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Michael Jai White (screenplay) &
Byron Minns (screenplay) ...
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16 October 2009 (USA) more
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This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother... more | add synopsis
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1 win more
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Black Dynamite Kicks It With Some Midnight Shows
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 11 November 2009, 5:50 PM, PST)
Play That Funky Music
(From Filmmaker Magazine. 1 November 2009, 1:47 PM, PST)
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Best Spoof since the 80's ZAZ glory days! more (14 total)
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Rated R for sexuality/nudity, language, some violence and drug content.
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USA:R (certificate #45443)
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O'Leary:
We heard about your brother's death and we don't want you running around turning the streets into rivers of blood.
Black Dynamite:
Then tell me who did it and I'll just leave a puddle.
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This is what "Undercover Brother" and "Grindhouse" (minus the 'phony' trailers) wished they could have been but weren't: a tribute to a dismissed period of cinema that feels like it belongs (and comes from) its era.
But this isn't just a collection of random jokes or stabs at blaxploitation genre clichés without rhyme or reason. There is an actual story (convoluted and non-sensical but it's there, and even allows long scenes that advance the plot to unfold without a single obvious joke), there are real characters (over-the-top and cliché' but not two-dimensional walking cardboards) and there are action/fighting scenes (enhanced via the same seamless green screen/CG technology used in "Kung-Pow" a few years back) that make this an actual blaxpoitation movie that just happens to be funny because it's being so true and respectful to the genre it represents. Michael Jai White looks and inhabits his lead role like he stepped out of the 1970's; it's the best casting for a movie since Christopher Reeve got the Superman/Clark Kent role, and I'm not kidding. Supporting actors really get into their blaxpoitation roles (Arsenio Hall and Tommy Davidson are hilarious in too-brief cameos) but they don't overplay their OTT personalities or overstay their welcome. The way "Black Dynamite" gets around its 'R' rating to sneak in a graphic sex scene is not only genius but ties directly with the movie's best scene in which the 'heroes' crack the code in a cafeteria. And the orphanage scene has to be seen to be believed. :-P Only the overblown finale that pushes things way past the breaking point (think "Shoot 'Em Up" and yes, it's that big a misfire) betrays the cinematic illusion that this is a 70's flick that's been rotting in a vault somewhere.
I got my $12.50's worth and will gladly wait for the DVD because I'm sure there's a joke or two I missed. The one's that hit the mark are hilarious though. Don't listen to the DVD Talk reviewer on this one (they're usually right but this time he's way off), "Black Dynamite" is a winnah!