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Black Dynamite (2009)

Directed by Scott Sanders

Action | Crime | Comedy

Most recently watched by sensoria, noahphex, seanCduregger, BTSjunkie

Overview

This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.

Rated R | Length 85 minutes

Actors

Michael Jai White | Arsenio Hall | Tommy Davidson | Kevin Chapman | Richard Edson | Bokeem Woodbine | Buddy Lewis | Irwin Keyes | Miguel A. Núñez, Jr. | Nicole Ari Parker | Salli Richardson-Whitfield | John Salley | Mike Starr | Nicole Sullivan | Mykelti Williamson | Cedric Yarbrough | Roger Yuan | Tucker Smallwood | Phil Morris | Obba Babatundé | Kym Whitley | William Bassett | Byron Minns | Baron Vaughn | Damion Poitier | Darrel Heath | Chris Spencer | Sean Christopher | Fredella Calloway | Justine Joli | Erika Vution | Stacy Adams | Charmane Star | Charlotte Stokely | Cory Gluck | Pete Antico

Viewing History (seen 3 times)

Viewing Notes

The second feature in TR TV’s “spoof night” double feature. I haven’t seen this since it was briefly in theaters on release so it was sweet to revisit, esp. since I’ve seen a lot more blaxploitation films since then. Man, this movie really rides the line between being a dead-on impression and a spoof. So much of the stuff here is literally the same kind of crazy you’d find in many blaxploitation flicks, dialogue and action beats. It’s when Michael Jai White starts pushing his exaggeration that the scene reaches spoof territory. But ohmygosh is it a riot. It was a blast just with the Kast live chat but it would be a *great* movie night flick.

One of these days…

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