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Summary: I laughed, I cried, it became a part of me.
Review: This film differs from the other two films in the Dolemite trilogy in that it is not really a Dolimite film. Rudy actually plays a cop-turned- disco DJ (you know how that�s always happening) named Tucker whose hands-on approach to fighting the menace of angel dust is meant to entertain and enlighten us. But does it succeed in this lofty endeavor? In spite of all its best efforts, it does. Nearly incoherent dialog, bad acting and ghastly filmmaking all come together seamlessly to make this possibly the best example of why not to use drugs. For example, in one scene the Chief of Police, who has just spoken to an infuriated Tucker, picks up the phone to presumably make a call and then out of nowhere breaks the fourth wall to address the viewers with the following:
�There are only three things that could make him that mad, �n one of them is to mess with his family. Gonna turn over every stone in this city to find the main man. When he does� all Hell�s gonna break loose.�
He then turns away from the camera and hangs up the phone neither telling us what the other two things were nor completing his call. It is choice scenes like this combined with roller dancing, slow motion kung-fu and excessive hallucination sequences that entertain you in ways that this film�s makers could never have foreseen.
But this film does not let its electrifying dancing and relentless action obscure its deep message and indisputable humanity. In one scene, Tucker talks with the Chief of Police about his plans to �attack the whack�.
�I don�t get you�, exclaims the chief.
Tucker pauses for some deep soul searching and offers the profound reply, �I don�t get me either.�
Dialog like that is unforgettable�unforgettable like that time when I went into the garden shed and hit my head on a wasp�s nest. I�ll never forget that. At any rate, dialog like that flows naturally out of a story like this. Make no mistake; Rudy Ray Moore is unfettered by the restrictions of conventional storytelling, using techniques that sometimes thrill and surprise you and even threaten to alter your state of consciousness. I will not let loose any spoilers about the surprise ending� but let�s just say that the ending, chock-full of irony and heavy stuff like that, will change your life forever. Or not.
Although I gave this only two stars, it deserves a few more if only for starring the ever charming Rudy Ray Moore. As a RRM film, it's simply not as good as his others. However, if you like bad films.... this one is well worth the effort... you'll get the best results by watching with friends.
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Summary: it's got the words "disco and "godfather" in the title
Review: this is it. this is the one and only.if you can make out the dialogue through all the murky disco funk you'll be laughing like you've never laughed before. put some weight on it
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Summary: Sure it's a low budget . You didn't expect more , did you?
Review: This is truely a low budget film just like most of the other films of this kind . I own the 7 disc collection of Dolemite and i enjoy every one of them. So what they have poor acting , poor writing ,poor plots and just poor everything and that's just what I expected. So I bought it for what it's worth to me, and that is to remember the 70s which were some of the best years of my life. Dolemite is corny as hell and that's just what I expected.So if you want to go back in time and remember some of those better days when there was no such thing as DIGITAL this and DIGITAL that and dolby this and that and all the gibber jabber about 5.1 surround sound etc. Go out and get your favorite refreshments and friends and chill out and watch some Dolemite. I guarantee you will get something out of it. Don't forget your double knit bellbottoms and platform shoes......To sum it all up I have all the Blaxplotation films available (I think ) and I enjoy them to the fullest . They bring back some great memories. Thank you.......
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Summary: come on
Review: this movie was so bad there is nothing good to say about it.
Do Not Buy This Film
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Summary: This "Godfather" should be "Wacked"!
Review: Those of you bad pimpin', jive rat soup eatin' MF's will surely be disapointed in this DVD. The movie is a boring anti-drug preach-a-thon, with terrible moog music background noise. Brother Rudy stars as a Disco DJ, who's nephew gets hooked on angeldust, and OD's, so "Buck"(Rudy's character), avenges his nephew's death by taking on those who supply the dreaded drug! The movie only get's somewhat interesting in the last few scenes. Stay with the greats, "Dolemite", "Dolemite II", and "The Devil's Son-In-Law", If you lookin' to get your Rudy Ray Moore fix! as for this DVD, Let it sleep with the fishes!
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Summary: Guest stars steal movie
Review: Yeah Ray Moore is good and I don't know where the Madonna or Don Johnson refrences come from but the real guest stars Aaron Riley and Gerardo Imperial stole the movie. Like Tom Arnold in True Lies these two have the best lines and the most fun sequences of the movie to watch. I believe these 2 Aabot and Costellos of the 80's were also in Carwash, but I'm not sure. Overall this movie should be in your collection.
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Summary: put yo' weight on it with yo' heaviest platforms
Review: Yes, this is a bad film; bad plot, bad music, bad sequencing,bad dialogue and some of the worst acting I've ever seen in my life,but that's what makes it truly great amongst the "bad" film set. It is so badly put together, it is hilarious. The overacting, the fighting, the "tense" dramatic moments are intensified by the sheer miscasting and bad performances brought into this movie. They must have hired 90% of the actors straight off the street for 50 bucks, a sandwhich and [...]. As far as bad movies go, I wouldn't want to spend a lazy afternoon watching anything else to rot my brain with.
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