One Down, Two to go (1976)
"One Down, Two to Go" (original title)

A pair of tough cops go after the mob who jinxed the martial arts tournament and injured their buddy.

Director:

Fred Williamson

Writer:

Fred Williamson (story)

Stars:

Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Jim Kelly

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Fred Williamson	...	Cal
Jim Brown	...	J
Jim Kelly	...	Chuck
Richard Roundtree	...	Ralph
Paula Sills	...	Teri
Laura Loftus	...	SalIy
Joe Spinell	...	Joe Spangler
Tom Signorelli	...	Mario
John Guitz	...	Bob (as John Gruitz)
Richard Noyce	...	Hank
Peter Dane	...	Rossi
Victoria Hale	...	Mrs. Rossi
Warrington Winters	...	Sheriff Lucas
Louis Neglia	...	Armando
Aaron Banks	...	Announcer

Storyline

During a high-stakes east-west karate tournament, coach Chuck suspects the match is rigged against him. When looking around the other team's locker room gets him shot, he calls in Cal and J, his partners from California. After exercising a little persuasion and a lot of brute force, they discover who's behind it all. Now the only problem is getting back the money Chuck is owed.

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Plot Keywords:

tournament | karate tournament | martial arts | written and directed by cast member | psychotronic | 

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Taglines:

Jim Brown! Fred Williamson! Jim Kelly! Richard Roundtree! A Bad Black Machine Wasting The Mob

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 November 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

Three the Hard Way Part 2

Filming Locations:

Meadowlands Arena, Meadowlands Sports Complex - 50 State Highway 120, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Camelot Films, Po' Boy Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Fred Williamson conceived the idea of the film while he was in New York filming the movie, Vigilante.

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Quotes

J: I don't like violence either, Mr. White Boy.

User Reviews

With this cast, it should've been much better.

With this once-in-a-lifetime cast (reuniting the four greatest blaxploitation stars of the early seventies), this picture should be more fun than it is. Someone seems to have drained the life out of these performers; Jim Brown, in particular, comes off very badly (judging only from this movie, you'd come to the conclusion that he can't act). The film is also poorly structured, keeping the stars away from each other (and from any enjoyable interaction) for laaaaarge periods of time. And Williamson must have really had it in for Jim Kelly; he barely gives him 1/5 of the screen time devoted to the other leads, and he features him in only two brief fight scenes (he even loses in one of them!). Cool score, though. (*1/2)