Review of Black Gunn (1972) by Jon C — 28 Apr 2009
Poor Martin Landau, just a few years after his disagreement with Paramount over his salary for the MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE TV series, this very talented actor plays a syndicate heavy in this run-of-the-mill Jim Brown blaksplotation film.
Like Ed McMahon in SLAUGHTER'S BIG RIPOFF, Landau engages in some seriously cheesy scenary chewing. Bruce Glover plays his heavy. This is a better blaksplotation film than SLAUGHTER as Brown plays a sucessful black nightclub owner (and former kickbutt Special Forces type) who gets involved in the machinations of the white mobsters responsible for his activist brother's death.
Brown remains an impressive and imposing physical force. Later, he developed a human side and a sense of humour about these films.
This review of Black Gunn (1972) was written by Jon C on 28 Apr 2009.
Black Gunn has generally received mixed reviews.
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