Eddie Murphy had one in "Boomerang" and Martin Lawrence had one in "A Thin Line." What's that one? An homage to their ego. "How to be a Player" is Bill Bellamy's homage to his ego and then some. This was a disgusting display womanizing that, beyond absurdly unbelievable, was repulsive. I never thought Bill Bellamy was funny, but that's not to say he couldn't gather enough talent around him to make a funny movie. No, he could not.

Bill Bellamy made himself an ultra-player. He had women all over the area jonesing for his loving. He shamelessly sexed up one woman after another in a serial fashion. To make the scenario even more ridiculous he had his posse tag along with him from house to house as he laid the wood to his mistresses. These tagalongs of his weren't friends of his as much as they were sycophants. They clamored just to get some of his knowledge, some of his game, or some of his leftovers. It was the utmost of servile, pedantic, and humiliating. It should have been humiliating for both the "player" and his pupils.

Bill had his teacher as well, Uncle Fred, who was none other than Max Julien, the star of the 1973 blaxploitation film, "The Mack." Uncle Fred gave a quick pimp lesson to the admiring youngsters sitting around him like star struck fans. It was some of the dumbest and simplest summation of men/women relations that could ever had been uttered. Howard Stern could not have spoke stupider words.

So, the movie went, Bill slayed one girl after another while his surly sister tried to take him down. His animal attraction was so strong that even when one woman knew his game, she couldn't help but be attracted. The climactic scene would come in the form of all of his conquests showing up at the same party. It turned into your typical juggling act in which he had to figure out how to keep all the women in the dark. Because he was a super player he was able to deftly keep all the women in the dark and even land his sister's friend. It was a wet dream for the most active "player." Bill Bellamy was a player MVP.

I think there were two funny scenes, none of which involved Bill Bellamy. And that was probably the biggest crime of the movie.

Bill Bellamy's pretty famous from this role. It's almost surprising he wasn't in more comedic roles back in the '90s as he's great looking even being an MTV VJ, almost being the keyword. OK, well enough about Bill. I love all the women in HtBaP especially Lark Voorhies and Natalie Desselle! God rest Natalie's sweet soul. Natalie's so pretty and Lark is a pretty girl legend whose so gorg. HtBaP has a bunch of hot babes that show their boobs, like supermodel Amber Smith for one. This was like a dirty little dose of softcore porn for me when I was a teen. HtBaP is a completely original fun film that I love. Not for the kids.

Anyone who thinks that this is not one of the best movies ever needs to seriously rethink their life. The acting was on point, the characters were well developed, and I certainly learned a thing or two about life. Life dose NOT get much better than this. I own two copies one on VHS and one on DVD so that way where ever I am I can watch this amazing flick. My favorite scene is the backyard barbecue.... the way the pimp of all pimps gives his advice is an aspiration to us all. I would suggest to anyone at all that you go and buy this amazing theatrical effort as soon as you possibly could. The very state of your life could depend on it.