From Spike Jonze’s “Sabotage” to PTA’s Angels Live in My Town to the full-on grindhouse wave, the ship for ironic urban ’sploitation needs to sail already. We’ll make an exception for the new Dolemite trailer because it has laser beams, but that’s it. Let it rest. Okay, um, we might need to make another exception. The trailer for this year’s Black Dynamite—off the map, much?—hints at an entire film that genuinely looks as if it played during the days when Tarantino’s and Wu-Tang’s sneakers used to stick to seedy theater floors. And we’re not exaggerating, take a look. That is a pretty difficult aesthetic to pull off in 2008 without looking like a jackass. Even the cast looks of the era.
The film’s writer/director is Scott Sanders, who previously helmed an obscuro Alec Baldwin flick, but c’mon, is that really a strike against? Michael Jai White, who has a role in The Dark Knight, played Spawn and had a cut part in Kill Bill, stars as the titular kung-fu fighting Shaft-like badass. His co-stars include Arsenio Hall as a man named Tasty Freeze, Tommy Davidson as Cream Corn, Sk8rboi porn starlet Charlotte Stokely, and martial artist Roger Yuan. How about a bowl of Totally Random? Here’s the logline…
“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”
A quick look around the Web shows that followers of Black Dynamite are pretty damn excited (also: it has followers), and little tidbits from the talent involved imply that it’s a super-coiled passion project that’s ready to strike outta nowhere. So, what do you think? And yeah yeah yeah, today’s red band trailer for Larry Bishop’s Hell Ride doesn’t look too shabby either (even though Peter gave it, like, a zero).
Black Dynamite opens sometime this year.
via Cinema Suicide (and thanks to Zach)
July 10th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Fuck Hell Ride. THAT is what I want!!!
July 10th, 2008 at 12:24 am
I would have believed this was really made in the 70s… Fucking awesome!
And from the guy who made Thick As Thieves??
July 10th, 2008 at 2:11 am
can you see where im comin from you jive mutha fucka!!!!!
July 10th, 2008 at 4:08 am
Im sorry but this shit looks just to old for me i might check it out but probably not
July 10th, 2008 at 4:16 am
“played Spawn”
You say that like it’s a positive. But this looks great. As usual, could Tarantino and Rodriguez be responsible for reviving another famed era in Hollywood?
I think so.
July 10th, 2008 at 4:44 am
I’m sorry, but when the trailer isn’t creative enough to write its own dialogue, I don’t have much hope for the film (The VO is from Fred Williamson’s “Hell Up In Harlem”).
July 10th, 2008 at 6:20 am
HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FIrst Dolomite has a new movie, now this.. i so wanna fucking see this. The dark knight and this and the spirit is all i wanna see!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 10th, 2008 at 7:52 am
Who the hell’s Arsensio Hall? Is he related to Arsenio?
July 10th, 2008 at 8:22 am
This film is going to be a real pisser.
July 10th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Awesome! i love all the one liners…
“You can hit the sheets or streets, don’t make black no never mind, you can go or you can come, can you dig it?”
“He carries two guns, one to stop trouble, one to start trouble!”
July 10th, 2008 at 8:43 am
“He’s 60,000 volts of black power”
OK, two things:
1. Are we sure this isn’t some lost trailer from Grindhouse?
2. I need to see this TODAY!
July 10th, 2008 at 9:04 am
@ mm
Fixed. Ha.
July 10th, 2008 at 9:06 am
this looks fucking awesome!
July 10th, 2008 at 10:35 am
This looks like the greatest movie ever.
July 10th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
pretty cool how they ripped off the “carries two guns one to sop trouble and one to start trouble” from the 1972 movie ‘trouble man’.
this shits wack.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
movie of the year!
July 10th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
I will see this!!!!
July 10th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
HELLZ YEA … bringing back the Blaxploitation movie. Screw political correctness.
This movie will be Cheesy, Campy … and it will be the shiznite … cant wait
July 11th, 2008 at 6:22 am
You messin’ with Dynamite!
July 25th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
LOVIN IT!!
FINALLY A MOVIE THAT DOESNT TAKE ITSELF TOO SERIOUSLY!!