Review of Dolemite (1975) by Allan C — 21 Oct 2016

Though I believe this film does have it's fan who love it without irony, this blaxploitation classic is one that is so terribly written, directed, acted and just about every other filmmaking element you can think of, it reaches near Ed Wood proportions of so-bad-it's-good.

If you ever listen to star Rudy Ray Moore talk about this film, he made this film with complete seriousness, which is what makes this revenge tale of Dolemite being released early from prison to take down the rival pimp who put him away.

Lucky for Dolemite his madame has had all his girls, in his absence, trained in karate, so Dolemite is aided my an army of female kun-fu fighters. He also get some of the worst 70s fashion imaginable.

The acting is so wonderfully awful and is made even more hilarious by absurd dialogue that features a profanity in just about every third or fourth word. Oh, and you also have Rudy Ray Moore doing his "rapping," which feels as if it domes out of nowhere and from a completely different film.

Overall, this film is a zero-star film, but I certainly got at least three-stars worth of entertainment out of it.