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Black Dynamite (2009)

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Reviews Counted:39

Fresh:32

Rotten:7

Average Rating:7/10

Consensus: 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.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for sexuality/nudity, language, some violence and drug content.

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Oct 16, 2009 Limited

Box Office: $131,862

Synopsis: When “The Man” murders his brother, pumps heroin into local orphanages, and floods the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor, Black Dynamite is the one hero willing to fight all the way from the... When “The Man” murders his brother, pumps heroin into local orphanages, and floods the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor, Black Dynamite is the one hero willing to fight all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House. --© Official Site [More]

Starring: Michael Jai White, Arsenio Hall, Tommy Davidson, Kevin Chapman

Starring: Michael Jai White, Arsenio Hall, Tommy Davidson, Kevin Chapman

Director: Scott Sanders

Director: Scott Sanders
Screenwriter: Michael Jai White, Byron Keith Minns
Studio: Apparition

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If the joke is somewhat one-note and eventually told too long and too often, at least it's a good joke.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
12/16/09
Bill Goodykoontz
Bill Goodykoontz
Arizona Republic
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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.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
11/24/09
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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As Dynamite kung-fu-fights his way through a vast conspiracy involving smack-addled orphans, malt liquor, and the best (read: worst) exploding-car scene of 2009, you’ll feel a rush of ’70s nostalgia you never knew you had.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
11/12/09
Shaula Clark
Shaula Clark
Boston Phoenix

Black Dynamite gets the details right, but so what? The result is like watching rightly vilified movies such as Epic Movie, Date Movie, or Meet The Spartans, but without as many scenes of characters being kicked in the balls.

Full Review Source: Examiner.com | comment Comment
11/10/09
Adam Lippe
Adam Lippe
Examiner.com

A feisty, gleefully harebrained spoof of all things Shaft and Superfly, Dynamite is a jubilant ode to the firm cinematic pimp hand, which, in this picture, smacks bad guys around and tickles the audience with the same devotion.

Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com | comment Comment
11/05/09
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
BrianOrndorf.com

This is one of the cleverest, most consistently funny spoof movies since Airplane!

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
10/27/09
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

Even though it sounds funnier than it plays, between the song and the nun chucks, I was happy.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment Comment
10/26/09
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
At the Movies
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The full-on embrace of the stupidity, the charm and the admirably empowering qualities of blaxploitation sets Black Dynamite apart. But, above all, it's very funny.

Full Review Source: Film School Rejects | comment Comment
10/18/09
Robert Levin
Robert Levin
Film School Rejects

The climax is so outrageous I can't believe it. The ending outdoes Inglourious Basterds because it's not even about making a statement. It's just about being crazy, which is what awesome movies should be.

Full Review Source: Can Magazine | comment 2 Comments
10/17/09
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
Can Magazine

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.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
10/16/09
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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An enjoyable celebratory ode to a fiercely entertaining counterculture-inspired genre.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
10/16/09
Robert Abele
Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
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Can Black Dynamite fend off the Man and the mob and the phalanx of wah-wah guitars arrayed against him and fight his way to the Honky House to mete out kung-fu justice? Most likely!

Full Review Source: MTV | comment Comment
10/16/09
Kurt Loder
Kurt Loder
MTV

As a five-minute clip on YouTube, this spoof might be a small masterpiece. As a feature film, it's both too much and not nearly enough.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment 1 Comment
10/16/09
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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Even if you've never seen a black exploitation film you will be thoroughly entertained by 'DY-NO-MITE! DY-NO-MITE!'

Full Review Source: BET.com | comment Comment
10/16/09
Clay Cane
Clay Cane
BET.com

A cheerfully affectionate if fit fully amusing spoof of '70s blaxpoitation movies, Scott Sanders' Black Dynamite painstakingly nails the cheesy look, music and martial arts moves of the originals.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
10/16/09
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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If there's a night at the movies more fun than this deadpan blaxploitation flick, it's probably boosted by something bought in a dark alley.

Full Review Source: I.E. Weekly | comment Comment
10/16/09
Amy Nicholson
Amy Nicholson
I.E. Weekly

See this one with a crowd, and remember Black Dynamite's immortal words: "Doughnuts don't wear alligator shoes."

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
10/15/09
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

Sanders delights in the amateurishness of blaxploitation, from clunky exposition to shootouts that violate all rules of continuity and perspective to a visible boom mic, which spends so much time onscreen that it practically deserves its own credit.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
10/15/09
Nathan Rabin
Nathan Rabin
AV Club

blaxploitation equivalent of the B-movies Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino cooked up for Grindhouse.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
10/15/09
Jesse Hassenger
Jesse Hassenger
Filmcritic.com

Don't blame The Man, blame the overdose of irony.

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
10/15/09
Matt Pais
Matt Pais
Metromix.com
 
 
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