Original Gangstas (1996) is a movie I recently watched for the first time in a long time on Tubi. The storyline for this movie tells the tale of a shop owner who helped raise the kids in his local neighborhood. When the kids in the neighborhood kill the store owner, his son comes back to town, rounds up some old friends and looks to restore order in the neighborhood.
This movie is directed by Larry Cohen (A Return to Salem's Lot) and stars Fred Williamson (From Dusk till Dawn), Pam Grier (Coffy), Jim Brown (Im Gonna Git You Sucka), Paul Winfield (The Terminator), Isabel Sanford (The Jeffersons), Ron O'Neal (Super Fly), Richard Roundtree (Shaft) and Robert Forster (Jackie Brown).
Jim Brown's introduction into this film is awesome. Pam Grier's self defense class also made me smile. The cars, music and cast in this is really fun. The storyline is a bit cliché, and the acting and action scenes are uneven; but overall, this was a nice way to pay homage to the blaxploitation genre.
I would score this film a 5/10 and only recommend this to fans of the classics from the blaxploitation era.
This movie is directed by Larry Cohen (A Return to Salem's Lot) and stars Fred Williamson (From Dusk till Dawn), Pam Grier (Coffy), Jim Brown (Im Gonna Git You Sucka), Paul Winfield (The Terminator), Isabel Sanford (The Jeffersons), Ron O'Neal (Super Fly), Richard Roundtree (Shaft) and Robert Forster (Jackie Brown).
Jim Brown's introduction into this film is awesome. Pam Grier's self defense class also made me smile. The cars, music and cast in this is really fun. The storyline is a bit cliché, and the acting and action scenes are uneven; but overall, this was a nice way to pay homage to the blaxploitation genre.
I would score this film a 5/10 and only recommend this to fans of the classics from the blaxploitation era.