Two amateur, small-time crooks go on and try to rob the Mafia off 300,000 $. Two cops (old-timer white cop and young black cop) put aside their differences and try to stop while trying to prevent a gang war. Black vs. White vs. crime!
A Blaxploitation movie but with a better budget ( thank MGM). Barry Shear (almost entirely worked on television) directs this softer Blaxploitation (by softer I mean it has white good guys too) and brings a new life and breeze to the genre. The director has actually managed to portray not only the two-ways racism between white and black folk but also has tried to convey some between-the-lines anti-racism messages. This movie is pure entertainment with gunshots and car chases but has some good thinking food too. Look out for the soundtrack too (classic funky jazz) !
Anthony Quinn along with Yaphet Kotto play the hard-boiled, unconventional crime-fighting duo. No need to address either one of them as they are notorious in the badass section of men roles. Quinn with his mature,world-hating, old-school ways and Kotto with his muscular, active overdrive to fight crime! A must-see for classic film appreciators.
Must watch this : dressed up with your fancy suit and Fedora hat, with a glass of good whiskey, a fine cigar and an even finer ebony prostitute! Only way to catch the Black Mafia vibe. Get your funk on!
Trailer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068168/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
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| Black money, white money, blood money |
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| Livin' the dream |
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| Run, Forest! |
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