The Films of 1974 and 1975

The movie that cemented Burt Reynolds as a bonafide action superstar of the 70's

When I saw this film at the age of nine years old in theatres around Christmas of 1974,it was one of the most breathtaking disaster films I ever saw and to this day it holds the title as one of the greatest ever. Watching Paul Newman and Steve McQueen is the roles of their careers is worth it.

Jack Nicholson in his grandest form. Nobody does it better

This was the movie that cemented Pam Grier as one the top female action superstars of the 1970's. And the movie
"Foxy Brown" is one of them. One kick ass flick and one bad-ass sista that is NOT to mess with! Classic! The theme song from Wille Hutch is among the best.

One of the best films of 1974. A brilliant portrayal of murder,greed and incest in 1940's Los Angeles. It was this movie that cemented Jack Nicholson's status as a superstar actor of his time. And it shows in the 11 Oscar nominations it received and won 3 for Best Screenplay(Robert Towne),and Best Musical Score(Jerry Goldsmith).

Nobody does it better than Al Pacino and it shows in one of the most grittest films from the 1970's

This was the movie that put Sonny Chiba on the martial arts map of kung fu mania. Brilliant action sequences throughout make this a bonafide classic. Spawn three sequels. This was the one that started it all. From 1975.

Charles Bronson taking out the scum bags of New York and bringing his own way of justice remains a true cult classic from the 70's. This was the original from 1974 and it paved the way for three sequels later on during the 80's.

Released in the summer of 1975,Gene Hackman returns as hard-boiled NY Cop Popeye Doyle in the sequel to one of the greatest cop movies of all time.
"French Connection II",has Hackman again as Popeye Doyle trailing and going after the notorious heroin drug kingpin from the streets of New York all the way to dangerous towns of France. And this time around Popeye is not only out for revenge,but to settle a score once and for all. And he does.
Action galore and non-stop suspense.
Directed by John Frankenheimer.

The Plan Nine From Outer Space of Blaxpolitation movies that came out during the 1970's and Dolemite was one of them. It is to laugh

A TRUE SOUL CLASSIC FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF 1970'S BLACK CIMEMA!

Action galore and the second installment to "The Street Fighter" is one movie that is not to be missed. You want non stop high-flying,bone crushing,kung fu? This movie delivers and then some.

A Soul Cimema Classic from the golden age of the 1970's. Watching the great Issac Hayes as Truck Turner taking out the baddies is well worth viewing not to even mention the grindhouse performance of Nichelle "Uhara" Nichols
as a sadistic evil female pimp who is gives a performance(as well as a shock)to anything beyond the dimension of Star Trek

Historical landscape of a movie.
Best piece of work ever.

Next to the pre-Dirty Harry Don Siegel,and not to mention pre-Wild Bunch director Sam Peckinpah,Phil Karlson was Hollywood's best director of low-budget toughies of classic "B" grade films of the 1950's and 1960's. It wasn't until the early 1970's though this career swan song doesn't offer much support for assertion. It wasn't until 1973,when Karlson made a low-budget action flick about a county sheriff who comes in and dismantled the baddies and bigots in a corrupt sleepy Southern town. The film was called "Walking Tall",and it became not only a vigilante brutal display of one man getting back at the system,but it became a call for something else. The film became one of the top ten highest grossing films of that year and it made a unknown actor by the name of Joe Don Baker into a huge star and it spawned two theatrical sequels(that starred Bo Svenson)not to mention a short-lived TV series under the same title.

After the tremendous and runaway boxoffice success of "Walking Tall",actor Joe Don Baker and director Phil Karlson reteamed again in 1975 for this expose of rampant political corruption and low-down dirtness in a sleepy Southern town,not to mention acts of revenge and envy in corrupt Southern state. "Framed" was just as good as it gets with Joe Don Baker, John Marley,and Brock Peters. Only this time around the graphic violence and strong language is ante up for maximum pleasure.

The stars of "Three The Hard Way" return for a hard-hitting non stop action.
A classic twist of the Hollywood western with the world of blaxploitation. Jim Brown,Fred Williamson and Jim Kelly are riders along with Lee Van Cleef and Catherine Spaak on their quest for Mexican gold. It's Three The Hard Way in the Old West. Not bad for a western that live up to its title when it was released in 1975. Released thru 20th Century Fox.

Walter Matthau taking on a sadistic terrorist with a handful of hostages on board a NY transit line remains one of the best to ever grace the 1970's In the pantheon of classic New York Films,these four films take pride of place.
Right up there with "Taxi Driver","Serpico","Dog Day Afternoon",and "Annie Hall". Not to mention other films of the 1970's that also takes place in New York: "The Warriors","Across 110th Street",and "The Education of Sonny Carson." This is a brilliant but taut 1974 suspense thriller from director Joesph Sargent. A excellent cast which includes Robert Shaw,Hector Elizondo,James Broderick and Martin Balsam.