Mr. Nanny
1993
Starring: Hulk Hogan, Sherman Hemsley, James Coffey, Ed Leslie, Arthur Anaoi
Directed By: Michael Gottlieb
Well, you guys picked the review, and Mr. Nanny was the lucky one to feel my wrath this time. So, without further ado, this review is about to get the "big boot and leg drop" combo...
A friend persuades the former wrestling star Sean Armstrong (Hulk Hogan) to do a job as bodyguard for the two kids of top manager Frank Mason - someone is threatening him to get the plans for a secret micro chip. But when Sean arrives at his house it turns out that he'll not only have to bodyguard the spoiled brats, but also be their nanny, since they again scared away their former one. From then on he's occupied more protecting himself from the kids than them from the villain.
Ok, with the synopsis out of the way, this movie is absolute garbage. There is no mistaking the bad acting and seeing as the Hulkster portrays a "washed up wrestler", it's obvious to me that he chooses roles close to his own heart. Everyone absolutely loved Hulk as a wrestler, but the only thing this guy had going for him was two moves that wouldn't even hurt an infant. So Hulk Hogan decides to start doing movies. When he first made this choice, that my friends was the beginning of the apocolypse. The sad thing about Mr. Nanny isn't the fact that Hulk Hogan is in it, it's the fact that Sherman Hemsley is. Mr. Hemsley was best known for his role as George Jefferson and has struggled since to break the Jefferson mold. The saddest part of all of this: Sherman agreed to do this movie.
On top of the over the top and bad acting, the plot is absolutely horrible. What believable concept is there in this whole fucking shit-fest you may ask? Not one. In fact, I've found handicapped people struggling in their wheelchairs more humorous. Remember that show Life Goes On with that kid with down syndrome? Well, Corky was a better actor than Hulk Hogan and delivered better performances than the entire cast of Mr. Nanny. So, what does that say about Mr. Nanny? It says that a fucking retard can act circles around the Hulkster and be more entertaining.
Now I don't have anything against retarded people, but it seems to me that one actually wrote and directed Mr. Nanny. Where is Michael Gottlieb now after Mr. Nanny? Well, it's no longer directing movies, that's for sure. This guy is responsible for some of the worst fucking movies of all time. Don't believe me, check out his resume': Mannequin (1987), The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990), Mr. Nanny (1993), and A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995). Ok, this guy hasn't done shit in 11 years, and I know the royalties from Mr. Nanny aren't putting food on his table, so what's he been up to? Producing shitty video games. This guy needs his ass whipped on principle alone, but being the man responsible for also writing Mannequin 2, this guy needs the "big boot and leg drop" combo.
Needless to say, Mr. Nanny is filled with cliche after cliche and is so god awful that I'm sure some small rift in the space time continuum opened up and swallowed some careers on this one. In fact, I'm suprised Hulk Hogan even worked again after this one. It's bad enough he did Suburban Commando, but followed up by Mr. Nanny? Somone should have put the Hulkster down like a horse with a broken leg.
There isn't much more I can really say because this movie is so bad, I don't really feel like wasting much more of my precious time clubbing it in the head like a baby seal. There is not one good thing I can say about this movie except that when it's over, you're the happiest you've been in an hour and a half. I'd honestly rather watch the Hulkster get his ass beat by his family on his own tv show than by anyone else. At least on his tv show he's somewhat believable as someone who's playing a washed up wrestler.
All in all, I give this movie one giant leg drop from the top rope in hopes that I never have to subject myself to it again. As for the career of Sherman Hemsley: Rest In Peace.
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