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12. Black Dynamite (2009)
Directed by Scott Sanders
Score: 133

John: 1
Tangy: 5
Forty: 12
Suprak: 12
Vis: 15
Karo: 16
Poke: 16
Gavs: 18
Plasma: 19
Mythiot: 19

1. John
Black Dynamite may actually be a perfect movie.

5. Tangy
Black Dynamite knows exactly what kind of movie it wants to be a goes all out in doing so. Not only does it succeed as a parody of the Blaxpoitation films of the 70s, but it also manages to be a tribute. Michael Jai White used his extensive knowledge of the genre while writing the script and purposefully went for the low budget feel to make it as accurate as possible.

Then the comedy comes in. This movie had me laughing so much harder than I expected. Ive always been torn on movies that are so-bad-theyre-good. I like a lot of the classics like The Room and Troll 2, but the comedy in those comes from them trying to be serious. Most of the modern ones just feel kind of lazy, like now that people know theres enjoyment in seeing something bad, its like they dont even attempt to make it good. Thats why I love this movies humor so much, things like the boom mic being in the shot or actors messing up lines are actually intentional and works as both a reference and a joke. Very few filmmakers can do this well and I gotta hand it to both Scott Sanders and Michael Jai White for doing it so well.

Biggest Laugh: The car exploding before it even touches anything that would ordinarily make it explode. Double points for when it happened the second time.

12. Forty
Because whenever theres injustice, wrongs to be righted, innocents to be defended, Black Dynamite will be there, delivering ass-whoopings, and I will not hesitate to lay the hammer down on any clown that comes around. Because if they wanna fight, they best come see me, because Im Black Dynamite'' Is there any cooler cat than Black Dynamite? I think not. He beds women by the handful, kicks everyones ass with kung fu and nunchucks, dresses fly, and drives a pimped-out Caddy. All in glorious Super 16 format with funky music a whole lot of 70s jive. Hes basically every Blaxploitation main character with the added bonus of being a parody character with hilarious dialogue. BD honestly had some of the funniest scenes Ive ever seen (#1 being the crew figuring out the secret behind Anaconda through convoluted Greek and Roman mythology and then Gunsmokes little dick). It moves along quickly so it never overstays its welcome and its actually a really well-made film overall. All of the great quotes, slew of funny characters, and ridiculous action made this the biggest pleasant surprise for me.

15. Vis
I think this is a harder movie to enjoy if youre not fully aware of the blaxploitation genre. Im certainly aware of it, but its just not a genre Ive ever invested time into watching, outside of Jackie brown (which is an homage to the genre more than anything). As such, the first half wasnt my favorite part of this watchthrough. The first few minutes of over-the-top personalities were fun, but then the movie reached a point where the plot felt very standard in terms of Black Dynamite going to war against drugs on the streets, out of revenge for the death of his brother. This is fine, but it didnt make for particularly a particularly compelling or interesting movie plot. Id say that the exact moment the movie takes a turn for the better is at the montage leading up to the streets getting cleaned up. Once the movie hits that point, it just doesnt stop being enjoyable.

First off, Ive gotta give credit for the hilarity of just randomly flying a helicopter with a magnet to grab a mobsters car, and then dropping him and reusing a car crash shot from earlier in the film. But then you get the pleasant, suburban scene where two girls cheerfully announce My mom said my daddys name is Black Dynamite! Mine too! Leading to Run along now girls, its a very common name. And then the actual plot kicks back in, because the ghetto is still under attack, and it turns out theres a new malt liquor designed to shrink black mens dicks (which gets an explanatory scene that goes on JUST long enough to be weird and funny). Throw in some unnecessary kung fu fighting, and an ending that has Black Dynamite beating the shit out of Richard Nixon, and this is what Im talking about. That halfway mark is when the movie feels like it understands that the genre is crazy on its own, and it needs to ramp up the insanity to reach a proper level of entertainment for a spoof. And it succeeds in that regard, for sure.

16. Karo
Sometime in the 1970s, the ghettos hippest kung fu hero fights a never-ending battle against drug dealers, penis shrinkage and Richard Nixon.
The movie is an intentionally poorly made homage to the blaxsploitation era, complete with bizarre cinematography, sloppy editing, and absurd overacting. There's even one scene where one of the characters talks without his mouth moving.
I will say I really did not like this film at first, but it sort of won me over in the end. Though, I do feel that this kind of thing is more the domain of Quentin Tarantino, and you are not going to beat Tarantino at his own game.