30th Worst Movie: The Mod Squad

“The Mod Squad” Starring Claire Danes, Giovanni Ribisi and Omar Epps
Directed by Scott Silver

The Moderately Ok
By Michele Dillon

I have to admit that I am not quite sure why this movie is so far down on the list and so close to being deemed as bad as BloodRayne! I will say that it is not nearly as bad as BloodRayne but cannot be taken off the list entirely…it should be correctly placed somewhere near Catwoman, which really…even though is much higher on the list, who wants to be next to Catwoman?

It seems like this same plotline comes back around about every 10 years but just slightly different. Three teens who are constantly getting into trouble, but are really good at getting away with it, get arrested by a cop who decides to give them a second chance…he hires them to be “undercover type” cops to try and get to a much bigger problem in the city. They have to do this for a certain amount of time and then there records will be expunged. What seems like an excellent and easy way to get out of jail for the three teens quickly turns into something bigger when their father figure cop gets murdered and it seems to be a cover up. So as to not divulge any further secrets of the movie, I will not describe the plot any further but will explain, in my opinion, that it was decent. Decent in the only way a movie on the worst list can be.

Claire Danes was a 90’s favorite teen actress but since has seemed to disappear from the map entirely. Which is a shame because she was just starting to get semi-good at the art of acting. Another 10 years on her belt and she might have even been considered a great actress. I could say that my love for Giovanni Ribisi made it easier to enjoy the movie, which could be true on some level but I also know that Giovanni is into scientology so a movie that is bad cannot be overlooked even though I think he is amazing. Omar Epps can just stop acting as of this moment for all I care because he has never made me believe his character in anything I’ve seen him in and it seems like he just plays the same one every time anyway…a dick.

So that pretty much sums up The Mod Squad…I just realized that I didn’t make any witty comments throughout the entire review…I must be losing my touch.

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