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The Human Tornado
Dolemite comes to the rescue of Queen Bee, whose nightclub is threatened by the Mafia.
Release : | 1976 |
Rating : | 6.1 |
Studio : | Comedian International, |
Crew : | Director of Photography, Director of Photography, |
Cast : | Rudy Ray Moore Lady Reed Ernie Hudson Gloria Delaney Jerry Jones |
Genre : | Action Comedy |
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Absolutely the worst movie.
At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
Spoiler Alert!! The plot is the spoiler!! LOLOLMAO!! This was horrible! Sharknado 1, 2, 3 and 4 are 1000 times better than this waste of good film. The acting left a sour taste in my mouth after depositing my dinner in the toilet!!! I just kept shaking my head at the TV but what do you expect from a black station called BOUNCE!!! LOL I have to wonder if there were any good B movies in the 70's. I sure there were because this movie wasn't a B, more like a "F" movie. The fight scenes suck. Have you even seen blacks fighting like Bruce Lee?? This was bad!! Believe me, I am NOT racist!! If the actors were white, black, yellow, pink, or rainbow, they were all bad. The white actors in this Laurel and Hardy were just as bad if not worse. LOL Wait until you see the trannies in this thing!! That was the best part. Making me laugh so hard that I peed myself. AGAIN, I AM NOT RACIST!!!
Rudy Ray Moore reprises his comic character creation, Dolemite, the hyperbolic, Mohammed Ali-jive-talking, rhythmic discoursing, man of the people. The sequel to 1975's Dolemite, the film offers nothing new to the series, or to blaxploitation cinema, but simply adheres to the generic signifiers, such as female nudity, car chases, and the ubiquitous kung-fu cross-over. But significantly for the stylistic variations of the sub-genre, the subject of racism is the most evident theme - despite the fact that blaxploitation is readily accused of reverse racism (a term I have never understood, as this would suggest that racism is a purely white condition - it's all xenophobia).Dolemite is caught in bed with the local red-neck sheriff Beaty (J. B. Baron)'s wife, who is then shot dead by his deputy. Escaping this situation, Dolemite flees to California, and the sheriff's crew follow, pinning the crime upon Dolemite. Lady Reed also reprises her role as Queen Bee, and she along with "her girls" have their club shut down by the mob, and it is up to Dolemite to settle the score.Undoubtedly taking into account the failings of Dolemite, the sequel increases much of what makes exploitation cinema exciting. The violence is more nuanced, there is a lot more naked flesh on display, but more significantly, the comedy is far more indulgently silly, over the top ridiculousness. It's those rhythmic one-liners that Moore produces that increase the enjoyability of the film. And of course (as previously stated), no blaxploitation film would be complete without that other ethnic sub-genre, kung-fu, and here we are enthralled by the ferocious work of the Central American Nunchuck Champion, plus an early role for future Ghostbuster, Ernie Hudson. Marginally better than its predecessor, it has a strange ability to be both dull and exciting.www.the-wrath-of-blog.blogspot.com
I've not only seen this movie but I bought it! I like the fact that it has everything you'd expect to see in a 70's era movie: kung-fu, sex, crooked cops and all the funky clothes you ever wished to see.If you like low budget 70's movies, it doesn't get any better than this!Check it out.
Having just seen Dolemite, I can easily attest that this one is purely funnier. I will watch Disco Godfather soon, which is argued by some to be better still, while many claim Tornado to be the best. The racist cop cliches - GOLD. Dolemite leaping off an ivy covered hill, actually stopping the film, reversing it twice w/ a voiceover to "prove" that he really did it - GOLD. All the hallmarks of a GOOD bad movie. Really over the top, ridiculous fun. My only complaint is one too many shots of Rudy Ray's ass. And Caveletti's main squeeze, who is gratuitously nude more often than any other woman in the film, is a 40 plus white woman who is sagging in all the wrong places - couldn't a straight up pimp like Rudy Ray get something a little less 'local?' Oh, wait, he really isn't a pimp or for that matter, anything he claims to be in this movie. His interpretation of Kung Fu is hilarious.