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Coffy

The Baddest One-Chick Hit-Squad that ever hit town!

1973 · 1h 30m · R Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by Jack Hill , Walter Beakel

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After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.

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79%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Jack Hill directs for maximal suspense, violence, and voyeuristic appeal (which Grier certainly embodies).

Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Rotten

Leaves a viewer with the happy thought that she now can get back to nursing and away from films like Coffy.

A.H. Weiler, New York Times
Rotten

Coffy is slightly more serious and a little more inventive than it needs to be.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh

Grier, a statuesque actress with a body she doesn't hesitate to show, is strongly cast. Booker Bradshaw as a city politician and William Elliott as an honest cop score well.

Variety
Fresh

The world Coffy inhabits is revealed as one where social, sexual and political exploitation are simply the norms.

Time Out

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