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Summary: A Horrible Example of Blaxploitation
Review: I've always been a big Pam Grier fan, however this is definitely not her best film. Unfortunately like many blaxploitation films, this film seemed so monotenous and predictable. It felt like another movie that was being cranked out of the blaxploitation factory, one that was not made with any care or originality. This film puts to shame a lot of great Blaxploitation films of the era, such as "Shaft", "Uptown Saturday Night" (which features a young Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, and Harry Belafonte) and "Cooley High", just to name a few. If you insist on seeing this film, I would recommend renting it first.
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Summary: GREAT MOVIE BUT.........
Review: My hopes for a digitally remastered version of Pam Grier's 'Coffy' were killed when I obtained this AWFUL mono DVD!! Yuck!! Don't get me wrong, I love the movie (& Pam!!), but this DVD should be destroyed ASAP!! The mono sound is no better than an average VHS tape, but the picture quality is fairly decent.I thought that I would see 'Coffy' with surround sound, but NOOOOOO!! The sound is terrible, so save your money & get the video tape (or wait for a PROPER DVD VERSION!!!).
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Summary: 5 Stars For Pam Grier!
Review: Only reason to watch this movie is to see her...
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Summary: Vigilante action with Pam!
Review: Pam Grier is Coffy, an inner-city nurse whose younger sister's life has been destroyed by illicit drugs, and who is now out to avenge her by killing the drug dealers. Her method is to lure the dope pushers by offering them her sexual favors, and then blasting them with a sawed-off shotgun!And what man can resist such a statuesque beauty? Many a dope pusher meets his Maker after making it with Coffy. Pam Grier has some outstanding nude scenes in this movie, and that alone makes this DVD worth the price, but director Jack Hill's commentary is an interesting bonus. This DVD is a must-have for every Pam Grier fan!
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Summary: COFFY IS THE COLOR!!!!!!!
Review: SKIN AS SMOOTH AS VELVET. THIS IS ONE TOUGH WOMAN YOU DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH. THIS IS ANOTHER CLASSIC FROM PAM GRIER AND THIS IS A MUST HAVE FOR ANY FAN. I WOULD RECOMMEND ANYONE WHO LIKES BLAXPLOITAION FILMS TO BUY THIS VIDEO BECAUSE YOU WOULD DEFINITELY ENJOY THIS VIDEO. I LIKE THIS VIDEO IT IS GOOD, EXCITING, AND FULL OF ACTION. PAM ALWAYS DELIVERS A LOT OF ACTION WITH HER MOVIES I LIKE THIS ONE AS WELL SHE GETS EVEN WITH SOME PEOPLE BUT SHE STILL DOES IT IN A SLICK,SUAVE, AND PERFECT WAY AND LIKE ALWAYS SHE ALWAYS EVEN THE SCORE. IF YOU LIKE ACTION MOVIES, PAM GRIER, AND BLAXPLOITATION MOVIES THEN YOU WOULD DEFINITELY ENJOY THIS ONE IT IS A MUST HAVE FOR ANY PAM GRIER FAN.
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Summary: Coffy's Never Been Hotter!
Review: The quintessential Pam Grier film. In an era where white producers were rolling black films through an assmebly line like process, every blue moon, one would transend it's stereotypical script and give birth to a true star. Pam Grier takes the paper thin plot (a slightly twisted woman who goes on a vigilante crusade against drug dealers)and turns in a what would become the prototype female hero. Well worth seeing because of Ms. Grier's excellent ability to make us believe in her cause.
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Summary: Coffy....Sweeter than a candy bar
Review: This be de flick to see homes!! Pam is bad as Coffy and even badder when she be playing Mystique! Wanna sell dope and be a pimp daddy? Go ahead, but don't let Coffy find out, she's better with a shotgun than Grizzly Adams! Are you Coffy's man? You cheatin' on Coffy? Find out where she points that shotgun at when she pulls da trigga! King George is King Pimp of Vegas, but not when Coffy (Mystique) gets done with him. He ends up with a hangman's noose around his neck and is dragged through Vegas until he be a bloody pulp! Wanna fight Coffy? Wanna rape Coffy? Go ahead. That three foot afro hides more gadgets than James Bond's watch. Rape her under a bridge and she pulls a shank out of her fro and stabs yo jugglar a couple of times. Wanna get into as girlfight with her whitebread? Go ahead and grab that big fro of hers thinking you gonna do some damage. You didn't know she hid razor blades in her hair did you? You grabbed them and cut yo'self all to hell didn't you? This be the flick to see. Coffy sweeter than a candy bar, and as Mystique..................whewwwwww boy!
