Foxy Brown (1974)
Jack Hill's sequel to his own Coffy ups the violence and the fun. Pam Grier plays Foxy Brown, one of blaxploitation's most resourceful heroes, as her man, Carter, is just about to be released from the hospital after plastic surgery done to hide his identity (and explain the new actor as well). Unfortunately, Foxy's brother Link, who's always getting into fixes, sells him out for 20 grand. After the inevitable, Foxy starts her long revenge, becoming a call girl for the villain herself, Kathryn Loder. After she's discovered, she's tortured and abused and shot up with heroin, but she escapes, madder and meaner than ever. Then she enacts a rather ambitious revenge, helped by some like-minded friends who are also intent on getting some real justice.
Jack Hill pulls off a fun crowd-pleaser that keeps you interested throughout and, of course, rooting for Foxy Brown. The production values are fine for the film and don't distract at all, and all of the performances are pretty good, even if they're pretty simple roles most of the time.
Tagline: Don't mess aroun' with Foxy Brown... She's the meanest chick in town! She's brown sugar and spice, but if you don't treat her nice... she'll put you on ice!
Highlights: Antonio Fargas, who played Foxy's brother in this one, but also played Doodlebug in Cleopatra Jones and Flyguy in I'm Gonna Get You, Sucka. The fight in the lesbian club. Foxy's makeshift coathanger claw. Where Foxy hides her gun. Death by airplane propeller.
Jack Hill pulls off a fun crowd-pleaser that keeps you interested throughout and, of course, rooting for Foxy Brown. The production values are fine for the film and don't distract at all, and all of the performances are pretty good, even if they're pretty simple roles most of the time.
Tagline: Don't mess aroun' with Foxy Brown... She's the meanest chick in town! She's brown sugar and spice, but if you don't treat her nice... she'll put you on ice!
Highlights: Antonio Fargas, who played Foxy's brother in this one, but also played Doodlebug in Cleopatra Jones and Flyguy in I'm Gonna Get You, Sucka. The fight in the lesbian club. Foxy's makeshift coathanger claw. Where Foxy hides her gun. Death by airplane propeller.
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