Kazaam

Kazaam is a 1996 comedy film that stars Shaquille O'Neal as the title character, a genie, who appears from a magic boombox to grant a boy three wishes. The film was shot in Brooklyn and Los Angeles. The film begins with a wrecking ball destroying an abandoned building. The impact knocks over a magic lamp inside of the building, causing it to land on a boombox. The genie inside decides to make residence inside the boombox from there on in. Meanwhi... more

Kazaam is a 1996 comedy film that stars Shaquille O'Neal as the title character, a genie, who appears from a magic boombox to grant a boy three wishes. The film was shot in Brooklyn and Los Angeles. The film begins with a wrecking ball destroying an abandoned building. The impact knocks over a magic lamp inside of the building, causing it to land on a boombox. The genie inside decides to make residence inside the boombox from there on in. Meanwhile, a schoolboy named Max is confronted and chased down by a group of bullies through the city of New Bronslin. Max is chased into the abandoned building, where he discovers the boombox and accidentely unleashes the genie inside. The genie, who introduces himself as Kazaam (Shaquille O'Neal), tells Max that he is now Max's genie and proves it to him by demonstrating his powers, which results in Kazaam disappearing off the face of the earth. Max returns home to find that his mother is marrying a fireman. It is also revealed that his mother lied... less