Malibu's Most Wanted

Malibu's Most Wanted
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Whitesell
Written byFax Bahr
Adam Small
Jamie Kennedy
Nick Swardson
Produced byFax Bahr
Mike Karz
Adam Small
StarringJamie Kennedy
Taye Diggs
Anthony Anderson
Blair Underwood
Regina Hall
Damien Dante Wayans
Ryan O'Neal
Snoop Dogg
CinematographyMark Irwin
Edited byCara Silverman
Music byJohn Van Tongeren
with Damon Elliott
John Debney (themes)
Production
companies
Bahr/Small Productions (uncredited)
Karz Entertainment
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • April 18, 2003 (2003-04-18)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15 million
Box office$34 million[1]

Malibu's Most Wanted is a 2003 American comedy film written by and starring Jamie Kennedy, and co-starring Taye Diggs, Anthony Anderson, Blair Underwood, Regina Hall, Damien Dante Wayans, Ryan O'Neal, and Snoop Dogg. The film is written by the creators of MADtv, Fax Bahr and Adam Small, who also serve as producers. The character of "B-Rad", a spoof of Eminem's character "B-Rabbit" in the film 8 Mile, originally appeared in Jamie Kennedy's hidden-camera show The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, but started in his stand-up routine when he was starting out.

Here, "B-Rad" is Brad, the son of Senator Bill Gluckman who is running for governor of California and fears his son is a distraction on the campaign trail, with Brad's aspirations of becoming a rapper and his glamorization of gang life. To that end, Gluckman's campaign manager hires two actors to stage an abduction to bring Brad to an inner city neighborhood where he will learn to behave himself.

  1. ^ "Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2012-03-01.