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.
Blaxploitation is a sub-genre of black cinema, which incorporates the culture of Blacks in America and world wide. Generally most blaxploitation movies were filmed in the 70s, but the research at blaxploitation pride has found that blaxploitation is not a simple as "blacks" being "exploitated" thus earning the title as blaxploitation. Blaxploitation is a science that needs to be properly broken down and delivered in a manner where one can distinguish between blaxploitation and black cinema. Blax-Pride is here to help clear any confusion and offer a wealth of information on blaxploitation and black cinema. Enjoy.
Starring:
- Jim Brown
- Stella Stevens
- Rip Torn
- Cameron Mitchell
- Marlene Clark
IMDB.com
Football great Jim Brown makes for an entertaining tough guy hero in this blaxploitation entry from director Jack Starrett. Slaughter (Brown) goes about seeking revenge after a car bomb kills his parents; however, his actions lead to the botching of a federal sting. Federal agent A.W. Price (Cameron Mitchell in a good cameo) offers him a deal wherein Slaughter will travel to South America to take on the mob.
Much like his peer Fred Williamson, Brown projects a fine sense of bad-a** cool. He's always in control, and of course believable in action and fight scenes. He's well supported by the gorgeous Stella Stevens, as the moll whom he romances (Stevens also gets the chance to show off that delectable body of hers) and a typically solid Rip Torn as the ruthless, racist mob thug in his way. Marlene Clark is sexy and enjoyable as a meddlesome agent, while Don Gordon has some great scenes as Slaughters' bumbling partner.
"Slaughter" is a decent mix of sex and violence, with particularly well-done action scenes. It also has just the right amount of comedy. Highlighted by a funky music score and Billy Prestons' downright awesome theme song, "Slaughter" delivers solid blaxploitation goods.
2 comments:
Weird that I'm reading so much about this movie lately.
i know, right? it was on Starz as i was downloading it last night. any chance we might see the Slaughter's Big Rip-Off posted soon?
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