It’s not quite exactly Austin Powers, but it’s close enough- with a kick of Charlie’s Angels and a mix of Matrix special effects.

Undercover Brother, starring Eddie Griffin (Double Take), Chris Kattan (Night at the Roxbury), Denise Richards and Aunjanue Ellis, is a film that offers a lot of belly aching laughs. With a running time of one hour and 23 minutes, Undercover Brother proves that it is not just another stupid comedy.

This film offers an odd, yet somehow familiar plot of ebony vs. ivory jokes, Kid and Play dance moves and the lesson that mayonnaise is bad. Renditions of Motown classics such as “Brick House,” “Play that Funky Music (White Boy)” and “Love Train” make it difficult not to get up and “get down with your bad self.”

Eddie Griffin plays “Undercover Brother,” a 70’s clad man (‘fro and all) who is hired by the solid association, B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., to save the world from evil doer, “The Man.” The Man is out on a mission to white wash the entire world unless someone stops him.

Undercover Brother partners up with the jive Sistah Girl (Aunjanue Ellis) and heads out to defeat The Man and his accomplice, Mr. Feather (Chris Kattan). Along the way they beat the crap out of bad ass Jugheads (who don’t have a single clue how to fight in the first place) and meet the seductive White She Devil (Denise Richards).

Highlights of the film include Billy Dee Williams (Star Wars), who is a general identical to Colin Powell. As the first black man to run for White House presidency, Williams ends up getting cast under a spell by Mr. Feather and passes up presidency to open up a chain of “General’s Chicken” restaurants.

With his usual outrageous body language, Chris Kattan makes anyone want to laugh at the mere sight of him. Prancing around claiming to hate the hip-hop lifestyle, Kattan actually finds himself shooting out phrases like “dawg” and “peace out.” Even Neil Patrick Harris (a.k.a. Doogie Howser) has a bit that adds an extended amount of humor in this film.

The DVD offers a commentary track with an alternative ending, out takes, deleted scenes and even animated shorts by Urban Entertainment. The alternative ending is a selection that is worth looking over due (hint: explicit herbs contained in the scene). If you’re interested in the deleted scenes, make sure to select “play all” because there’s a ton of them- 16 to be exact.

The release offers language selections such as English, French and Spanish. In addition, captions for the hearing impaired and subtitles are also included. However, no trailers or selected cast biographies can be found on this DVD.

For the fellows, you can pause and replay the slight strip show between Sistah Girl and White She Devil on this DVD track.

Overall, Undercover Brother is not bad… not bad at all. There’s actually a significant amount of funny stuff contained in this film. However, a laid back attitude that won’t catch offense to the “politically incorrect” jokes is highly recommended. Just sit back, crank up the volume and relax with the film, Mamajama.