Tyrone (Barnett) Sure there is a back story of a kidnapping, a love interest for Albert and Samson( Mr. T)  wanting to get the kids away from shady characters what 80s movie didn’t include such contrived stories? You see the capital city in a different light and before a lot of the beautification that swept a lot of the northern cities in the late 80s and 90s.

 

 

 

D.C Cab is a movie that you can watch and just laugh at the antics. This movie isn’t preaching about anything other the you can’t get rich owning a cab company. In the 100 minutes running time you will see the late comedian Charlie Barnett steal every scene that he is in. You will also  see Mr. T step out of a ridicules looking cab meant to give the impression that the neighborhood kids will now leave the bad guys and drugs alone because they too can drive a cab with a gold plated grill! That alone makes the movie worth a look.

 

 

 

 

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