An era of its own. A time when American was in a transition from separatism to civil rights. The 70's was a Golden Age on so many levels and the influence echoes around the world in present day. Blaxploitation is considered in my opinion to be the coolest of cool. Touching on the most sensitive material in America at its time and exploiting them on the big screen or the vinyls in your record player produced for a glorified genre that nobody will ever be able to duplicate. Our mission at Blax-Pride is to educate those who are unfamiliar with this era and combine knowledge with those who are familiar.
Also you will notice Kung Fu movies on this site as well. What does this have to do with Blaxploitation? Well, the more action packed Blaxploitation films did not just street fight. Oh no.....they thought they were Kung Fu Masters. Chinese martial art movies gave a sense of invincibility to these actors. Seeing how cool it was to be a masterful fighter, why not just integrate this with Pimpin', Hustlin', Jive Talkin' and Pam Grier? Blax-Pride!!!
Starring:
- Jim Kelly
- Gloria Hendry
- Scatman Crothers
- Alan Weeks
- Eric Laneuville
IMDb.com
The Mafia wants to buy Pop's downtown karate studio in an area planned for redevelopment. They get Pinky and his thugs to pressure Pop into selling, but accidentally kill him. The karate students call the kung-fu expert, Black Belt Jones, for help. Pop's daughter, Sydney, refuses to sell the building. Black Belt Jones and Sydney, who is also a martial arts expert, ward off the attackers.
Link to soundtrack review
Dennis Coffey - Black Belt Jones (1974)
4 comments:
Blackbelt Jones - the greatest! Thanks for all your efforts!
Jim Kelly in the hizouse. Good look on this one family. Keep droppin' the gems.
Wow!
Just discovered your blog - and I cannot get over it. Out of this world!
I've been aching to see this flick for years. Why on earth is there no DVD? Many, many thanks for posting.
For my money, JK sported one of THE great afros.
Far out!
GREAT movie. the intro is especially killer. oh, and jim kelly is the man!
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