Trouble Man: So you've got Mr. T who is hired by to find out who's knocking over floating craps games and keep a gang war from breaking out.  And then that leads to some murders in a pool hall and a frame-up by crooked cops.  And it all ends in a big shoot-out in the rented out top floors of a luxury hotel which are all offices and a swanky ( Read more... )

I only managed about thirty or so minutes on this one. Showing, as my friend Noah often says, that there is a vast difference between unintentional camp and movies that try to be so-bad-they're-good. Black Dynamite tries to be a parody or homage of Blaxploitation movies with intentionally terrible dialogue and "poor" cinematography. But it just ( Read more... )

Ron O'Neal plays drug dealer Priest who seems to have it all made. But he's looking to make one final big score so that he can get out of the thug life. The blaxploitation classic is probably better known for Curtis Mayfield's memorable score than the adequate acting and directing. Though it does have a few well done scenes, including a superbly ( Read more... )