How had I never seen this chapter of jim kelley martial arts blaxploitation films?? The cheesy sound effects and funky music. This one even has scatman crothers! The usual silly plot of having to fight the bad guys using only his martial arts skills. When a group of local politicians tries to do a land grab on a karate business, BB and friends must stop them any way they can. So much violence and swearing. The N word every few minutes. Definitely not for the young ones! Someone gets bumped off right in the first few minutes. The cars, the hairdo's. The wide ties of the 1970s. Keep your eyes peeled for marla gibbs (the jeffersons!) and ted lange (love boat!) ! It's pretty good, for its time. Some funny stuff, looking back now, assuming a lot of this was done tongue in cheek. Directed by robert clouse. Story by fred weintraub and alexandra rose, who also made hot potato together.
Review of Black Belt Jones
