House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute

Jerod Mixon

Marques Houston

Kym Whitley

Alexis Fields

Dorien Wilson

Jerome Jones

Kelton Kessee

Meagan Good

Buddy Lewis

Mari Morrow

Dwan Smith

Jerry DeLoach

Donald Jarman

Shane Johnson

Jamal Mixon

Chris Stokes

Irene Stokes

Why do Kid and Play not appear in this movie?

House Party 3 (1994) was supposed to be the last film in the House Party franchise. By the time House Party 4 was released, both Christopher Reid and Christopher Martin (who played Kid and Play respectively in the first three movies) had left the music business to focus on their own careers, and their platinum-selling hip hop group Kid N' Play was no more. So far, Reid and Martin have neither publicly nor privately expressed their opinions on this sequel.

Does "House Party 4" feature any of the cast in the first three movies besides Marques Houston and Jerome Jones?

No. House Party 4 was created mainly for the direct-to-video market, and is not a continuation of the first three movies. As stated in the previous question, this film does not feature Christopher Reid and Christopher Martin, who had both retired from public service years earlier. Robin Harris had died of a heart attack 11 years earlier (which explains why there are different actors in the House Party sequels), and Bernie Mac, Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Angela Means and any of the actors in the previous House Party movies had reportedly declined to appear in this sequel, so therefore, only Marques Houston and Jerome Jones returned. As stated in the first question, they do not play the same characters they portrayed in House Party 3.

Is "House Party 4" connected to the first three movies?

One of the connections between this film and any of the previous House Party movies is that two out of three of the members of the R&B group Immature appeared in House Party 3 (1994). Unlike House Party 3, however, Marques Houston plays a high school student named Jon Jon, while Jerome Jones and Kelton Kessee play his best friends Mark and T respectively. Another connection is that Jon Jon's family and Uncle Charles could be related to Kid or his Uncle Vester (played by the late Bernie Mac in House Party 3); that is likely the case because they are all African-Americans, have the same last name (Harris) and live in Los Angeles, California but not in the same area.