'Black Dynamite'

'Black Dynamite' (R) ***

Writers: Byron Minns, Scott Sanders and Michael Jai White
Director: Scott Sanders
Starring: Michael Jai White, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Kym Whitley, Arsenio Hall, Tommy Davidson, Mike Starr

"Black Dynamite" knows it's subject matter very well. It is a very funny send up of the Blaxpoitation genre and so dead on that if you saw it on cable one day you would swear it was really made in the 70's. It knows all the cliches, dialogue and cheesy aspects of the genre. There is your requisite gratuitous nudity, hammy acting, scratchy film, misplaced boom mikes and violence that comes off a little excessive but is really more cartoon violence. Michael Jai White is awesome as the title character and the supporting cast does great work also. If you have seen many blaxpoitation movies as I have you will appreciate it more. It has the same goal as the very funny and one of my favorite spoofs "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" by the Wayans Brothers (the best material they have done). I laughed and nodded in recognition at all the jokes and characteristics of these films that the movie nails. I can do a whole story on the blaxpoitation genre but I still have a lot more to check out. Let's just say if you are a fan of these films you will love this. It has very many laugh out loud moments and it is a lot of fun. It would make a good double feature with "Sucka". Check out a good blaxpoitation film like "Coffy", "Black Mama, White Mama" ,"Black Caesar" or "Foxy Brown" and add those to the two comedies and you have a good movie marathon. Also check out Mario Van Peebles loving tribute in "Baadasssss" which is also one of the best movies of the decade.