Jim Brown had made a bunch of movies before this but this feels like his first blaxploitation one - with its black hero hero ex Vietnam vet kicking racist white arse and bedding a white woman. I mean he did that things in earlier movies but this one feels like the first to address the formula, if that makes sense.
It doesn't stuff around - the opening scene has Brown's dad killed and Junior is soon kicking arse and smacking people around. There's an above average support cast - Cameron Mitchell as the cranky racist agency head, Stella Stevens (showing all and sundry) as the mafia gal who falls for him and most of all Rip Torn as the trigger-happy mafia dude. I love the banter between Brown and off sider Don Gordon, and support Mafia actors are strong. Location photography in Mexico is visually interesting.
Lots of action. Brown looks better with a moustache.
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