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Bucktown (1975)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1975 Wide

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A man moves to the small and racially divided town where his bar-owning brother was murdered after he refused to pay crooked white cops for "protection." When he is threatened himself, he calls in some hefty men to help him, but they instead decide to take over the town. In order to oust the baddies, the hero becomes a one-man army with a mission. This blaxploitationer features the action hero, Fred Williamson. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi

R, 1 hr. 34 min.

Classics, Action & Adventure

Directed By: Arthur Marks , Bernie Hamilton

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1975 Wide

On DVD: Oct 16, 2001

Cast

Fred Williamson
Duke
Pam Grier
Aretha
Thalmus Rasulala
Roy
Tony King
T.J.
Bernie Hamilton
Harley
Art Lund
Chief Patterson
Tierre Turner
Steve
Morgan Upton
Sam
Carl Weathers
Hambone
Jim Bohan
Clete
Robert Burton
Merle
Gene Simms
Josh
Bruce Watson
Bag Man

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What began as a genre of films exploiting the black audience by taking their dollars to satisfy a need to see themselves succeed, wore itself thin by developing into a transparent set of conventions.

December 9, 2001 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide

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Jon Lap

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A standout but little-known gem of the blaxploitation genre. It contains all the Blaxploitation ingredients: (Crooked cops, a black gang, jive-talking, dashes of pimping, drugs, kung-fu and sex.) But where most Blaxploitation films combine these to corny yet endearing effect, Bucktown manages to reconfigure the

June 17, 2007

Daniel Hetteix

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Blacksploitation is one of the most misunderstood film generes. These movies are almost perfect in one sense because they're all like remakes of classic westerns. A lone hero rolls into town, gets the girl, takes out the corrupt sheriff and saves the day. Granted there were NO oscars to be given out for acting or

July 11, 2010