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A Rage in Harlem

1991 · 1h 55m · R Comedy, Crime
Directed by Bill Duke

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Overview

A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.

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64%
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Rotten

With its snazzy Elmer Bernstein score, its snappy period flavor and its all-star cast doing something completely different, A Rage in Harlem should have been much more fun than it is.

John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh

Jazzy and jauntily funny.

Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten

As the movie becomes increasingly violent and unpleasant, the characters chase around after each other in a threadbare gangster plot about a trunk of gold.

Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh

[A] flamboyant, engaging action comedy.

Michael Sragow, New Yorker
Fresh

Duke and company have been true to Himes' brash, blaspheming spirit, and that is no small thing.

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

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