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Gordon's War (1973)

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In this incredibly violent actioner, a soldier returns from the war in Vietnam and finds that his Harlem neighborhood has become a drug-filled war zone of its own. The final straw comes when his wife overdoses. The grief-stricken vet quickly assembles a group of vigilantes to clean up the streets and exact vengeance upon the drug dealers who sold his wife the bad stuff. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

R, 1 hr. 29 min.

Action & Adventure

Directed By: Ossie Davis

In Theaters: Aug 9, 1973 Wide

Cast

David Downing
Otis
Grace Jones
Mary
Tony King
Roy
Gilbert Lewis
Spanish Harry
Hansford Rowe
Dog Salesman
Adam Wade
Hustler
Ralph Wilcox
Black Hit Man
Paul Winfield
Gordon
Carl Lee
Bee
Jackie Page
Bedroom Girl
Charles Bergansky
Caucasian
Carl Gordon
Luther
Nathan C. Heard
Big Pink
John Henry Redwood
David Connell
Hotel Proprietor

Critic Reviews for Gordon's War

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The picture is inconclusive, far from profound, and the urgency of the theme has been overly simplified to fit the action.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times

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This totally unbelievable 1973 feature about black vigilantes out to break the Harlem drug traffic displays the same fatuous moral attitudinizing that mars most of the neofascist Fun City crime flicks of the period.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

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Raised out of the ordinary by an ingenious safe raid, an above-average car chase, and some nice location work.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Derek Adams

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Paul Winfield stars as the eponymous hero in this highly satisfying, gritty and violent actioner in which after returning home from Nam and finding his beloved wife has died of an overdose, our hero decides to wage war on the drug pushers, pimps and general low life infesting the streets of Harlem. Unfortunately,

October 16, 2009

Cassandra Maples

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this was pretty deep for blaxploitation. the (ab)use of drugs shows intimate knowledge of the deep problem drugs are to communities. this sincerity is overshadowed by some fantastical action and comical wardrobe. it's painful to watch blue platforms and giant red hats get their pimp smacked. better than i expected.

January 20, 2009

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