Black Dynamite (2009)
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 59
Fresh: 50 | Rotten: 9
A loving and meticulous send-up of 1970s blaxsploitation movies, Black Dynamite is funny enough for the frat house and clever enough for film buffs.
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 4
A loving and meticulous send-up of 1970s blaxsploitation movies, Black Dynamite is funny enough for the frat house and clever enough for film buffs.
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The city streets explode into violence when "The Man" kills Black Dynamite's (Michael Jai White) brother in this seamless recreation of the blaxploitation classics of the 1970s. He was the best agent that the CIA ever had, but these days Black Dynamite only answers to one boss -- himself. When "The Man" ices Black Dynamite's brother, starts pumping heroin into the local orphanage, and floods the ghetto with a secret weapon disguised as common malt liquor, the car chases, gunfights, and shirtless
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Cast
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Michael Jai White
Black Dynamite -
Kym E. Whitley
Honey Bee -
Tommy Davidson
Cream Corn -
Kevin Chapman
O'Leary -
Byron Minns
Bullhorn -
Salli Richardson-Whitfiel...
Gloria -
Cedric Yarbrough
Chocolate Giddy-Up -
Mykelti Williamson
Chicago Wind -
Nicole Sullivan
Patricia Nixon -
Brian McKnight
Sweet Meat -
Arsenio Hall
Tasty Freeze -
Obba Babatundé
Osiris -
Buddy Lewis
Gunsmoke -
Bokeem Woodbine
Back Hand Jack -
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Mo Bitches -
Tucker Smallwood
Congressman James -
Phil Morris
Saheed -
Mike Starr
Rafelli -
Richard Edson
Dino -
Dde Dionne Gipson
Afroditey -
John Salley
Kotex -
James McManus
Richard Nixon -
Roger Yuan
Fiendish Dr. Wu -
Charlotte Stokely
Lady of Leisure -
Chris Spencer
Militant 1 -
Darrell M. Heath
Militant 2
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All Critics (60) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (52) | Rotten (9) | DVD (8)
The portentous dialogue, two-track-recorded soundtrack (by Adrian Younge) and eager performances are all highly diverting.
Top CriticBlack Dynamite will stir some pleasant memories.
If the joke is somewhat one-note and eventually told too long and too often, at least it's a good joke.
Before an hour has passed tedium overtakes Black Dynamite -- one corny martial-arts sequence turns out to be plenty -- and all the good jokes dry up.
Even though it sounds funnier than it plays, between the song and the nun chucks, I was happy.
The details are perfect, from the particle-board sets to the porn-ready score. (And dig those polyester suits.) But just like the movies it parodies, this one feels over long before it's actually done.
As the titular ex-CIA man, White reveals comic talents to match his martial artistry, delivering one-liners and roundhouse kicks with the same killer precision.
Outta sight!
A brilliant laugh-out-loud slapstick crowd pleaser made with love and talent.
Fond and very funny homage to the exploitation era.
Hilarious, and at just 85 minutes long, never outstays its welcome.
A pin-sharp send-up of 1970s blaxploitation.
It works as well as it does largely because it displays such a genuine affection for the genre it pays tribute to.
An enjoyable, frequently hilarious action comedy with a witty script and a terrific performance from Michael Jai White...
Once you catch on to the string of in-jokes, the movie never stops making you laugh...
Such a bland and lifeless experience even the most ardent of Scott Sanders or Michael Jai White fans will do well to not grow bored before the end.
If the Man has got you down and your VHS copies of 'Shaft,' 'Superfly,' 'Dolemite' and 'I'm Gonna Git You Sucka' are all worn out, 'Black Dynamite' is here to save the day.
... a dead-on parody of the sloppy filmmaking, aggressive overacting and slapdash writing of the cheapest films of the genre.
If you don't ask Black Dynamite to be anything deeper an an entertaining retro diversion, you're apt to feel richly rewarded. Can you dig it, you jive-ass sucker?
Truly the funniest movie of 2009. Yeah, bust-a-gut hilarious. Paul Chambers, CNN.
Here, the acting, framing, focus, blocking, editing, sound and film processing all nail down the period so perfectly... It looks, sounds and feels as if it were shot in 1972.
Audience Reviews for Black Dynamite
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- Black Dynamite: The worse thing about these pushers getting these children addicted to this new smack is that these children are orphans, and orphans don't have parents.
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- Cream Corn: I'm runnin' things. I'm runnin' tha-a-a-a-a-ngs.
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- Gunsmoke: That ain't ego... that's how we go.
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- Black Dynamite: Do you see where I'm coming from you jive motherfucker!
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- Black Dynamite: I am declaring war, on anybody who sells drugs in our community.
- Chocolate Giddy-Up: But Black Dynamite, I sell drugs in the community!
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- Black Dynamite: Euphoria, shut the fuck up! I know that was you and I ain't even gotta look! I should send yo ass back to Crenshaw Pete wit his hot ass coat hangers bitch! Would you like that?!
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Latest News on Black Dynamite
October 17, 2012:
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July 9, 2012:
Luis Guzman, Aztec WarriorThe character actor's character actor is set to star in an FX-laden action thriller from the...
April 26, 2012:
Michael Jai White Talks Black Dynamite 2He's hoping to get the cameras rolling before the year's out.
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