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The Black Gestapo

R 1975 1h 28m Drama List
Tomatometer 0 Reviews 36% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
The staff leader (Charles P. Robinson) of a black community-service militia organizes a private army and initiates a violent war against white mobsters.

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Audience Member Made me feel physically sick. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member The title is a bit misleading. This movie is about a split-up between a left-wing and a right-wing black militant group. While the left-wing group tries to help the poor, the right-wing group replaces the white gangsters. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member This was pretty average Blaxploitation fare, as it never quite lived up to the fantastic and eye-catching poster art, but it does feature Charles Robinson (AKA Mac from Night Court) as a particularly menacing character, so that's something you don't see every day. Rental? Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member It has to be seen to be believed. The main Mafia boss and his shih-tzu, a militant training camp that makes 'Police Academy' look like 'Full Metal Jacket' and Phil Hoover as Vito trying to pick up a black chick are just some of the things that makes this comedy gold. It is brutal in parts, most notably someone getting their jaffas chopped off and flushed down the toilet. Terrible, I love it. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member It's a great grind house flick, I really hope Tarantino gives this a thought. Since the idea is thought provoking that what if blacks turned against whites or even enslaved them. Back in the 70's this would have been really offensive, but today standards the offensiveness makes this more enjoyable. It could be a much better film if this was remade. Fun film to watch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member The Black Gestapo is one of the most gloriously stupid films I've ever seen. The premise alone about a black militant group modeling themselves after Nazis promises a great deal of humor, but this film takes that ridiculous premise and adds a whole bunch of stupid things into the mix such as romance, sex and nudity, plenty of action scenes, hilariously bad dialogue, gangsters, drugs, back-stabbing, and so much more. This film made me fall in love with it in the same way films like Escape From L.A. and Doomsday by being gloriously idiotic and embracing its campyness to the fullest degree. It's pure, nonstop fun that will have you laughing, saying "What the fuck?" constantly, and feeling a sense of joy from watching so much stupidity unfold. The Black Gestapo is beyond any doubt one of the greatest so bad it's good films I've ever seen. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The staff leader (Charles P. Robinson) of a black community-service militia organizes a private army and initiates a violent war against white mobsters.
Director
Lee Frost
Producer
Wes Bishop
Screenwriter
Lee Frost, Wes Bishop
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 30, 2020
Runtime
1h 28m