this take place in 1920s harlem . a black own nightclub have to deal with gangster and corrupt policeman . terrible vanity project for eddie murphy . it try to mix comedy and drama and fails at both . the comedy simply isn not funny and the drama be boring and badly act . you think a film with three comedy legends eddie murphy and redd foxx and richard pryor would be great but it isn not . there nonstop swearing and the opening scene have a young boy shoot a man to death ( this be show a be ok ) . also we have the beautiful della reese degrade into play a madam . one of the comedic highlight have a long and unfunny and terribly vicious fight between her and murphy . a boring and offensive and stupid mess . not the bad murphy movie but pretty close . a 1 all the way .