When your typical James Bond bad man (Jay Robinson) comes up with the idea of contaminating the water so it only kills black people, three of the greatest blaxploitation heroes (Jim Brown, Jim Kelly and Fred Williamson) join forces to stop him. Robinson, who gained fame for playing Caligula in the 1950's, reminds me of John Colicos who played the evil Mikkos Cassadine just a few years later on "General Hospital", is brilliantly maniacal, spouting nonsense of his desire to cleanse the world, even creating uniforms with Nazi like markings.
This is nicely plotted out and is actually quite mainstream in its themes of good vs. evil, showing a few white people involved in the fight as well or not with the extreme racism of Robinson and his ilk which includes the scientist who comes up with the method of poisoning the waters in a way that only affects the black population.
There's crooked law enforcement as well, and an evil Eva Braun like Marion Collier who is assigned to guard Sheila Frazier, girlfriend of one of the heroes. Then there's the three colorfully dressed black women assigned to rough up and get information from one of the White supremicists they capture. The action filled film is a definite crowd pleaser that I'm sure had white audiences as well as the black audiences cheering as each of the bad guys (and gal) get their comeuppance.
This is nicely plotted out and is actually quite mainstream in its themes of good vs. evil, showing a few white people involved in the fight as well or not with the extreme racism of Robinson and his ilk which includes the scientist who comes up with the method of poisoning the waters in a way that only affects the black population.
There's crooked law enforcement as well, and an evil Eva Braun like Marion Collier who is assigned to guard Sheila Frazier, girlfriend of one of the heroes. Then there's the three colorfully dressed black women assigned to rough up and get information from one of the White supremicists they capture. The action filled film is a definite crowd pleaser that I'm sure had white audiences as well as the black audiences cheering as each of the bad guys (and gal) get their comeuppance.