Though it's been about twenty years since they have spoken with one another, two estranged soul-singing legends agree to participate in a reunion performance at the Apollo Theater to honor their recently deceased band leader.
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sharon Leal.
Jamal Sims ... choreographer
Watched online, ok print.
34 songs in the Soundtracks, including some Motown-ish standards.
SJ sings and "dances" pretty well. But together these guys don't even sound like decent background singers, much less a good duo act.
John Legend is already big enough that he has a non-speaking "role" as the star of the trio, shown only in "archive" footage, and as a corpse.
The film amused me until maybe the last 3rd, when the plot got messy.
Rated 6.5 (9,829)
distr. MGM, dir. Lee; 6+
