Regie:
Ben RamseyDrehbuch:
Michael AndrewsKamera:
Roy H. WagnerBesetzung:
Michael Jai White, Julian Sands, Eamonn Walker, Dante Basco, Nona Gaye, Michelle Belegrin, Bob Sapp, Dick Anthony Williams, Francis Capra, Gina Carano (mehr)Streaming (3)
Inhalte(1)
Isaiah Bone (M. J. White) wurde gerade aus dem Gefängnis entlassen und begibt sich unmittelbar in die Underground-Fighting-Szene. Die illegalen Straßenkämpfe werden in Los Angeles' Ghettovierteln ausgetragen und es winken ansehnliche Preisgelder. Bone ist nicht gut, er ist verdammt gut. Problemlos schlägt er die ersten Gegner und sein Name macht schnell die Runde. Sein Manager und Kleinganove Pinball (D. Basco) wittert die große Kohle und peilt bereits Ringwetten an. Doch Bone ging es niemals um die Kämpfe oder das damit verbundene Preisgeld. Er will Rache - aber dazu muss er erst den weltbesten Fighter besiegen. (Verleiher-Text)
(mehr)Kritiken (2)
A stylish echo of the action-packed and incredibly evolving 1980s in a fun arcade style with a traditionally dumb script. The fights are bearable, perhaps not hard enough, but fun. More a showcase of tactics than street fights with splashes of blood.
()
Since I don't have a TV at home and miss out on gems like Renegade, Walker Texas Ranger, and Cobra 11, I completely forget what people are capable of sometimes. Seňor Badass, master of Zen, wise strongman with his heart in the right place, chess grandmaster, martial arts superman, amazing lover, and responsible and humble protector of the underdog for about 10% of the film, beats someone up and spends the remainder of the running time gaping, advising, informing, teaching children and adults, and honoring the law of the street. Black Dynamite is more serious than this. If the whole movie were like the final two-minute brawl, I'd easily give it four stars, but this family film, most likely funded by a community center, almost killed me. By the way, if they're all such wrestling masters, why the in-shot cuts during the fights?
()