Wednesday, January 18, 2012

1972 - TROUBLE MAN "He skip on me, I feed him to the dogs. "

Trouble Man is called "Mr. T"  throughout the film and he has his "cool" going for him at all times.  This is a 70's Blaxploitation film that is a lot more polished than usual for this genre. 


Ivan Dixon who was the token black guy in the Hogan's Heroes series directed and for what this film is he directed it very well.  Michael Kahn, Steven Spielberg's go to editor for almost all of his films cut the film, and it moves along at a very good pace. 



Trouble Man also has a good cast of actors.  Robert Hooks is credible as the tough guy considering all the "honky ass" he has to take down.  Academy Award nominated actor Paul Winfield and Ralph Waite who was the dad in The Waltons are the bad guys he takes down.  This was a film clearly made early in the careers of these two gentlemen.


Decent action, 1970's fashions in clothes and apartments all add up to a quick fun action film.

99 minutes.

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