The flood of Blaxploitation pictures continued in 1971 with Shaft, in which Richard Roundtree played the eponymous black private eye hired to find Marcy, the kidnapped…
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Richard Roundtree returned once more as the super-cool black private eye in this second sequel to the Blaxploitation classic Shaft (1971). With a screenplay by Stirling Silliphant – who…
Richard Roundtree and Moses Gunn returned in the sequel to the huge blockbuster Shaft (1971), which kicked off the early 1970s blaxploitation craze – and later…
In one violent hour, the world of a proud, arrogant ex-Green Beret captain and Vietnam veteran named Slaughter (Jim Brown) blows up when a bomb…
Black Vietnam vet/urban warrior Slaughter (Jim Brown) returns to avenge the murder of his mother and father by gangsters, led this time around by Ed…
When her club-owner fiancé, Langston (Larry Don Johnson), is beaten to death by gangsters, foxy lady “Sugar” Hill (Marki Bey) decides not to get mad,…
This low-budget but fast-moving and flashy Blaxploitation film was released in some markets as Hangup. Heroic black LA narcotics cop Ken Ramsey (William Elliott) seeks…
Directed by Gordon Parks Jr – the son of the man who directed Shaft (1971) – this superb Blaxploitation film starred Ron O’Neal as antihero Youngblood…
Harlem hustler Priest (Ron O’Neal) is back in a sequel to the hit Superfly (1972). This time, he is persuaded to leave his Rome hideout, where…
Almost certainly the most important feature in the history of black filmmaking in the US, this is an angry riposte to the stereotypical characters that…
Jefferson Bolt (ex-NFL star Fred Williamson) is a courier and martial arts bad-ass who is hired to take $1 million from Hong Kong to Mexico…
“She’ll Put You in Traction,” said the New World ads. Because her brother is missing, young karate expert Diana “TNT” Jackson from Harlem (beautiful Jeanne…
Five-year-old Tommy (Anthony Wilson) witnesses the murder of tough but kindly policeman ‘Mr Kool’ (Ed Bernard) – a well-respected and admired figure in the community…
Christopher St. John wrote, produced, directed and starred in this tale of embittered, violence-prone black Washington DC cop George Lattimer who is looked upon as…
Twentieth Century-Fox’s answer to the black action cycle initiated by MGM’s Shaft (1971) was this crude and violent underworld melodrama starring Robert Hooks as Mr T,…
Truck Turner (Isaac Hayes) is a violent bounty hunter. He and his partner, Jerry (Alan Weeks), apprehend dangerous criminals who have skipped bail for ridiculously…
Willie Dynamite (Roscoe Orman – yes, Gordon from Sesame Street!) is a flamboyant but down-on-his-luck New York pimp. His pimpmobile – a tricked-out metallic purple…