I’m getting around to reviewing this film now only because
this happens to be the only one in the never-ending franchise that I had never
seen (until now). There is not much that
can be said about Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha
Hood (2003) but I’ll try anyways. I
never really cared for any of the films in the original franchise. I think the original was very fun and
successful only because of actor Warwick Davis as the Leprechaun character. This can be said of all the films in the
franchise including this film and if you’ve seen them all (as I now have) it’s
because Davis seems to have so much fun playing the character despite how
horrible the films actually are.
In this film Emily (Tangi Miller) has been told by a psychic
that she will come into money which is what she really needs living in the
ghetto and her rundown neighborhood filled with crime and gangs. When she comes across a pot of gold she
believes that her fortunes have changed for the better not realizing that the
gold belongs to the mythical Leprechaun (Davis) who will stop at nothing to get
all his gold back, now Emily and her friends must film a way to rid themselves
of the evil Leprechaun while also finding a way to keep the gold as they don’t
want to return to the way of life before the good fortune of the gold.
This film is not entirely bad as it does give a better back
story to Emily and her conflicted life living in a poor world consumed by
compromise upon compromise. She wants a
way out of her old life and sees an easy out.
Miller is also one of the better actors in the entire Leprechaun
franchise and Davis is at home in his character. This being said, the film still has many flaws
and will only really appeal to fans of the franchise who have managed to stick
through to the bitter end (this being the final film in the Davis franchise).
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