Black Dynamite

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Black Dynamite

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2009

1h 30m

Comedy

Action

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After The Man kills his brother and poisons the neighborhood with tainted liquor, a kung fu fighter (Michael Jai White) wages a war that takes him all the way to Nixon's White House.

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Critics Consensus

A loving and meticulous send-up of 1970s blaxsploitation movies, Black Dynamite is funny enough for the frat house and clever enough for film buffs.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

Sep 12, 2017

F

It falls into the category of what typically has become known as "Blaxploitation" films, but gave such films of the similar genre (for instance Coffy) a bad name.

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Matt Bochenski

Little White Lies

Aug 13, 2010

4/5

A brilliant laugh-out-loud slapstick crowd pleaser made with love and talent.

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Damon Wise

Empire Magazine

Aug 12, 2010

4/5

Fond and very funny homage to the exploitation era.

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Sean Axmaker

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Aug 20, 2023

A tongue-in-cheek tribute to the black exploitation action cinema of the seventies, [this] is a dead-on parody of the sloppy filmmaking, aggressive overacting and slapdash writing of the cheapest films of the genre.

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Andrea Hubert

NME (New Musical Express)

Apr 29, 2021

3.5/5

Brilliant Blaxploitation re-crafting

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Dec 5, 2016

9/10

Funny in ways that are as complex as the most challenging art film.

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Nothing Butt A

@GLB4OU Jun 3, 2026

This is a hilarious look back at the fantastic blaxplotation movies made in the 1970s. Highly recommend!

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dede W.

@RT37612585 Feb 14, 2026

R.ip to the kids who couldn’t make it to watch this show , this was the best ever put out

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Gregory P

@Gfunky27 Jan 8, 2026

This is my comfort movie..funny from start to finish.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Dec 29, 2025

Funny in 01 hour, 24 minutes, and 30 seconds. The worldwide gross is $296,557.00, less than the budget of $2,900,000.00.

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Jason H

@RT50328122 Oct 27, 2025

The more familiar you are with the genre it's satirizing, the more you'll like this movie.

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xpig332 B

@RT69712065 Aug 16, 2025

Nowhere near as good as the 1970’s flicks, I found this over the top silly & boring.

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Synopsis

After The Man kills his brother and poisons the neighborhood with tainted liquor, a kung fu fighter (Michael Jai White) wages a war that takes him all the way to Nixon's White House.

Director: Scott Sanders
Producer: Jon Steingart, Jenny Wiener Steingart
Screenwriter: Michael Jai White, Byron Minns, Scott Sanders
Distributor: Apparition
Production Co: Destination Films, Sucker Punch Pictures
Rating: R (Sexuality/Nudity|Language|Drug Content|Some Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 16, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $228.5K
Runtime: 1h 30m

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