Vietnam veteran Slaughter seeks revenge for his parents’ murder and is arrested for killing the gangster he thinks is responsible. However, the cops tell him that the real killer is still at large, and recruit him for a mission to Puerto Rico to bring the crime boss in question to justice.
With a title to die for – literally – this piece of blaxploitation tries to cash in on the supercool black avenger image institutionalised by Shaft(1971). But it’s set at such a fast pace by director Jack Starrett that you scarcely feel the pot-holes of the plot.
Jim Brown is the former Green Beret on a trigger-happy vendetta against the underworld mob responsible for killing his parents. It has the ruthless efficiency of a well-oiled automatic weapon – and as much characterisation.
Slaughter
Jim Brown Ann Cooper
Stella Stevens Dominick Hoffo
Rip Torn Harry Bastoli
Don Gordon Kim Walker
Marlene Clark A. W. Price
Cameron Mitchell Frank Morelli
Robert Phillips Jenny
Marion Brash Mario Felice
Norman Alfe Little Al
Eddie Lo Russo Eddie
Buddy Garion Gio
Roger Cudney Uncle
Juan Jose Laboriel Aunt
Francisca Lopes De Laboriel