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Summary: A hot lady being like Bronson
Review: This is a very tough movie with a very pretty leading lady. Really. Pam is something special to look at. However, you can't let that fool you... she's a killing Machine. There are reasons for her acting the way in which she chooses to act in this movie, and they are well written as well. When you get past the set up of the plot and the way the story is set up, the action is just non-stop, and it keeps coming at you. She lures hooligans into her apartment, and then blows their heads off. It's hardcore. Then she pretends to be one of the ladies of the night, and pretends to befriend a pimp named king George, although she is only kidding, and doesn't really like him. He gets it pretty bad in the end, but it's not Coffy that does it to him... so you thought you knew where this was going huh? It's pretty crazy. It's too bad that Ving Rhames is not in this, although the movie is kind of old, and I don't think he was famous when it was made. However, if you like Ving Rhames and the tough movies he makes, this is kind of like one of those, only with a really pretty lady instead.
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Summary: They call her Coffy and she'll cream you!
Review: This was a pretty enjoyable movie, but I have to admit that I enjoyed Foxy Brown just a little more. This movie is basically about Pam Griers' character getting revenge on those who have hurt her and her family. She starts out with lower level pimps and pushers, and workers her way up the power structure to the head sleezebags. The one thing that didn't really sit well with me was the way she portrayed the moments of remorse her character felt about what she was doing. I am not saying that a person who becomes a vigilante wouldn't have these feelings, but I just didn't really buy it coming from her. I know, I know, maybe I am delving too deep into the character, but if they're going to go there...anyway, it didn't make me enjoy the movie any less. And it's always nice to see as much eye candy as there was in this movie. Pam Grier is really hot and made most of the other women in this movie look kinda dumpy. To sum it up, it's a fun movie, some minor slow points, but it kept me interested throughout. If funk with a dash of groovitude is your bag, then this movie is for you.
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Summary: The ultimate in '70s soul cinema and Pam Grier's repertoire
Review: Though 'Coffy' wasn't exactly on American film critics' top 10 lists back in 1973, that didn't stop those who actually MATTER (average moviegoers) from flocking to the theater to see this surprisingly stylish action film which sky-rocketed Pam Grier's career and set the standard for which just about every subsequent blaxploitation film and every other female heroine would be compared. She commandeers the screen like no other actress ever has, whether she's got a double-barrelled shotgun under her arm, or sitting nude by a fireplace sipping champagne with her lover, or even when she's dropping the cheesy one-liners ("So you wanna play with knives, huh? Well, you picked the wrong player!") that this genre is known for. This is the kind of movie anyone could like if they would just give it a shot. As the title character, Grier plays a nurse who works the night shift at a local hospital, and, haunted by her inability to keep her 11-year-old sister away from the lure of hard drugs, she has taken it upon herself to imprint her own brand of street justice on the lowlife criminals and dealers she comes across. But after killing the local pusher in the opening sequence, her thirst for revenge still isn't quenched, and when a police officer friend of her's is severely battered by some corrupt cops for not taking bribes, it sets her off on a one-woman mission to follow the trail of corruption to the very top of the mob hierarchy. And then put everyone involved on ice. It may be a sub-par set-up, but the incredible Pam Grier is so multi-faceted in the role, she makes it all so legendary. At once a sensitive, caring, nurturing friend to her people, and then an irresistable seductress who gets you right where she wants you before lining up a double-barrelled sawed-off shotgun right between your eyes with the cold intent of a vicious killer. The highlight for me comes early, in that classic opening scene, when she holds one of the local pushers at gun-point and demands that he shoot a large amount of smack into his veins ("I can't take that, it'll kill me", "Well, if it do, you're gonna fly through them pearly gates with the biggest f---in' smile St. Peter ever seen!"). While 'Coffy' isn't my favorite movie, it's one of the few movies that I'll probably never get tired of. It's the perfect film to just kick back some night and watch when you have nothing particularly important to do. Though I am a fan of 'Foxy Brown', which is considered by most to be the ultimate Pam Grier film, I've never enjoyed it as highly as I enjoyed this one. Don't analyze it or pick it apart. Just pop some popcorn, sit back, relax, bob your head to the '70s funk grooves, laugh at the sometimes-cheesy dialogue and melodramatic acting, and enjoy the show.
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