Re: New/Rented Movies: Now In Smell-O-Rama!
Black Caesar:
The most "serious" blaxploitation movie I've seen, and despite poor production/bad acting/etc etc, the drama involved does actually succeed and the storyline is actually quite quality, and outshines the unintentional comedy, which really *ing surprised me.
After looking it up on imdb, I was even MORE surprised that at first, they wanted Sammy Davis Jr to star, and then THEY changed THEIR minds.
GLM, I'm looking in your direction, you'll like it, but probably not for the reasons you think. Also, I read there was a sequel "Hell Up In Harlem" but haven't done any digging on that one.
If you like the genre, or want to take a chance, this is a decent one to see. It's no Black Belt Jones, but you won't hate yourself for wasting time on it, either.