Review of Black Dynamite (2009) by Jess K — 27 Jul 2012
It takes a lot of skill to disguise careful planning as flaw. Although not flawless, Black Dynamite is a rare film that is obviously precise but appears completely slapdash. Black Dynamite makes its parody clear, even to inexperienced blaxploitation viewers, and hilarious.
Michael Jai White is perfect, delivering solid fight scenes, subtle stabs at stray boom mics and nunchucks, and cool, righteous readings of even the most absurd lines, making each of these moments laugh-out-loud funny.
From the saturated film stock, to the costumes, sets, dialogue, music (which is awesome), stock footage and period details, Black Dynamite looks more like a found film than any grainy black-and-white horror movie; as though it was buried in some studio backlot in 1972.
The survey of blaxploitation clichés is so deep that right when tedium sets in, the scene shifts to a new location, while the ending is crazily over-the-top, in the best way. Dy-na-mite! Dy-na-mite!
This review of Black Dynamite (2009) was written by Jess K on 27 Jul 2012.
Black Dynamite has generally received very positive reviews.
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