Coffy
This movie has everything. Extreme violence, nudity, drugs, bad acting, Pam Grier's boobs. Gotta say, Pam looks good in this one. My only frame of reference for her is Jackie Brown, which I like and thought she did well in. Her acting in Coffy is decent, until she breaks out the Jamaican accent, which is not remotely convincing. As a bonus, she completely drops the accent midway through the movie, even though she should still be pretending to be from Jamaica.
The movie starts with a bang, literally, when Coffy blows a pusher's head off with a shotgun. She uses the shotgun liberally, leading to multiple bloody deaths. The best is when she shoots her boyfriend in the balls. All without consequences for Coffy, of course. The rest of the movie is more of the same, violent deaths and nudity, including a pointlessly titillating catfight between Coffy and a group of "escorts."
I don't buy Coffy's boyfriend for a second. No idea why she does either. Our first glimpse of him is in a bar, which includes a topless dancer. I wouldn't call it a strip club though. We find out he's part owner, making it obvious he's not the moral type. Coffy likes him, inexplicably.
Shockingly, I recognize King George from the Robocop movies. In this, his outfits are awful. Looks like it came straight out of American Pimp. His death scene is beyond messed up. That's when it gets real.
What's with the guy with one sunglass lens? He's a shady character too, so you'd think he would want to be inconspicuous. How could someone overlook a stupid look like that? We find out at the end he has a freaky eye. We see the eye for a split second, right before he's crushed by a car. That's a lot of effort by the filmmakers for little payoff.
Sid Haig's death is preposterous. He gets poked with a hair pin, then gushes blood as if he's been shot. Even if Coffy hit a jugular that wouldn't happen. It does lead to an awesome shot of a cop getting run over. That's easily one of the most enterataining scenes in any movie: suddenly being hit by a car.
I'd talk about more than just gruesome murders and naked women, if there was anything else to Coffy. It truly deserves the Blaxploitation moniker. It's got entertainment value.
First Viewing: 2+1+1+2+2 = 8
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