Disclaimer: Contains spoilers!
Plot Summary: The dumbest characters yet steal me fucking gold from the leprechaun and suffer the consequences.
Review: Forget everything I said about the last entry being the worst. THIS takes the cake! If the title weren't a big enough hint, this is another instance of every second being pure, unfettered torture to the senses. The only reason I'm not lowering the score further is because whoever scored the music was clearly having fun. I guess they thought they were creating music for the next "Lord of the Rings" or something. I'm not saying the music was good either--it was merely proof someone wanted this movie not to suck ass. And why the fuck are we going "back 2 tha hood?" Every entry has introduced a new location yet this was the lone setting they felt was worth revisiting?! You couldn't go back to Vegas? Fuck, take this franchise to Japan or Egypt or anywhere really. I mean, seriously, is the stoner crowd really this lucrative of an audience?
I know this will come as such a big shock, but--surprise--they completely ignore the events of the last film. In the past this was dumb enough as it was, but it's that much more idiotic given that they're still in "tha hood." Couldn't make even a passing reference to the previous events? They also immediately negate the theory that each leprechaun is different by explaining that this one particular leprechaun is the only evil one. Anyway, this time around the leprechaun is captured by the same hands that dragged Jason to hell--because that makes sense--after some priest uses holy clover water? Pshh...whaaat?! A year later, the most retarded characters in the series discover the leprechaun's gold...which causes him to come back from hell? Dude, I have no fucking clue; the dog pissing on Freddy's grave made more sense than this. These tools proceed to spend me fucking gold on lavish gifts and, of course, weed! Come on, son, that should have been a given. Eventually the leprechaun pops up to kill everyone in another overly roundabout manner. The way me fucking gold works in this entry makes little sense, and I don't think the filmmakers understood their own premise nor that the leprechaun wasn't exactly doing the best job collecting the gold.
What really makes this entry feel like absolute garbage is the cheap effects and pandering moments for the stoners. For example, a scene when a wannabe drug dealer boxes the leprechaun or when a witch suddenly starts using spells. Yes, you read that correctly...a magic witch appears to fight the leprechaun for a few fleeting moments. To a non-high viewer these events are pathetic and utterly stupid in every conceivable way. However, the worst offense is not killing off the majority of the main flunkies in the cast. A happy ending for these fuck-ups? Oh man, that's a good one. By the way, they use four-leaf clover bullets to stop the leprechaun. Yup...four-leaf clover...bullets--they went there. Yet, the leprechaun's final defeat is to simply push him into wet cement that he can't seem to climb out of for whatever reason? Oh goodness gracious.
Realistically, what was anyone expecting from a sixth leprechaun film? There is no continuity when there was literally no excuse not to acknowledge the last installment. The effects are laughable, but I will admit they still tried to use practical effects. Trying to make the music epic somewhat makes this so bad it's good material, but it needs a helluva lot more than that overall. Making the main characters survive was unforgivable, and the leprechaun's defeat was moronic to say the least. Needless to say, this movie is horrendously bad from start to finish. Thank Rika I am approaching the final entry in this godforsaken franchise; I really don't know how much more idiocy I can tolerate.
Notable Moment: When some witch starts fighting the leprechaun DBZ-style out of nowhere. Uhhh...okaaay.
Final Rating: 2.5/10
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