"Jimmy Lait" (Jim Brown) is a record producer in Los Angeles who finds out a good friend of his has been shot. So he takes his friend to a hospital and leaves his girlfriend, "Wendy Kane" (Sheila Frazier) there while he goes back to work. However, while he's working the people who shot his friend arrive at the hospital, kill his friend and then kidnap his girlfriend. Not only that but these same people also attempt to kill him a little later as well. Realizing he needs help he travels first to Chicago to enlist the assistance of a man named "Jagger Daniels" (Fred Williamson) and then to New York for a martial arts expert by the name of "Mister Keyes" (Jim Kelly). But what none of them realize at the time is that this is more than just a simple killing or kidnapping. Instead, the people they are now up against are white supremacists who have a plan to murder every black person in the entire world! Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that, considering the actors just mentioned, this particular film certainly had plenty of talent of draw on. Unfortunately, this movie was hampered by an incredibly far-fetched plot along with several action scenes which were equally unrealistic. Along with that, I was particularly disappointed with the fact that both Roberta Collins (as "Jimmy Lait's secretary") and Irene Tsu ("Empress") were so badly under-utilized as well. In any case, considering the the aforementioned cast, I have to say that I expected much better and for that reason I have to rate this film accordingly. Slightly below average.
Review of Three the Hard Way
