Demented N
Cleopatra Jones is an icon the second movie for me is more gritty and it is more visually impressive, some of the casino shots are wonderful her costumes are beautiful, she has a bit more meat to her dialogue this time around, and they really up the fighting after all her companion this time is a trained martial artist/ actress think of a Japanesse Cyntha Rothrock..... the only downfall for me is the cars and the music is not good it's more Beverly Hill Billies than action. But hey still a great movie! That Technically made more money than its budget so isn't that a hit and doesn't that make her the first black female to have a hit sequel! We know in hindsight it actually Sister Act but I'd like to know whether Cleopatra actually is the first. Cleopatra is an empowering black female and there anit many of them around especially one that A has a sequel and B doesn't flashes her boobs. Is Cleopatra Jones a feminist movie no it's just a movie about a secret agent. The movies I like extended versions of Charlie's Angels with more Columbo than Charlie's Angels added in. The fact the movie has a sequel is wonderful and it's quite nice to binge-watch the two of them together, if not just for her stunning outfit she really is one hell of a woman.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
03/01/23
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christopher c. m
This is full of 1970s cheese, but the good kind. This is nothing but dumb fun and they knew that and embraced every mind blowing second of it. I think they were inspired by the Roger Moore "James Bond" flicks. The villains are over the top cartoonishly evil, but that goes with the cheese they wanted. This is not high art, thank god. This is exactly what's on the tin. Action packed, no holds bard ass kicking fun and never pretends to be something it's not.
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
03/31/23
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This movie is a classic favourite with me and my brother. The high camp and comedic moments are more obvious than the original release two years prior. The action sequences are enjoyable and the costumes fabulous. The acting is a lot stronger all round and the finale is great. Tamara Dobson is perfect as the sassy and sharp witted detective Cleopatra Jones, in this film she seems a lot more comfortable in the lead role. The support characters of Mi-Ling; Melvin; Matthew and Stanley are memorable although no one ever steals a scene from Tamara's Cleo. Stella Stevens plays a convincing, camp and creepy lesbian villainess The Dragon Princess. Overall a great blaxploitation romp. Definitely one of the better films made. Shame there were only two Cleopatra Jones releases.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
01/13/23
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lenny r
Interesting attempt to turn Cleo into a James Bond-style international agent, but the stakes are too low to be very thrilling and there really isn't much of a point to any of it. Dobson seems more confident in the role, but looks just as ridiculous, if not more so, than she did last time. She dons a progressively more gaudy and impractical series of outfits as the film goes on, culminating in a spangly suit with skullcap that looks like it was taken from an old Esther Williams movie, which seems an illogical choice for sneaking around in the dark. I suppose it's the '70s female blaxploitation equivalent of Bond's designer tailored suits, but at least a tuxedo is, you know, plain black.
There is some OK, if generic, action. The car chase is less inspired than last time, and Cleo's Corvette is sadly nowhere in sight. Mi Ling's stuntman looks nothing like her. The dialogue is not as sharp as before, though the actors do OK. Good to see the Johnson brothers back. Giving us another (implied) predatory lesbian villain seems a bit unimaginative, and Stevens is no Shelley Winters.
I just wish we'd gotten to see Cleo fight the Nazis in Cleopatra Jones and the Last Crusade. That would have been awesome.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
03/31/23
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When two of Cleopatra Jones's friends Albert Popwell and Caro Kenyatta go missing in Hong Kong, she goes up against drug lord Stella Stevens, who they were investigating. This sequel is a lot lighter in tone than "Cleopatra Jones", and the Hong Kong location allows martial arts to be thrown into the previous film's female-Blaxploitation-James-Bond genre stew. I enjoyed this one slightly more than the first one, and while it doesn't have Bill McKinney, it has Norman Fell.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
02/01/23
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I watched this film back-to-back with the first film and this one was quite different. The first film alludes to her being a super spy and she fight like one, but this sequel actually has her globe hopping like he is a James Bond super spy, this time going under cover in Hong Kong for her new boss, played by the great Norman Fell. Tamara Dobson is still quite good as Jones and in this film goes up against "The Dragon Lady" played by Stella Stevens. The first film definitely seemed like a blaxploitation film, but this one was trying to be more of a spy picture and it may have overreached, but the absurdity of the film is pretty infectious, even if it wasn't intentional. This sequel was co-produced by Run Run Shaw, who likely helped with the Hong Kong setting and must of the HK martial arts cast. Overall, the first film was a lightweight blaxploitation flick and this sequel is more of a corny but enjoyable kung-fu international woman of mystery flick.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
01/31/23
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