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A kung-fu expert battles the Mafia to save his karate studio from mob redevelopment in Watts area of L.A.

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Action-mystery involving a black private detective who investigates murders connected with a drug ring in Venice, CA.

Fred Williamson is "imposing, tough and unflappable" (The New York Times) as a street kid who muscles his way into the big-time mob racket in this super-slick crime drama that became the smashhit of its genre and spawned a successful sequel (Hell Up In Harlem). Tommy Gibbs (Williamson) has always had it tough. Growing up on the streets without a father and trying to make his mother proud, Tommy resorts to running "errands" for The Man. But when a crooked cop beats him up, Tommy realizes there's a better way to live: by making The Man deliver for him! Infiltratingandthen destroyingthe infamous Cardoza family, Tommy takes over Manhattan as the first black Godfather and puts the squeeze on anyone who dares to get in his wayincluding the crooked cop! But as he tightens his grip on others, he loses his hold on the most important things in his own life, making him the vulnerable target of every cutthroat gangster who ever dreamt of ruling an empire!

Fred Williamson (Black Caesar) proves once again he's the ultimate soul brother -- dark, daring and ready for surprises. He and sexy co-star Pam Grier (Jackie Brown) heat up the sheets and the streets in this scintillating soul flick about a city ripped apart by prejudice, greed and plenty of gangsta action. Bucktown explodes like sparks and gasolinesetting small-town America on fire! Dean Johnson (Williamson) arrives in Bucktown to bury his murdered brother. He then takes over his brother's bar and everything that comes with it: the good-which includes a foxy localgal (Grier)and the bad-a sleazy police force that shakes him down for protection money. Proving he can't be pushed, Johnson calls in his big-city brothers who move into town with the necessary firepower to set things straight. But when the smoke clears, Johnson finds that his victorious cohorts are just as bad as the bigoted cops they've just destroyed, and now he has to rid the city of his violent friends -- by any means necessary!

The adventures of Pootie Tang, an inner city crime fighter who speaks a language that nobody understands.Genre: Feature Film Urban ComedyRating: PG13Release Date: 2-MAY-2006Media Type: DVD

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FOXY BROWN is Pam Grier's landmark Blaxploitation film in which she creates the iconic character imitated in films by directors from Spike Lee to Quentin Tarantino. Grier plays Foxy a toughened woman living in a drug-plagued Los Angeles ghetto who goes on a one-woman mission of vengeance after her undercover cop boyfriend Terry Carter is shot down in the street. The badass lass goes undercover herself as a call girl for the evil mistress of the drug cartel Kathryn Loder and with the help of a neighborhood vigilante committee wreaks some hell on the bad guys. Highlights include a lesbian bar brawl and Foxy's sexual belittling of an old white judge. Co-stars include Antonio Fargas Sid Haig and Sally-Ann Stroud. Don't miss the crazily colored opening credits which feature Grier boogying down in all sorts of super-sexy outfits to the Willie Hutch title track Hutch also composed the groovy funk score. This was directed by cult icon Jack Hill who also scored with Grier in the previous year's COFFY. Chock full of se