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Black Dynamite (2009) -- A 1970s-set story of a man's mission to fight drugs, crime, and injustice from his city's streets, all the way to the Honky House.
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Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   1,119 votes
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Director:
Scott Sanders
Writers (WGA):
Michael Jai White (screenplay) &
Byron Minns (screenplay) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
16 October 2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy more
Plot:
This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(186 articles)
Play That Funky Music
 (From Filmmaker Magazine. 1 November 2009, 1:47 PM, PST)

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User Comments:
Best Spoof since the 80's ZAZ glory days! more (12 total)
US Showtimes:
Beverly Center Cinemas 12:35pm | 2:50 | 5:10 | 7:50 | 10:00 (personalize) more

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Michael Jai White ... Black Dynamite

Arsenio Hall ... Tasty Freeze
Tommy Davidson ... Cream Corn

Kevin Chapman ... O'Leary
Richard Edson ... Dino
Darrel Heath ... Militant 2

Buddy Lewis ... Gunsmoke
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pete Antico ... Abraham Lincoln
Sorana Black ... Disguised Waitress #1

Juka Ceesay ... Valet Girl

Sean Christopher ... Nipsy
Deidee Deionne ... Afroditey

Jason Jack Edwards ... Soul Brother (as Jason Edwards)
Jon Kent Ethridge ... Young Black Dynamite
Cory Gluck ... Young Jimmy

Andray Johnson ... Karate Instructor

John Kerry ... Mafia Chief

Lauren Mary Kim ... Hoe

Jesse Lewis IV ... Militant #3
Neil Lewis ... Young black dynamite
Alexis McCombs ... Hooker
Brian McKnight ... Sweetmeat

James McManus ... Richard Nixon

K.J. Middlebrooks ... Pimp in barbershop
Byron Minns ... Bullhorn

Jessica Moreno ... Dumb Blonde

Phil Morris ... Saheed

Miguel A. Núñez Jr. ... Mo

Garen Petrossian ... Goon 3
Salli Richardson-Whitfield ... Gloria (as Salli Richardson)
John Salley ... Kotex

Tucker Smallwood ... Congressman James
Chris Spencer ... Militant 1

Mike Starr ... Rafelli
Charlotte Stokely

Larnell Stovall ... Pool Hall Thug

Nicole Sullivan ... Patricia Nixon

Nakia Syvonne ... Euphoria
Al Vicente ... Capo
Erika Vution ... Black girl (as Ashlie R. Jackson)
Jimmy Walker Jr. ... Roscoe
Kym Whitley ... Honeybee

Mykelti Williamson ... Chicago Wind
Bokeem Woodbine ... Black Hand Jack
Cedric Yarbrough ... Chocolate Giddy-Up

Roger Yuan ... Fiendish Dr. Wu
Poco Zocko ... Goon (as Jeffrey M. Gelman)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality/nudity, language, some violence and drug content.
Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:R (certificate #45443)
Filming Locations:
California, USA more
Company:
ARS Nova more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
O'Leary: We heard about your brother's death and we don't want you running around turning the streets into rivers of blood.
Black Dynamite: Then tell me who did it and I'll just leave a puddle.
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Best Spoof since the 80's ZAZ glory days!, 18 October 2009
8/10
Author: J.M. Vargas from United States

This is what "Undercover Brother" and "Grindhouse" (minus the 'phony' trailers) wished they could have been but weren't: a tribute to a dismissed period of cinema that feels like it belongs (and comes from) its era.

But this isn't just a collection of random jokes or stabs at blaxploitation genre clichés without rhyme or reason. There is an actual story (convoluted and non-sensical but it's there, and even allows long scenes that advance the plot to unfold without a single obvious joke), there are real characters (over-the-top and cliché' but not two-dimensional walking cardboards) and there are action/fighting scenes (enhanced via the same seamless green screen/CG technology used in "Kung-Pow" a few years back) that make this an actual blaxpoitation movie that just happens to be funny because it's being so true and respectful to the genre it represents. Michael Jai White looks and inhabits his lead role like he stepped out of the 1970's; it's the best casting for a movie since Christopher Reeve got the Superman/Clark Kent role, and I'm not kidding. Supporting actors really get into their blaxpoitation roles (Arsenio Hall and Tommy Davidson are hilarious in too-brief cameos) but they don't overplay their OTT personalities or overstay their welcome. The way "Black Dynamite" gets around its 'R' rating to sneak in a graphic sex scene is not only genius but ties directly with the movie's best scene in which the 'heroes' crack the code in a cafeteria. And the orphanage scene has to be seen to be believed. :-P Only the overblown finale that pushes things way past the breaking point (think "Shoot 'Em Up" and yes, it's that big a misfire) betrays the cinematic illusion that this is a 70's flick that's been rotting in a vault somewhere.

I got my $12.50's worth and will gladly wait for the DVD because I'm sure there's a joke or two I missed. The one's that hit the mark are hilarious though. Don't listen to the DVD Talk reviewer on this one (they're usually right but this time he's way off), "Black Dynamite" is a winnah!

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