Black Dynamite – Dir Scott Sanders, starring Michael Jai White, Salli Richardson, Arsenio Hall, Kevin ChapmanThe writers, most of whom also star, had a lot of fun with this low-budget spoof blaxploitation movie. CIA agent Black Dynamite (White) vows to clean up the streets after his brother is murdered; he finds out that his brother was actually working for the CIA, that those responsible are filling the black orphanages with heroin, and that the government is behind it all.
Along the way (lots of biff bang boom action) more plots emerge, including one to use malt liquor to shrink black men's manhood. A fiendish Dr Wu, who created the secret formula responsible, is defeated on Kung-Fuu Island and confesses that Pres Richard Nixon is the true mastermind. Black Dynamite triumphs over Nixon in a kung-Fuu battle.
Silly? You bet. Clever? Actually yes, because it really does satirise the gimmicks in action movies of most styles. Fun? Definitely, but go with a bunch of like-minded friends – and be prepared to guffaw.
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