A spot on parody of 70s Blaxploitation films such as Shaft and Super Fly and stars Michael Jai White as the titular Black Dynamite - Kung Fu master and all around ladies man.
The plot, such as it is, concerns the killing of Black Dynamite's brother Jimmy then leads off into various plots concerning orphans on smack and whiskey that reduces penis size.
The film is a never ending set of jokes about the genre and nails each one perfectly. Not to spoil any of them but you will need to keep an keen eye on the screen as lines are fluffed, equipment gets in the way, action sequences are bodged and the most blatant example of (fake) product placement is revealed.
And the climactic fight (after a trip to Kung Fu Island that is) has to be seen to be believed.
Black Dynamite is an absolute blast and Jai White and the rest of the cast do the best thing they can in this kind of environment - play it totally straight.
Curiously it's taken since 2009 for the film to hit these shores and only is being released on DVD. But when the film is supposed to look like it was made in the 70s...is there any point in Blu-Ray sprucing it up?
****
A spoof film that is smart AND funny? You better believe it sucka! The best example of it's kind since Airplane. Dig it?
1 comment:
Heard nothing but good things about this film, will have to check in our (particularly as I loved cheeesy spoof flick MacGruber).
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