A young breakdancer hits his head during a talent show and slips into a coma for twenty years. Waking up in 2006, he looks to revive his and his team's career with the help of his girlfriend and his parents.
Biggs and Wayne, two young men from Jamaica, rob a soda truck and kill the driver, thereby entering the world of crime. They soon go to the US in order to expand their clout.
In 1956, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers landed a doo-wop hit with Why Do Fools Fall in Love? Fame turned to tragedy as lead singer Lymon (Larenz Tate) descended into substance abuse that eventually claimed his life at age 25. But Lymon didn't just leave his fans bereft -- he also left behind three women, and each believes she's owed his song royalties: Platters singer Zola Taylor (Halle Berry), prostitute Elizabeth Waters (Vivica A. Fox) and schoolteacher Emira Eagle (Lela Rochon).
In a city bursting with fight night anticipation, streetwise hustler Gordon "Chicken Man" Williams plants himself at the center of the action. His big ambitions, and even bigger talk, put him on a collision course with ruthless criminals, each consumed by their own insatiable hunger for the spoils of the event. As dawn breaks on a city reeling from the heist, JD Hudson, a pioneering Black detective, is thrust into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse as the body count rises. With time running out, JD and Chicken Man race against the clock to clear Chicken's name and survive the dangerous forces closing in.
When flight attendant Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) is busted smuggling money for her arms dealer boss, Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson), agent Ray Nicolette (Michael Keaton) and detective Mark Dargus (Michael Bowen) want her help to bring down Robbie. Facing jail time for her silence or death for her cooperation, Brown decides instead to double-cross both parties and make off with the smuggled money. Meanwhile, she enlists the help of bondsman Max Cherry (Robert Forster), a man who loves her.
She's A One Mama Massacre Squad! A young karate expert searches for her brother's killer in Hong Kong.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago Writers: Dick Miller, Ken Metcalfe Stars: Jeannie Bell, Stan Shaw, Pat Anderson Genres: Classics, Cult, Action, Crime
CCC Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:36 Title credits 00:01:29 Meanwhile in the theatre 00:03:46 Touchdown Hong Kong 00:05:17 TNT has landed 00:06:54 Walking into trouble 00:10:04 Meeting Elaine 00:12:34 Everybody’s Kung Fu fighting 00:36:49 TNT vs Elaine
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T (Robert Hooks) is a slick detective who's done very well for himself, but still runs his operation from the same mean streets he grew up on in South Central Los Angeles. His latest case comes from local hoods Chalky (Paul Winfield) and Pete (Ralph Waite), who claim that someone's been robbing their dice games at gunpoint. As T searches for the perpetrator, he realizes the job is a setup. Chalky and Pete have pinned a murder on him, and both cops and criminals think T is to blame. Initial release: November 1, 1972 Director: Ivan Dixon Music composed by: Marvin Gaye Screenplay: John D. F. Black Producers: John D. F. Black, Joel Freeman #blaxploitation