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Simply A Masterpiece

Sadly Over-hyped

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I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

This movie is two years older than me, and still it is only now that I get to see it. And for a movie this old, it actually still holds up its own. It does, of course, show that it is from 1973 in every aspect, but still well-worth a watch.Story-wise then "Coffy" is a straight forward movie that offers no surprises or twists along the way. And while you already know exactly how the movie will end from the very beginning, then it does still prove entertaining enough.The story is rather simple; a nurse sets out to seek revenge as she has found her sister doped up and a friend left brain-damaged. While guns are deadly, Coffy makes use of her most dangerous weapon of all; her seductive sexuality.As for the acting, well, I will say that people were doing good jobs with their roles and characters. Pam Grier was, of course, the star of the movie. I was more than surprised to see a young Sid Haig on the screen, and he was as devious as always."Coffy" is not an overly impressive movie in itself, but it is interesting that it still passes as a movie worth watching alongside many other Hollywood productions today.

A powerhouse performance by Pam Grier emerges from director Jack Hill's revenge thriller. Grier is a nurse bent on obliterating the drug pushers, pimps and crooked politicians responsible for getting her kid sister hooked on junk. The hokey dialog and noble underpinnings of the plot are easy to take given the exciting action packed into this film by Hill. It's all played out to a pulse pounding funk score by Roy Ayers. Grier gives a gutsy performance and the supporting cast includes William Elliott as a good cop, Booker Bradshaw as very bad politician as well as Robert DoQui as "King George," a very flamboyant and very badly dressed drug pusher/pimp. Alan Arbus is a sleazy businessman with a lot of fetishes. The great Sid Haig is Omar. The cinematography is by Paul Lohmann, who went on to shoot some of the best films of Robert Altman and Mel Brooks!

A nurse named Coffin (Pam Grier) takes vigilante justice against inner-city drug dealers after her sister becomes their latest victim.Apparently, American International approached director Jack Hill to quickly make a movie about an African American woman's revenge and beat "Cleopatra Jones" to market. Hill wanted to work with Pam Grier with whom he had worked on "The Big Doll House" (1971). The film ended up earning more money than "Cleopatra Jones" and established Grier as an icon of the genre.Now, we might ask how Hill -- a white man -- ended up doing blaxploitation cinema. I have met Hill, and nothing about him suggests he would be the man for the job. And yet, he did that genre a great service by championing Grier and bringing his regular Sid Haig (playing Omar here) along for the ride. Karen Ross has written that the film "allowed African Americans the ultimate escape to cheer on the heroine that fought corruption and crime" as well as the "white power structure". How ironic it was brought to them by a white man.

Coffy (Pam Grier) is a nurse by day and avenging sexy woman at night. Coffy is bringing justice for the drug pushers, who nearly killed her young sister (Karen Williams) on drug abuse and beating up badly her police friend (William Elliot). She becomes an one-woman war on organized crime on Los Angeles.Written and Directed by Jack Hill (The Big Doll House, The Big Bird Cage, Foxy Brown) made an entertaining, action-thriller with sense of humour. Grier is fun to watch as the title character, she has some great dialogue and of course, she has an great body (Which she does appear topless at times). It is amusing to see Robert DoQui, who is best known for the "RoboCop Trilogy" as a pimp! and Sid Haig (House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects) as a low-life criminal.DVD has an fine non-anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer and an decent Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Sound. DVD has an fairly interesting commentary by the writer/director of the film and original theatrical trailer is also included. "Coffy" was an big hit back in 1973. Grier is certainly one of the sexy black woman's out there, certainly back in the 1970's, she was absolutely stunning. "Coffy" does have some flaws but it is an trashy enjoyable action flick to watch. (*** ½/*****).