Chris Rock‘s record of starring in movies isn’t that great. But that may change with his new upcoming film Top Five. There’s a few reasons to be excited about this film:
- It’s produced by Jay-Z, Kanye West, & Questlove
- The cast is crazy and features the likes of Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, Gabrielle Union, Kevin Hart, Tracy Morgan, Cedric the Entertainer, JB Smoove, Sherri Shepherd, Anders Holm, Romany Malco, Leslie Jones, Michael Che, Whoopi Goldberg, & Jay Pharaoh. Even Jerry Seinfeld makes an appearance.
- The title Top Five comes from the theory that every Hip-Hop head has a Top Five MC list
Also, I think Chris Rock is due for starring in a good movie. Top Five might be it. Plot & trailer below.
Andre Allen is a comedian turned film star who, despite the expectations of his millions of fans, is determined to reinvent himself as a “serious” actor. Although his latest pretentiously historical film project is tanking, his upcoming television wedding to pretty, popular reality star, Erica Long, is the biggest media event of the year. In the midst of all the frenzy leading up to his televised nuptials, Andre agrees to be interviewed for the New Yorker by Chelsea Brown, a gorgeous but no-frills young woman with a sharp intelligence that matches his own. It’s a feisty, funny, no-holds-barred interaction that may well change the course of both their lives.