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The Final Comedown

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Out of racism rises a young militant leader (Billy Dee Williams) who thinks the only answer is armed revolution.

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delysid d the movie i saw had terrible dubbing problems. like, the actors mouth would move and then a second later you would hear their voice Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/30/18 Full Review Audience Member From The Blaxpolitation Triple Feature Collection put out by Diamond Entertainment, is a serious film about black revolutionaries and not really an action film. Billy Dee plays a young man fed up with racism who decides to take things into his own hands. It's fairly gritty and realistic without exploiting the characters but still it's not that interesting either and Billy Dee's character, though maltreated by white authority figures, doesn't really come off as sympathetic. It's also hurt by it's extremely low budget. Still, it's interesting to look at as it's a good depicttion of 1970s social issues. 2 Stars 7-12-04 (Updated) Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member The Final Comedown is a surprisingly good blaxploitation film that I could actually take seriously. Unlike most other films of its kind, it actually works as a political film thanks to solid writing and strong performances from the cast. While the film can be hammy at times, it does succeed at what it aims to do. I was also surprised by how strange and surreal some of the imagery was, which gave the film a dreamlike quality at times. I think this is a very underrated film that is much better than expected. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member An angry Billy Dee Williams uses a gun to fight back on grim racial inequality in the early 1970's. Billy Dee lacks the style here that he would go on to showcase for years in his Colt 45 ads. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member An interesting experiment. Too experimental and didactic to really work as a movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Most of the film centers on a ridiculous alleyway SWAT assault, hundreds of police rifles centered on Billy Dee Williams’ gut shot rebel. I can’t think of another movie with a higher body count (maybe Schwarzenegger’s Commando); there must be at least 40-50 people randomly killed over the course of the movie. The other part of the film is dealt out in flashback, various folks having to suffer through Billy Dee’s hate filled blather and I found myself having a real hard time feeling sorry for such an arrogant, idealess, one dimensional fool. I love young Billy Dee Williams and I wish films like The Take, Hit!, or Number One With A Bullet were available on DVD and I didn’t have to suffer through this mess to get my fix. Not VF. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Out of racism rises a young militant leader (Billy Dee Williams) who thinks the only answer is armed revolution.
Director
Oscar Williams
Production Co
Oscar Williams & Associates, Billy Dee Williams Enterprises
Rating
R
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 20, 2017
Runtime
1h 24m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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