Black Dynamite

Black Dynamite

Black Dynamite is a throwback film spoofing the 1970s blaxploitation films. Silly and full of crazy scenes, Black Dynamite is a fun spoof movie that references nearly all the goodness of the 70s. The clothes are outrageous and the acting overblown on purpose. I had a lot of fun with this movie. In the same way Austin Powers took on the 60s, Black Dynamite rips into the 70s movies. And, BD does a great job spoofing the era much better than most of the modern spoof movies of today. For me, the movie kind of reminded me of I'm Gonna Git You Sucka and Undercover Brother.

If you liked Austin Powers, Action Jackson or the Grindhouse movies, then you’ll really enjoy this comedic romp.

Michael Jai White (Spawn) just brings it in every portion of the movie. White plays Black Dynamite as a guy too cool for the movie. Black Dynamite embodies everything from those blaxploitation films. White fully takes on the role and I totally forgot it was MJW.

There are hundreds of editing and continuity mistakes and all done on purpose. Some of the shots will completely change within the same scene. The same henchmen will die throughout the movie at different times. The scenes sometimes will run long, and you will see the actors waiting for the director to say, “Cut”. One character reads the directing cues from the script as if he doesn’t understand acting and reading scripts.

At one point, Black Dynamite stands up and notices a boom microphone in the frame. The scene ends with BD continually looking at the microphone with annoyance. At another point in the movie, a guy accidentally hits another actor in the face and the actor breaks character yells at him. Then the scene repeats itself and there’s a stuntman that looks completely different in the angry guy’s place.

The biggest strength of this spoof is that movie goes from being a ghetto detective story into a Kung-Fu movie. Yes, the entire movie completely turns into a full Kung-Fu story. The editing and acting completely change. It is at this point that you either take the movie for what it is or turn it off. From a Kung-Fu movie spoof, it goes completely off the rails where Black Dynamite fights someone high up in the US government. I won’t give away who he fights, but it is freaking crazy. And, I loved every minute of that fight scene.

As long as you don’t take BD seriously, you will really enjoy this funny spoof. I loved the movie.

Grade: B+

~Adult stars Charlotte Stokely and Charmane Star are in this movie and they look great.

~We know where Arsenio Hall turned up.