Review of The Dynamite Brothers (1974) by Richard C — 21 Aug 2006

Al Adamson built his Z-movie career by milking whatever genre was making the most money at the time, be it horror or biker flicks. Here however he actually developed an original idea of his own (albeit combining two popular genres) by teaming up martial arts with blaxploitation and therefore beating Rush Hour by some 30 years. Of course he still managed to make a pig's ear out of it but then it wouldn't be a Adamson film without the wooden acting and static camera work.

I won't bother with the plot (Adamson obviously didn't) but the film commits the mortal sin of making a B-movie boring. Here he had the opportunity to combine two relatively explosive genres and create a great actioner but instead he delivers a boring dud. There are some moments of unintentional humour (the pimp slashing bit is amusing) but otherwise this film lacks any real spark.

Only worth a look if you are a Blaxploit' completist like myself.