Key Takeaways
- O’Shea Jackson Jr. named All About the Benjamins his favorite Ice Cube movie on Silver Spoons, calling the 2002 action comedy underrated.
- Jackson picked War of the Worlds as his father’s worst film despite admitting he hadn’t watched it, arguing its release and marketing unfairly damaged his dad’s reputation.
- He also praised Anaconda because his father’s character survives and helps kill the giant snake.
O'Shea Jackson Jr. weighed in on his father Ice Cube's best and worst movies, and he believes Hollywood did the rap legend dirty with one particular film.
During a recent appearance on Silver Spoons, the actor joined hosts CJ Wallace and Jae'Won to discuss his career, growing up as Cube's son, and his father's extensive filmography.
When asked to name his favorite Ice Cube movie, Jackson didn't hesitate to pick the 2002 action comedy All About the Benjamins, which also stars Mike Epps.
"My favorite. I feel like it's underrated. All About the Benjamins," Jackson said, arguing that the film doesn't get talked about enough.
He also recalled watching the movie as a kid and seeing Eva Mendes for the first time.
However, Jackson had a much different reaction when discussing what he believes is his father's worst movie, the 2025 sci-fi film War of the Worlds, although he admitted he hadn't actually watched it.
"It's got to be War of the Worlds," Jackson said. "I didn't see it, but that's the shit that they shot during the pandemic."
Jackson criticized the film's production and release, saying the circumstances around the project made his father look bad.
"The movie should have never came out," he said, before alleging that Universal sold the film to Amazon despite its shortcomings.
He also took issue with Cube being prominently featured in the movie's marketing, suggesting that the studio placed too much responsibility for the film on his father.
"They tried to do that shit to poison my dad because they try to act like his ass did that shit for the red team and that's not true," Jackson said.
"I know what they did, bro. They tried to poison my dad, man."
Despite his criticism, Jackson made it clear that his father has plenty of movies worth celebrating. He also singled out the 1997 thriller Anaconda as another favorite, particularly because Cube's character survives the film.
"Also, Anaconda because he don't die," Jackson said.
He jokingly argued that his father deserves more recognition for surviving a horror movie, noting that Cube's character also helps take down the giant snake.
"Anaconda, my dad hella didn't die, and he killed a snake," he said.
Jackson has previously defended Cube's Hollywood résumé against critics, pointing to films such as Barbershop, Ride Along, and 21 Jump Street as examples of his father's success beyond the 1990s.
The actor also has firsthand experience with his father's work, having portrayed Cube in the 2015 N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton, which marked his feature film debut.
