Review of The Mack (1973) by Michael W — 18 Apr 2012
This gritty gangster flick shows how a film does not have to be too sophisticated to effectively take a realistic approach to a social problem. Max Julien, who looks like the Geico neanderthal, and Richard Pryor, who in little screen time shows genuine menace, play brutally violent people, but the filmmakers see them from various angles, between the glamorous spoils of pimping to the gut-wrenching perversity of what defines it, from the money and power it brings to once-impoverished men to the dangerous idol-making effect it has on neighborhood children, and other contrasts.
This review of The Mack (1973) was written by Michael W on 18 Apr 2012.
The Mack has generally received positive reviews.
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