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When drug dealers take out his kid brother, ex-CIA agent Black Dynamite (Spawn's Michael Jai White) makes like a karate-chopping dynamo to track them down. Armed with a .44 Magnum, a set of nunchucks, and a sexy 'stache, Big D starts out in the City of Angels, where his buddies Cream Corn (In Living Color's Tommy Davidson), a hustler, and Bullhorn (co-writer Byron Minns), a club owner, offer to lend a hand. The deeper Dynamite digs, the more endangered his life becomes as he uncovers a conspiracy to keep the black man down by flooding the streets with malt liquor and filling the country's orphanages with smack. Since the smooth operator has a way with the ladies, he also enlists Gloria (I Am Legend's Salli Richardson-Whitfield), a socially-conscious soul sister, to aid in his clean-up campaign. Director Scott Sanders and White, who co-wrote the script, collaborated on 1998's Thick as Thieves, and their chemistry shines through. If the supporting cast can be a little wooden, White gives Shaft's Richard Roundtree a run for the money with his cool-cat charisma. Set in 1972, Black Dynamite doesn't just act like a movie from the Superfly era, it looks and sounds like one, too, courtesy Adrian Younge's old-school funk score, Shawn Maurer's 16mm cinematography, a cartoon credit sequence, and some carefully choreographed boom mic appearances. And dig those crazy cameos: Arsenio Hall as Tasty Freeze, Brian McKnight as Sweet Meat, and NBA veteran John Salley as Kotex. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Some dynamite kung-fu treachery!,
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This review is from: Black Dynamite (DVD)
Michael Jai White is...Black Dynamite!Shot on 70's film stock to give it that saturated vintage look, and loaded with great original music, Black Dynamite is a treat. It looks authentically 70's, but it's not for everybody. Some will look at the poorly focused camera work, the shoddy stunts, the bad dialogue, and the rubber baseball bats and turn it off immediately. Others will "get it" and appreciate this for what it is: A skillfully directed spoof movie that actually works! Michael Jai White came up with the look and concept of the title character, Black Dynamite. Cleverly spoofing 70's blaxploitation and kung-fu films, with built-in defects such as visible boom mikes and actors that are clearly reading their lines off cue cards, this movie comes off so authentic that some people actually think it's a low budget 70's film. Black Dynamite, a former CIA agent who's seen action in 'Nam, hits the streets to find out who killed his brother. This takes him face to face with a drug dealing gang lead by Rafelli (Mike Starr), and some kung-fu treachery that goes all the way to the top. Black Dynamite is the toughest cat in town, a kung fu expert and smooth with the ladies. Yet he's not all bad -- he's got a soft spot for orphans, and a vendetta against drug dealers. As the movie progresses, it gets more and more absurd. Starting off as a street vigilante story, it eventually escalates to conspiracy and a deadly encounter on Kung Fu Island. By the time you get to the climax, you will hardly believe it. Tie this in with some pretty awesome fighting moves by White, and some infinitely quotable dialogue, and you have a movie that you will watch over and over again. Black Dynamite as a movie just works. It is an homage more than a spoof, and obvious love for the genre was poured into the film. At various times it feels like a legitimate 70's blaxploitation film, at others you're laughing your face off. As mentioned, it gets more and more bizarre as it goes along, so hang on tight. DVD extras are sparse, but valuable if you don't know a lot about this genre. It will give you some insight if you're unfamiliar with those 70's classic B-movies. Clearly, Michael Jai White and co. did this lovingly. Sound like something you'd be into? Dynamite! 5 stars.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Black Dynamite Makes Everything All Right,
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This review is from: Black Dynamite (DVD)
Excellent film, one of Michael Jai White's best. Spoofing off of blaxpoitation films of the past, White plays a shaft-like ex-cia agent with more Kung-Fu skills than anyone in town. The gimmicks work, the continuity mishaps work, and the kung-fu is great too.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
jive turkey of a solid idea,
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This review is from: Black Dynamite (DVD)
The idea behind this to do a blaxploitation flick in this century is righteous, my brutha. The problem is someone forgot to pay a decent scriptwriter. The movie looks fantastic and captures that whole '70s B movie feel (even the obvious on purpose boom mics in scenes). The afros are tremendous. The dialogue at times right on, sista.I just found the whole movie as slow as Fred Sanford walking in his yard. Plus where are the laughs? I just found it fell incredibly flat. The trailer is what sold me on renting the DVD. Don't be fooled. The trailer is all it has going for it. Stick with the original '70s movies of the genre. Extras have a making of, commentary track and that's about all, my man.
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