Foxy Brown [Blu-ray]

Director: Jack Hill Jack Hill

Overview

Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier stars as Foxy Brown, a sexy but streetwise woman whose ne'er-do-well brother Link (Antonio Fargas) is a drug dealer who owes mobsters 20,000 dollars. To get the hoods off his back, Link names Foxy's boyfriend as a government agent trying to wipe out organized crime, and the mob soon has him rubbed out. But Hell hath no fury like Foxy Brown scorned; posing as a hooker to get the inside scoop on the mob, she goes on a crusade to find out who murdered her man, and she exacts revenge with the help of a local activist group. The supporting cast includes cult figure Sid Haig as a bad guy (as usual) and Peter Brown and Kathryn Loder as a seriously kinky couple who rule the local mob.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/09/2015
UPC:	0887090100809
Original Release:	1974
Rating:	R
Source:	Olive
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	1:32:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Pam Grier	Foxy Brown,Dawes
Antonio Fargas	Link Brown
Peter Brown	Steve Elias,Claudia
Terry Carter	Michael Anderson
Kathryn Loder	Katherine Wall
Harry Holcombe	Judge Fenton
Sid Haig	Hays
Sally Ann Stroud	Deb
Bob Minor	Oscar
Tony Giorgio	Eddie
Fred Lerner	Bunyan
Judy Cassmore	Vicki,Actor
Jack Hill	Actor
H.B. Haggerty	Actor
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	Slauson
Jack Bernardi	Tedesco
Robert Nadder	Chemist
Brenda Venus	Jennifer
Kimberly Hyde	Arabella
Jon Cedar	Dr. Chase
Ed Knight	Adams
Esther Sutherland	Nurse Crockett
Mary Foran	Bartender
Jeannie Epper	Bobbie,Jackie
Peaches Jones	Barbara
Helen Boll	Large Lady
Russ Grieve	George
Roydon Clark	Sly
Willie Hutch	Composer

Technical Credits

Jack Hill

Buzz Feitshans	Producer
Jack Hill	Director,Screenwriter
Roy Downey	Special Effects
Betty Martin	Casting
Bob Minor	Stunts
John Dignan	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Jack Hill's successful follow-up to the brutal blaxploitation hit Coffy manages to top that drive-in favorite by piling on twice the action and outrageousness. The B-movie revenge plot is nothing new, but works nicely thanks to Hill's flair for infusing commonplace plots with colorful moments that give them a new lease on life. The highlights in this vein include a fight in a lesbian bar and the Black Panther-inspired "community watch" group that keeps pushers off the ghetto streets. Hill also turns in some nice work behind the camera, slyly alternating light comedy and brutal action to keep the audience off guard and maintaining a lean pace that keeps the film crackling with the energy of a good B-movie. However, Foxy Brown's top asset is Pam Grier's performance. No matter how strange the situation is, Grier plays the material straight and fuels her characterization with charm and intelligence to create a truly memorable B-movie heroine. Other performances of note include Antonio Fargas as Foxy's shifty drug dealer brother and Kathryn Loder as the snooty but twisted madam who tangles with the heroine. Ultimately, Foxy Brown may be a little too twisted and violent for the average viewer, but remains a one-of-a-kind grindhouse epic guaranteed to satisfy anyone who craves blaxploitation at its fastest and funkiest.

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