Review of Cleopatra Jones (1973) by Chris W — 14 Jul 2012
This one's surprisingly solid as both campy fun and a decent actioner in general. Of course, I'm also meaning decent on the B-Movie scale, but still, some fine work. Tamara Dobson is fine in the lead, and she comes off as more Afrocentric than her contemporary Pam Grier, if you're into subtext sorts of things.
The film addresses urban poverty, crime, drugs, THE MAN, and has some hilarious political incorrect giggle moments (well, especially for me given my age, race, and the fact that I've never watched this film without alcohol in my system. So yeah, it might be cheap, and a bit of a mess, but it's blaxploitation, so it's not boring, and quite a lot of fun.
This is basically one of the required watches of that wonderful subgenre, so definitely give it a watch if this is your sort of thing.
This review of Cleopatra Jones (1973) was written by Chris W on 14 July 2012.
Cleopatra Jones has generally received mixed reviews.
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