Fresh
The portentous dialogue, two-track-recorded soundtrack (by Adrian Younge) and eager performances are all highly diverting.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
Black Dynamite
He's super bad, he's outta sight. He's...
2009 · 1h 25m · R
Action, Comedy
Directed by
Scott Sanders
Overview
This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.
Director and cast
- Scott Sanders Director
- Michael Jai White as Black Dynamite
- Arsenio Hall as Tasty Freeze
- Tommy Davidson as Cream Corn
- Kevin Chapman as O'Leary
- Richard Edson as Dino
- Bokeem Woodbine as Black Hand Jack
- Buddy Lewis as Gunsmoke
- Salli Richardson-Whitfield as Gloria Gray
- Irwin Keyes as Henchman
- Miguel A. Núñez Jr. as Mo Bitches
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Black Dynamite will stir some pleasant memories.
Cary Darling, Dallas Morning News
Fresh
If the joke is somewhat one-note and eventually told too long and too often, at least it's a good joke.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Rotten
Before an hour has passed tedium overtakes Black Dynamite -- one corny martial-arts sequence turns out to be plenty -- and all the good jokes dry up.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Fresh
Even though it sounds funnier than it plays, between the song and the nun chucks, I was happy.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
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