Before I start this I review I need to get something off my chest. If this deadly dull movie offends you then you need to seek psychiatric help immediately! And now..... the review.The story: Tre'(Nick Cannon)is sent undercover to a preppy high school to investigate the murder of a teen. He later on bumps into a scheme involving some dean extorting teens to steal cars in exchange for an Extacy knockoff called "Bliss".Underclassman is exactly what you get when you poorly cross 21 Jumpstreet with Beverly Hills Cop. Its as if the screenwriter looked at Beverly Hills Cop and said hey, I could do that! Nick Cannon was likable in one movie only: Drumline. Any other movie you have to strain to like him. He is not funny and his character Tre' is such a ripoff of Axel Foley its a shame. He tries to be funny like Axel Foley, he gets deep into the case where it almost costs him his job just like Axel Foley. A lot of the action scenes look like something you would see in BHC. Plus it has an irascible police chief just like the one in Beverly Hills Cop. The only difference is that Tre' lives in Los Angeles and is not visiting. Rosalyn Sanchez is beautiful as always but is given nothing to work with. Nick's attempts to be funny falls flat and aren't you as tired as I of seeing these white kids trying to act black in these movies? It wasn't funny back then and its not funny now.Closing comments: Underclassman is a certified boring BHC wannabe that nobody can enjoy, not even on rainy days. The plot was weak, the acting was pathetic and the villain was lame(some dean forcing kids to steal cars...are you serious?). I'd recommend Beverly Hills Cop III(the weak link of the BHC series) over this mess.

Nick "Drumline" Cannon does his best to resurrect the Eddie Murphy of "Beverly Hills Cop," albeit with little success, in UNDERCLASSMAN. Cannon plays a cop who goes undercover as a student to probe a car theft ring and the related murder of a student. Unfortunately, Cannon is too lightweight and the plot is completely recycled from the aforementioned BEVERLY HILLS COP. A couple of car chases momentarily enliven things, and Cheech Marin is semi-funny as Cannon's long-suffering boss. But the film, which was held back from release for some time during the infamous Disney-Miramax war, finally arrived in 2005 DOA. For those who liked Cannon in "Drumline," you would be well advised to stay away from this.

This movie was downright awful. Let me stress the fact that Nick Cannon is nowhere near the word comedy. Heck, not even kids will laugh at his jokes. And I think Cannon tries too hard at imitating the Wayans brothers, he might look like them, but does not even come close to their definition of funny.Another thing that was disturbing was apparently Nick Cannon was the only person who had to be black who could play basketball, while the rest, who were "surprisingly" all white, couldn't even dribble, pass or shoot, and he amazingly single handedly crushed the other team. Awesome!!! I did not see that coming. Furthermore, this movie was so predictable it could be classified as a documentary. The only thing that was both shocking and stunning, was when Cannon missed a dunk while practicing with character Al. Other than that, it was no surprise that Cannon did not commit a single turnover or a single miss during his basketball games. Never in the history of my movie watching career have I seen a cop take a dump during a stakeout... let alone in the bushes. It may be comic to some, but it's the dumbest excuse and the most idiotic idea in letting the robbers get away. Needless to say I was not at all surprised that just as Kelly Hu and her partner were dropping the deuce, the robbers got away.I get the feeling that Siega did not even try to make this film entertaining. This movie is so terrible that I think Siega meant for this movie to suck! Oh.. and don't get me started on the acting... and what kind of private schools let teachers wear tight shirts and belly shirts??? All in all a greatly planned out disaster.

I was very skeptical about this movie: low rating, bad review but i really liked it!!! This is probably the most underrated movie ever!!!! I saw a lot of crappy movie made in 2005, some very bad, but they had always higher score than this!!!!!! why??? This is a nice adventure,cop, comedy movie.... OK this movie will not be a cult movie or a potential Oscar winner but it still worth watching. Absolutely not as bad as people say. So, if you are searching for a nice comedy,adv,cop,teen movie without deep plot and some laugh this is a good 90 minutes to spend in front of your TV!!! Don't believe the low rating!!!