Original Gangstas [VHS]

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	Actor(s):	Fred Williamson Jim Brown Pam Grier Paul Winfield Isabel Sanford
	Video by:	MGM (Video & DVD)
	Sales Rank:	195233

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Actor(s):
Fred Williamson
Jim Brown
Pam Grier
Paul Winfield
Isabel Sanford

Creators:
Fred Williamson (Producer)
Carlos González (Cinematographer)
Linda Williamson (Producer)
Vladimir Horunzhy (Producer)
Wolf Schmidt (Producer)
Aubrey K. Rattan (Writer)

Director(s):
Fred Williamson Larry Cohen

Recording label: MGM (Video & DVD)
EAN: 9780792843283
Binding: VHS Tape
ISBN: 0792843282
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC,
Release Date: 2001-01-09
Universal product code (UPC): 027616796431
Number of discs: 1
Audience rating: R (Restricted)

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Larry Cohen scratched out some of the most memorably offbeat exploitation films of the 1970s, including two of the most energetic blaxploitation action classics: Black Caesar and its sequel, Hell Up in Harlem, which made a star of Fred Williamson. In 1996 they reunited for this tribute to the good old days and producer-star Williamson brought along a few of his fellow 1970s blaxplo icons: Jim Brown (Slaughter), Pam Grier (Foxy Brown), Richard Roundtree (Shaft), and Ron O'Neal (Superfly). They play old friends and former members of a neighborhood gang in economically depressed Gary, Indiana, who reunite when a new generation of gangbangers using their old street name, the Rebels, turns the city into a war zone. It's great fun to see the old faces back on the screen--Williamson is still buff and tough, and Brown and Grier have become more charismatic with age--but they're let down by a slack script and lazy direction despite an almost nonstop barrage of gunfights and back-alley brawls. Even with revved-up 1990s firepower, the film never really captures the explosive energy of the films that made their reputations. You're better off seeing the originals. Paul Winfield and Isabel Sanford also star, and Cohen casts cult faves Charles Napier, Wings Hauser, and Robert Forster in supporting roles. --Sean Axmaker

Running time: 99 minutes