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With jim kelly, gloria hendry, scatman crothers, eric laneuville. Rock band covering tunes from the 70s on, with some originals sprinkled in for variety. Urban action black belt jones, black samson, hot potato, three the hard way by various. Black belt jones movie 1974 jim kelly, gloria hendry, scatman.
Black belt jones the mob want to buy a local karate studio in a city area planned for redevelopment. Black belt jones stars jim kelly as the eponymous hero, fighting his way through a fleet of mobsters and goons with names like pinky, blue eyes and big tuna in order to protect his friends. Black belt jones is a film directed by robert clouse and starring jim kelly, gloria hendry, scatman crothers. Domke classic camera bags f5xa small schoulder and belt bag black borsa per fotocamera colore nero. Black belt jones 1974 action comedy a mafia buy out of papa byrds karate school downtown ends in his death. Black belt jones 2 tattoo connection 1978 full movie. Black belt jones 1974 official trailer martial arts comedy movie. With the odds stacked against them, black belt jones and syndey must save quincy, defeat pinky, and stop don steffanos nefarious plans to snatch up pop byrds school. Movie info jim kelly, costar of 1973s enter the dragon, graduates to titlecharacter status with black belt jones.
Black belt jones is a bad ass awesome vintage kung fu flick. Theres really not too much plot going on here as the main draw was of course the action scenes and fights. In this film, a man who calls himself black belt jones, must help a friend of his who is in trouble of losing his martial arts dojo to a mafia group. Black belt jones is a 1974 american blaxploitation martial arts film directed by robert clouse and starring jim kelly. Black belt jones is a kung fu brother out to protect the world from street scum.
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Rip jim kelly black belt jones fighting off pinkys goons in the dead of night at pops dojo. Kelly plays a karate expert who comes to the rescue of his mentor, played by scatman. The creators of enter the dragon reunite for another actionpacked adventure, this one about the mafia getting more than it bargained for when it attempts to muscle in on a karate school run by. They enlist the aide of a local thug named pinky and his henchmen to force the owner into selling. Black belt jones 1974 official trailer martial arts comedy movie hda mafia buy out of papa byrds karate school downtown ends in his. The most fun ive had watching a blaxploitation film, filled with great action, and lots of it. Melting faces in one incarnation or another since 2001. The karate school is run by a kindly old coot named pops scatman crothers. Pacific northwest cult film history black belt jones 1974. Jim kelly, costar of 1973s enter the dragon, graduates to titlecharacter status with black belt jones. Black belt jones 2 tattoo connection 1978 when a diamond is stolen in hong kong, the company insuring the diamond sends a former cia. Black belt jones stars jim kelly whos best known for his role in enter the dragon aside bruce lee, but dont expect the same kind of film.
Black belt jones 1974 official trailer martial arts comedy movie hd a mafia buy out of papa byrds karate school downtown ends in his. Jim brown, fred williamson, jim kelly hot potato 1976. Kelly is perhaps best known for his role as williams in the 1973 martial arts action film enter the dragon. Black belt jones was clearly a big inspiration for black dynamite. Jim kelly is back as black belt jones, excia and lethal. Sep 09, 20 the creators of enter the dragon reunite for another actionpacked adventure, this one about the mafia getting more than it bargained for when it attempts to muscle in on a karate school run by. Watch black belt jones starring jim kelly in this actionadventure on directv.
After they accidentally kill him, the karate students call on their number one kungfu expert, black belt jones to even the. Standard issue street karate film designated for the youth market in the inner city. Blaxploitation film about three martialarts specialists who prevent white supremacists from tainting the u. It is the last 35 minutes that save this film and make it worth watching. The mafia learns that a new civic center will be built, and they buy all of the land for the site of the buildingall except for one place.
Black belt region of chicago, a historical region in chicago, illinois, in the south side area. The first 50 minutes have flashes of jokes but are mostly just boring. As usual, this film was shot in hd video high definition widescreen and bluray with dolby digital audio. Shes met with some hostility and then gives out her own brand of ass whuppin haha i love this film category.
Its a kick ass blaxploitation tsunami when 70s kung fu superstar jim kelly sticks it to the bad guys and. From the moment that black belt jones and sydney hit the beach on the film is comic kungfu gold. If you like the movie black dynamite you will love this film michael jai white must have loved this too. Jones reluctantly teams with sydney in many battles. Jan 29, 1974 in this case, black belt jones, played by the young, handsome, black, muscular martial arts devotee, jim kelly, one of the heroes of enter the dragon, is ably assisted by gloria hendry, a. Black belt jones is a karate master and an occasional government agent. The film is a spiritual successor to clouses prior film enter the dragon, in which kelly had a supporting role. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of black belt jones with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Jun 29, 2006 rip jim kelly black belt jones fighting off pinkys goons in the dead of night at pops dojo. Soon, the karate expert, possibly with an afro, would become an almost required aspect of the genre. Enter the dragon, graduates to titlecharacter status with black belt jones. Black belt jones is a 1974 american blaxploitation martial arts film directed by robert clouse and starring jim kelly and gloria hendry. Urban action black belt jones, black samson, hot potato.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie black belt jones has a duration of 85 minutes. Oct 18, 2010 black belt jones stars jim kelly as the eponymous hero, fighting his way through a fleet of mobsters and goons with names like pinky, blue eyes and big tuna in order to protect his friends. Black belt jones was a 1975 blaxploitation martial arts movie staring jim kelly you know, the black guy from enter the dragon directed by robert clouse who also directed enter the dragon and costarring scatman crothers. In this case, black belt jones, played by the young, handsome, black, muscular martial arts devotee, jim kelly, one of the heroes of enter the dragon, is ably assisted by gloria hendry, a.
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