Amazon.com video review:
After he sang the praises of a certain black private dick
named Shaft (but
before he started slinging hash in the little town of South Park),
mega-baritone crooner Isaac Hayes got a chance to personally bust some
heads in this little known but ultra-cool blaxploitation classic.
Hayes (who would later spoof his rock-solid performance in I'm Gonna Get You
Sucka) is the titular ex-linebacker and bounty hunter who's
determined to clean up the savage streets--with extreme prejudice. A
sadly neglected, primo slice of '70s guilty pleasure that boasts a
dream supporting cast including Scatman Crothers, Yaphet Kotto as an
evil crime boss named Harvard Blue, and Trek's Nichelle Nichols
as a very un-Uhura-like, foul-mouthed lady of the evening. Fans who
can't get enough of Isaac should also check out his riotous turn as
the villain in Escape
from New York. --Andrew Wright
