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Entries Tagged as 'Blaxploitation'

The Mack (1973)

April 15th, 2008 · 4 Comments

 
Synopsis
John “Goldie” Mickens (Max Julien) and his partner Slim (Richard Pryor) are ambushed by rival gunmen in a junkyard. Two white detectives (Dan Gordon and William Watson) arrive on the scene and debate whether to kill Goldie or arrest him. Six years later, Goldie is […]

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Tags: Blaxploitation · Crooked officer · Cult favorite · Famous line · Master and pupil · Prostitute · Shootout

Cooley High (1975)

June 13th, 2006 · No Comments

In and around the Cabrini Green housing projects on Chicago’s north side in 1964, this much beloved coming-of-age film follows teenagers “Preach” (Glynn Turman) and “Cochise” (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs) as they goof around and try to find where they want to go in life.
Directed by Michael Schultz and written by Eric Monte, Cooley High was the […]

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Tags: Blaxploitation

Truck Turner (1974)

May 31st, 2006 · 1 Comment

Isaac Hayes stars in this terrific American International Pictures drive-in flick as the title character, a football player turned bounty hunter.
Truck and his partner Jerry (Alan Weeks) are dispatched to bring an armed and dangerous pimp to jail. […]

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Tags: Blaxploitation

Slaughter (1972)

May 30th, 2006 · No Comments

When a couple are blown up by a car bomb, their son, a retired Green Beret named Slaughter (Jim Brown) goes gunning for revenge. “The Man” gets Slaughter to agree to go to South America, and for reasons that […]

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Tags: Blaxploitation