The curse of Nothing But Trouble

Last night I watched Nothing But Trouble for the first time from beginning to end. I have often caught it in pieces on late night TV but never watched the whole thing all at once. All I have to say is wow, what a terrible movie. It is like they were not even trying. It is just marvelously bad.

The best part of the movie is that it features a performance by Digital Underground. Why? No reason. They just happen to be passing through in a hearse and got caught speeding. Perhaps Dan Aykroyd (who stars, directs, and wrote the screenplay from a story by his brother) was a big fan of the humpty hump.
One interesting note about this movie is that it pretty much was the nail in the coffin of the careers of everyone in it. Perhaps they were all so high and mighty that they thought they could just make anything and people would eat it up. Not so. Only Demi Moore had a couple of good movies after this garbage. Chevy Chase went on to do Cops and Robersons and milked another Vacation movie, this time in Vegas. Dan Aykroyd did not do much but voices for the Ghost Busters’ cartoons. John Candy died. Well, not immediately after the movie, but I would guess that it was his work on the movie that really sent him over the edge. It was either that or the Jamaican Bobsled Team.
Lastly my beloved Digital Underground. Unfortunately this movie cursed them as well. Though Same Song was an awesome track and the video (featured below) was ridiculous fun, it was simply not enough. They did put out one more album, Sons of the P, but it was not nearly as successful as Sex Packets, and Digital Underground all but slipped off the scene. Some people forget that this was the introduction of Tupac Shakur into the rap world and cinema. And we all know what happened to him. Just another Nothing But Trouble casualty.
So the next time you feel down, just be glad that you were not in Nothing But Trouble, or you could be dead. In the meantime, while you are alive, enjoy some fine moments from Digital Underground....