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Black Dynamite

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After "The Man" kills his brother and poisons the neighborhood with tainted liquor, a kung fu fighter (Michael Jai White) wages a war that takes him all the way to Nixon's White House.
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A loving and meticulous send-up of 1970s blaxsploitation movies, Black Dynamite is funny enough for the frat house and clever enough for film buffs.

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Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online It falls into the category of what typically has become known as "Blaxploitation" films, but gave such films of the similar genre (for instance Coffy) a bad name. Rated: F Sep 12, 2017 Full Review Matt Bochenski Little White Lies A brilliant laugh-out-loud slapstick crowd pleaser made with love and talent. Rated: 4/5 Aug 13, 2010 Full Review Damon Wise Empire Magazine Fond and very funny homage to the exploitation era. Rated: 4/5 Aug 12, 2010 Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand A tongue-in-cheek tribute to the black exploitation action cinema of the seventies, [this] is a dead-on parody of the sloppy filmmaking, aggressive overacting and slapdash writing of the cheapest films of the genre. Aug 20, 2023 Full Review Andrea Hubert NME (New Musical Express) Brilliant Blaxploitation re-crafting Rated: 3.5/5 Apr 29, 2021 Full Review Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy Funny in ways that are as complex as the most challenging art film. Rated: 9/10 Dec 5, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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Fartin B If you don’t like this movie, you have brain damage. One of the funniest movies ever made. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/11/24 Full Review Honest A This movie is hilarious! A total riot. I can't stop laughing. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Single funniest movie of all time. I mean it! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member 8/10 really fun, nice Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member I never stopped laughing. Parody of old school blacksploitation at its finest. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Ian M A good tribute film made with a lot of love. Some people will call it dumb but that is the whole point. Pretty much the greatest straight to video film ever made. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/23/21 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After "The Man" kills his brother and poisons the neighborhood with tainted liquor, a kung fu fighter (Michael Jai White) wages a war that takes him all the way to Nixon's White House.
Director
Scott Sanders
Producer
Jon Steingart, Jenny Wiener Steingart
Screenwriter
Michael Jai White, Byron Minns, Scott Sanders
Distributor
Apparition
Production Co
Destination Films, Sucker Punch Pictures
Rating
R (Sexuality/Nudity|Language|Drug Content|Some Violence)
Genre
Comedy, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 16, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$228.5K
Runtime
1h 30m
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