Friday, June 22, 2012

Cleopatra Jones (Jack Starrett, 1973)


Fun, but not very good. At least not from pure blaxploitation point of view. It’s not violent enough, there’s no swearing (!!!??!) and music is okay but far from other funky “Shaft” like classics. 

Tamara Dobson is cute and cool and has some style and does few kung-fu moves and has this fancy Corvette but she’s not nearly as dangerous as Pam Grier in Coffy or Foxy Brown. But she wears better or should I say most outrageous costumes! Opening scene is a killer – she is in the desert somewhere in the Middle East and she’s wearing fuckin’ fur coat!! Hilarious, poor girl must have been sweating like a pig!

Oh yeah, I mustn’t forget to mention Shelley Winters. She plays “Mommy”, lesbian leader of the hoods and she is once again adorable as she plays the role totally over the top. Final climax and “showdown” between the leading ladies at the car junkyard is classic and total highlight of this fun little flick.
5/10

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