Black Dynamite
“He's super bad, he's outta sight. He's...”
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Black Dynamite follows a neighbourhood conspiracy all the way into the corridors of power. Michael Jai White anchors a meticulous blaxploitation parody that understands the swagger, music and accidental-looking filmmaking it imitates. The comic mistakes are carefully engineered, and the physical confidence is entirely real.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 7.5/10
- Plot
- 9/10
- Effects
- 4/10
- Dialogue
- 9/10
- Rewatchability
- 9/10
“The conspiracy has seriously underestimated the leading man.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 77
Synopsis and movie facts
This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.
- Released
- 2009
- Directed by
- Scott Sanders
- Running time
- 85 min
Starring
- Michael Jai White as Black Dynamite
- Arsenio Hall as Tasty Freeze
- Tommy Davidson as Cream Corn
- Kevin Chapman as O'Leary
- Richard Edson as Dino
- Bokeem Woodbine as Black Hand Jack
- Buddy Lewis as Gunsmoke
- Irwin Keyes as Henchman
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
TMDB identity and credits retrieved on 2026-11-10: Black Dynamite (2009), directed by Scott Sanders. The importer rechecks identity, poster, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres and cast against live metadata.
- Review · rogerebert.com
Roger Ebert praises Michael Jai White's pitch-perfect performance and the deliberate recreation of seventies filmmaking techniques, emphasising that the apparent mistakes are intentional. Full review text consulted on 2026-11-10.
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