Foxy Brown
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Movie Reviews of Foxy Brown
Movie Review: Tarantino's cult textbook
Summary: 4 Stars
Foxy Brown, the 'sequel' of Coffy, stars Pam Grier and delivers a forceful addition to the 'blaxploitation' genre. Foxy is a fighter. Backed against the wall by a feared drug cartel, she comes out swinging with fierce vengence and the determination to rid the streets of scum. A dual source of rage against the cartel unfolds: both her lover and then her brother are killed by them. A woman scorned is an understatement. Foxy is on a mission and the only resolve is either the cartel's demise or her own. Foxy Brown proves to be a whirlwind of action that relentlessly churns throughout the film. Director Jack Hill is an auteur of low-budget, eye-opening cinematography. He knows how to write/direct with a sense of honesty and cleverly blends sympathy and vigilante empathy. The print is gorgeous and well-rendered. The soundtrack by Willie Hutch helps to enhance the journey. The Hill commentary is priceless. A must for anyone who is either interested in blaxploitaion or wants to find out where Tarantino found his inspiration for Jackie Brown. Aside from the obvious nod found in the title, many of the cinematic techniques/plot developments clearly prove to be Tarantino's textbook of hard-hitting, ghetto realism. Foxy Brown not only epitomizes the important cinematic contributions of blaxploitation films but also shows that a good film can be made without pandering to the mainstream.Movie Review: Great buy, all the right reasons and a few more
Summary: 4 Stars
I picked this up because I've always admired Pam Grier. For many years, even now one of the sexiest, most stunning women in films. This has always been my fav of her early films. Now that I own it I like it even better. The image and sound quality of the DVD are top-notch. Not blurred and scratchy like many films from the old American International library. The twenty five year old Pam takes your breath away in every scene. A big surprise for me was the commentary from director Jack Hill who like many film makers of the 70s came under harsh criticism for making the so called blaxplotation movies.(the films were accused of negatively portraying afro-americans,and targeting black audiences when they were largely produced, directed and written by whites.) Mr. Hill's informative comments gave me a new understanding of how and why these films were made and sold. Above all the wonderful acting and beautiful presence of Pam Grier makes this flick more then just a fond memory from my teenage days.Movie Review: A Kick in the Head
Summary: 4 Stars
Ignore all the blather about "blaxploitation" and "camp", this is two-fisted B-action movie with an involving story, a kickass performance (from Ms. Grier) and joltingly brutal scenes of action violence. Getting a hoot out of the period costumes and attitudes is great, but anyone who enjoys a fierce action film will probably be blown away by this flick, which plays like an episode of 'Starsky & Hutch' directed by Paul Verhoeven. At times it seems that the sleazier and more violent a scene gets, the more craft and skill writer/director Jack Hill brings to it. What audiences thought about it at the time of its original release can only be imagined, but almost any modern viewer is likely to be stunned as Foxy goes up against a degenerate bunch of sleazoids and realistically (and literally) takes them apart.
Still strong to this day, 'Foxy Brown' makes most modern action flicks look like episodes of 'Matlock'.
Movie Review: "It Looks Like a Pickle Jar..."
Summary: 4 Stars
Like it's blaxploitation predecessor, "Coffy", "Foxy Brown" is high camp. Once again Pam Grier's character is taking on the drug trade this time a crime syndicate that uses an elite modeling agency as it's front(?!). Sounds ridiculous and it is but it's alot of fun. The revelation here is Pam Grier. She seems more confident here as an actress than she did in "Coffy". She's more confident with her avenging angel of the hood character and maintains her dignity even as the proceedings around her get increasingly ludicrous. She's is the key to the success of the film because if she played it wrong the film would fail.Movie Review: Take it for what it is
Summary: 4 Stars
The reviewer who thought this was a movie about a current singer either is pulling our leg or is dumber than a post. Just look at the cover. Probably, they are too young to recognize it as one of the classic blaxploitation movies of the 70s. Of course the acting is terrible, the dialogue lame and the plot is weak. They were supposed to be. After all, these movies were made on a production budget of $23.56. Any movie that provides a means of getting Pam Grier out of her clothes as often as possible is sufficient validation for anything. (In this regard, see Pam's 1973 Coffy).