Four Vietnam Vets go to war against the drug dealers and pimps of Harlem.Four Vietnam Vets go to war against the drug dealers and pimps of Harlem.Four Vietnam Vets go to war against the drug dealers and pimps of Harlem.
- Caucasian Killer
- (as Charles Bergansky)
- Gordon's Wife
- (as Richelle LeNoir)
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- (uncredited)
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- GoofsGordon's U.S. Army uniform has no name tag, no combat patch on his right shoulder, and his beret is tilted to the wrong side.
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[You guys have seen it, one junkie will bring down everyone around him, he'll steal his mother's rent, sell his sister's ass and spend the cancer to little kids. The pusher and the junkie are an invading army and they've turned Harlem into a battlefield, well OK, we've been in a war before, now the only ones who can make a difference are men like us and we're gonna do this just like we did it in the 'Nam because if we don't do it, we're gonna lose a whole generation of kids to dope. Now, I want you to find an old abandoned building and set up a command post. Next, I want every piece of military equipment you can lay your hands on, we've been trained under fire, yeah it's a shitty business but we're experts. We're gonna use all the tools of the trade, we're gonna drive those bastards out!]
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Paul Winfield had received an Oscar nomination for Sounder the same year as he made this film, and he was to make one of my personal favorites, Conrack, the next year, so this was probably the peak of his acting career.
He is a Vietnam vet who comes home to tragedy and vows to do something. He gathers some friends and starts a private war against the drug dealers. It was an interesting film with many familiar faces in the blaxploitation genre.
Despite the weak ending, it was a good example of a positive blaxploitation film.
- lastliberal
- Dec 25, 2008
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- Gross US & Canada
- $823,282
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1