I'm trying to figure out how I can properly criticize this movie without going on a profanity laced tirade. This movie wasn't just bad, it was insulting.
I like Yaphet Kotto, but this was a bad role. Yaphet Kotto-who is the reason I even watched-plays a thief and a rapist. He's not the brightest thief but that seems to play right into the stereotype of black men. He was a big black thief that wanted to terrorize a precious white couple. And, to make sure he got compliance from the husband, he threatened to rape his wife. This movie played right into the worse imaginable stereotype and the worse fears of many a white male.
When Bone (Kotto) he even has a typical black criminal nickname) couldn't find any significant money in the huge home he sent the husband, Bill (Andrew Duggan), to the bank to drain his account while he stayed back to essentially keep the wife hostage. If Bill wasn't back with "the bread" by three then Bone was going to rape his wife.
This sent Bill scurrying off to the bank, but while he was out he decided, "Eff it. I don't like my wife anyway." He hits a bar, meets a younger woman, and they bang it out in her house.
Meanwhile, back in the mansion, Bone attempts to rape the wife but can't get it up. Later, he makes jokes about being a rapist (more on that later) and while bearing his soul the wife decides to boost his manly ego by having sex with him. And that's when I turned it off.
Honestly, I should've turned it off when he was joking about being a rapist because that s#@* isn't funny. He was opening up about how he gets off by a woman fighting back and scratching and the wife did her best to assuage him by saying, "Didn't I fight back?" Like she was bothered by his inability to rape her. WTF!!! He even says, "What kind of rapist am I?" Are you serious man!?! He then goes on to wax nostalgically about how he used to be a feared n***a.
His speech and this movie was repulsive on a cellular level. I was revulsed and repulsed to an extreme degree. If this was a satire it was in the poorest of tastes. Whatever it was it was utterly horrible.
I like Yaphet Kotto, but this was a bad role. Yaphet Kotto-who is the reason I even watched-plays a thief and a rapist. He's not the brightest thief but that seems to play right into the stereotype of black men. He was a big black thief that wanted to terrorize a precious white couple. And, to make sure he got compliance from the husband, he threatened to rape his wife. This movie played right into the worse imaginable stereotype and the worse fears of many a white male.
When Bone (Kotto) he even has a typical black criminal nickname) couldn't find any significant money in the huge home he sent the husband, Bill (Andrew Duggan), to the bank to drain his account while he stayed back to essentially keep the wife hostage. If Bill wasn't back with "the bread" by three then Bone was going to rape his wife.
This sent Bill scurrying off to the bank, but while he was out he decided, "Eff it. I don't like my wife anyway." He hits a bar, meets a younger woman, and they bang it out in her house.
Meanwhile, back in the mansion, Bone attempts to rape the wife but can't get it up. Later, he makes jokes about being a rapist (more on that later) and while bearing his soul the wife decides to boost his manly ego by having sex with him. And that's when I turned it off.
Honestly, I should've turned it off when he was joking about being a rapist because that s#@* isn't funny. He was opening up about how he gets off by a woman fighting back and scratching and the wife did her best to assuage him by saying, "Didn't I fight back?" Like she was bothered by his inability to rape her. WTF!!! He even says, "What kind of rapist am I?" Are you serious man!?! He then goes on to wax nostalgically about how he used to be a feared n***a.
His speech and this movie was repulsive on a cellular level. I was revulsed and repulsed to an extreme degree. If this was a satire it was in the poorest of tastes. Whatever it was it was utterly horrible.