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Dolemite

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The godfather of rap
Review: Some folks say that Willie Green...ok when it comes down to it this is a movie that broke the mold, and invented rap. Rudy Ray Moore is DOLEMITE a rapping, women-loving, sharp dressing, kung fu master.

Okay the plot, Dolemite is released from jail (he was framed for drugs and stolen furs) to find out whats going on out on the streets and do some undercover work. Not too many people know he's out there, his good friend queen bee a madame helps him find the bad guys and blast his way through this flimsy but hillarious plot line. Willie Green is his enemy, with a good ring of protection but can it match Dolemites all army of kung fu girls?

Rudy Ray Moore created Dolemite as a nightclub sensation, then starred in the movie, he basically built the movie but didn't write the script. Jerry Jones (Blakely) wrote it. This movie is silly, fun, and a bit provacotive all in all this is probably one of the best films of all time.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The godfather of rap
Review: Some folks say that Willie Green...ok when it comes down to it this is a movie that broke the mold, and really invented rap. Rudy Ray Moore is DOLEMITE a rapping, women-loving, sharp dressing, kung fu master.

Okay the plot Dolemite is released from jail (he was framed for drugs and stolen furs) to find out whats going on out on the streets and do some undercover work. Not too many people know he's out there, his good friend queen bee a madame helps him find the bad guys and blast his way through this flimsy but hillarious plot line. Willie Green is his enemy, with a good ring of protection but can it match Dolemites all army of kung fu masters!

Rudy Ray Moore created Dolemite as a nightclub sensation, then starred in the movie, he basically built the movie but didn't write the script. Jerry Jones (Blakely) wrote it. This movie is silly, fun, and a bit provacotive all in all this is probably one of the best films of all time!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Superwho?
Review: Someone made the horrible mistake of telling Rudy Ray Moore he was funny. The only thing wrong with Dolemite is the stand-up comedy sequence. Everything else just rules. The fact that you can see the boom mic in some of the shots makes me wonder if it was deliberately there. The whole mic is in the shot!

Buy this! You will not be disappointed. But if you're looking for a real blaxploitation experience rather than a gut busting laugh fest, stick to Shaft.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Not very funny
Review: Stand up routine is fair, script is without a plot and acting is about the worst I have seen. The only funny part is his clothing. Rent before you buy this one!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Stop Ridin'
Review: The thing that makes me mad about this movie is that everyone thinks it's the funniest movie ever. It's not true and it's not a good movie. If you'd like to see a real spoof rent Airplane! The only funny thing about this movie is how bad and how unfunny it is. The only laugh I got from watching it was when I decided I could make a better movie than this. Horrible.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: dolomite is rock-solid
Review: There are numerous pop references to Dolomite, so many in fact, that Rudy Ray Moore is nothing less than an icon of 1990s rap and movie cultures. See Daymon Wayans get pumped up for a fight by watching Dolomite in "The Great White Hype." Hear references to Dolomite in Ol' Dirty Bastard and Snopp Dogg lyrics. Now watch the cult classic that started it all...

Is this movie a comedy? A blaxpoitation? Action movie? The answer to all is YES. Get this movie for its quotability alone. My finacé cannot understand how three sorry white guys from the Midwest can quote a movie like this so diligently. But there we are, spewing lines like "Dolomite, when you were in jail, I put the girls through karate school," and "I'm so bad I kick my own a** twice a day" without mercy.

So you prefer a more polished, quality film? Fine, go see "The English Patient" or "Shindler's List." But when you have a hankerin' for some side-splitting humor (some of it's intentional, some of it isn't) and the creative stylings and butt-whuppin's from the godfather of rap himself, check this movie out. And the more people who watch it with you, the better. I guarantee that you'll be laughing and talking about it for days to come.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Rudy Ray Moore is the greatest
Review: These are not good movies if you are into stuff like plot, acting, cinematography; or if you like movies with a budget over $12.

They are, however, total classics. Absolutely hilarious, although most of the humor is unintentional.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: CLASSIC!!!!!!
Review: This flick is classic!!!!! It's not only funny as hell, it has some interesting characters!! Like Queen Bee, and Dolemite's Kung Fu girls, the Hamburger Pimp, Blakeley the cop, Joe Blow...the lover man...."you should be paying me!!", Willie Green and Dolemite himself!!! The styles, with the clothes, the talk, and all that. The direction is horrible, so is the acting, but that some of the things that makes it funny!! But I still love it. Look out for all....Look the scene where they show the band playing at The Total Experience. For about a few seconds (good enough to see the singer's face....(I think is is on the piano, can't see what he is actually playing) You will see a very, very young...James Ingram....(for all those R&B kats that know who he is) That is him...Still looks the same, but with a perm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: CLASSIC!!!!!!
Review: This flick is classic!!!!! It's not only funny as hell, it has some interesting characters!! Like Queen Bee, and Dolemite's Kung Fu girls, the Hamburger Pimp, Blakeley the cop, Joe Blow...the lover man...."you should be paying me!!", Willie Green and Dolemite himself!!! The styles, with the clothes, the talk, and all that. The direction is horrible, so is the acting, but that some of the things that makes it funny!! But I still love it. Look out for all....Look the scene where they show the band playing at The Total Experience. For about a few seconds (good enough to see the singer's face....(I think is is on the piano, can't see what he is actually playing) You will see a very, very young...James Ingram....(for all those R&B kats that know who he is) That is him...Still looks the same, but with a perm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: 2 hours well spent
Review: This flick looks like a first year film student's end of the quarter grade B assignment. But that's a big part of it's charm, as well as the tons of great one-liners delivered by Dolemite. My favorite part is when Dolemite is confronted by a gang of street thugs who ask "Hey, are you really Dolemite?!" Dolemite proves his identity by by launching into an endless stream-of-consciousness rap that just goes on forever. Great stuff!


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