Art Lund, Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry
Shot on the streets of New York, writer-director Larry Cohen captures the bustle and color of the city in this violent, low-budget crime film. Ambitious Tommy Gibbs (a swaggering, self-confident Fred...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 9, 2001
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Flixster Reviews (109)
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October 16, 2009This film is great. Immortalised by Public Enemy, Big Daddy Kane and Ice Cube on "Burn Hollywood, Burn" from the Fear Of A Black Planet LP, as soon as I heard Driving Miss Daisy being rejected for Black Caesar (listen to the track, you'll understand) I knew that I had to see this...( read more)
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January 4, 2008Fred Williamson is one of the best actors of the Blaxploitation era, and his performance here is on par with his other work.
As a spin-off film, taking previously made plots and story hooks, and incorporating all-black casts for marketability, the film is a success, drawing nice...( read more) -
June 26, 2009Great film of the 70s .. great perfomance from Fred Williamson. Best soundtract ever made .. by James Brown of course
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February 12, 2009A really well-conceived tale of the rise of Tommy from shoe-shine boy to crime lord and how it effects those around himi.
It's been done with bigger budgets and bigger name actors, but Larry Cohen's low budget down and dirty New York really has a charm all its own.
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December 7, 2008Very Good Movie. A Ghetto Classic ! Perhaps Fred Williamson's best. Unlike most films of the blackploitation era, this one has a great storyline and real ending.
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March 27, 2008cody would love this! best bit, is the qoute... "if only you knew how to fight joe, you could of owed this city and everybody in it."
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January 10, 2008Blaxploitation classic as Fred The Hammer Williamson (starting as a shine boy to bad-mother) battles for mob territory and against ruthless cracker Art Lund. Followed by Hell up in Harlem but doesn't transpire seamlessly
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August 7, 2007Utterly useless. Looks even less professional than Hercules in New York and that's saying something. Why this was deemed worthy of a DVD release remains a mystery.
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July 25, 2008The best of the so called "blaxploitation" films stands the test of time as it foreshadows the style used by Quentin Tarrentino in the much vaunted Resevoir Dogs.
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