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Black Dynamite

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 24m
  • 65

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Videos & Photos

  • Trailer for this parody of 70s blaxploitation films

Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Scott Sanders

Producer:

Jon Steingart, Jenny Wiener Steingart, James Berkeley

Writer:

Michael Jai White, Byron Minns, Scott Sanders

Release Date:

Jan 1, 2010

Runtime:

1hr 24m

Synopsis

Black Dynamite is the greatest African-American action star of the 1970s. When his only brother is killed by The Man, it's up to him to find justice.

Cast

  • Michael Jai White
  • Kym Whitley
  • Tommy Davidson
  • Kevin Chapman
  • Byron Minns
  • Salli Richardson-Whitfield
  • Cedric Yarbrough
  • Mykelti Williamson
  • Brian McKnight
  • Bokeem Woodbine

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Metacritic

65
metacritic
Based on 14 Critics
8.4

USER SCORE (110)

Universal acclaim based on 110 Reviews
60

Even if it's a one-joke movie that runs out of steam, director Scott Sanders manages to keep the gag going for 90 minutes.

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Metacritic review by James Greenberg
James Greenberg
The Hollywood Reporter
50

No matter how many trips to Kung Fu Island our hero makes, nothing in Black Dynamite captures the exhilarating absurdity of Pam Grier hiding razors in her Afro in Coffy--or the loony genre experimentation in Pootie Tang.

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Metacritic review by Melissa Anderson
Melissa Anderson
Village Voice
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