When a bumbling movie lover becomes magnetized while attempting to
sabotage a local power plant and accidentally erases all of the videotapes in
the small video store where his best friend works, the pair attempt to keep the
store's loyal customer base by remaking as many of the top-renting movies
as possible. Mike (Mos Def) is an employee at Be Kind Rewind, a modest mom and
pop video store that is owned by Mr. Fletcher (Danny Glover). Mike's best friend
Jerry (Jack Black) works in an auto garage/junkyard directly adjacent to a local
power plant. Lately Jerry has become increasingly paranoid about the effects
that the power plant is having on his health. Convinced that he has developed a
brain tumor from working in such close proximity to the power plant, Jerry
attempts to sabotage the plant. Unfortunately for Jerry, his brain is magnetized
in the process. The next time Jerry goes to visit Mike at Be Kind Rewind, the
powerful magnetization emanating from his brain erases every videotape in the
store. Now the only way for Mike and Jerry to be sure that Be Kind Rewind stays
in business is to remake every film on the shelves before the customers notice.
But when word gets out that Mike and Jerry have remade such Hollywood classics
as Back to the Future, Robocop, The Lion King, and Rush Hour without permission,
the store is threatened with copyright violations and forced to close its doors.
In the aftermath of the closing, Mr. Fletcher and his employees discover just
how loyal their customers really are when the entire neighborhood pools their
resources to transform the junkyard into a legitimate movie studio and produce
an entirely original film detailing the incredible adventures of a local jazz
legend. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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