Sep 14
Plot:
FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith certainly has his hands full keeping Antonelli away from the Mafia hitmen who want to stop him testifying, not to mention the nightclubs…
IMDB rating: 6.10 out of 10.0 (3818 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
fbi,
fbi-agent,
gangster,
humor,
italian-american,
mafia,
title-based-on-song,
witness-protection
Sep 13
Plot:
Cool and deadly NYPD detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade, Jr. in a racially-motivated slaying. The eye witness disappears, Wade jumps bail for Switzerland, and Shaft is livid. Two years later, Wade returns to face trial, confident his father’s money and influence (and racial politics) guarantee an innocent verdict. Shaft looks hard for the witness, so Wade wants someone to kill her. He turns to a ghetto drug king, Peoples Hernandez, who’s willing to kill for money, use Wade as a route to rich drug customers, and shaft Shaft. Can Shaft find the witness, convince her to testify, and shepherd her through the hail of bullets that Peoples is sure to let fly?
IMDB rating: 5.90 out of 10.0 (19356 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
african-american,
based-on-novel,
basketball,
bigotry,
black-american,
black-comedy,
black-cop,
blaxploitation,
brother-sister-relationship,
car-wash,
character-name-in-title,
chase,
chrysler-building-new-york,
cocaine,
crooked-cop,
defecation-scene,
desert-eagle,
detective,
drug-dealing,
drugs,
foot-pursuit,
hate-crime,
hit-in-groin,
hitman,
ice-pick,
interracial-relationship,
italian-american,
jail,
limousine,
media-coverage,
mugger,
murder,
new-york,
new-york-city,
obscene-finger-gesture,
police,
police-brutality,
prisoner,
private-detective,
professional-hit,
racial-injustice,
racial-slur,
racism,
remake,
revenge,
sequel,
thrown-through-window,
twist-in-the-end,
uncle,
undercover,
urban,
vengeance,
violence,
vulgarity,
witness-protection