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Thanks to a few movie-loving pals, I was exposed to a few scenes of Black Dynamite. From what I saw, I knew this was a movie I needed to see with my husband. Thanks to the wonders of Roku, I had him watching it soon and he laughed heartily.

I haven't actually seen any blacksploitation movies, but this is a parody of them, and it stars Michael Jai White as Black Dynamite. Black Dynamite is a Vietnam veteran, Kung-Fu master, helicopter pilot, and more. He can do pretty much everything, has loads of cool catchphrases, and the ladies can't resist him.

Unfortunately, Black Dynamite's brother is killed, there's a problem with heroin at the local orphanages, and the ghetto's popular malt liquor poses a threat to everyone. Black Dynamite declares war on anyone involved and will fight to the top to help the victims.

The movie isn't hilarious all of the time, but it really does have a lot of laughs. There are plenty of one-liners that Ric and I say to each other now, besides singing the catchy, "Dynamite, dynamite!" theme (although mine usually sounds like, "Pip-oh-mite!" since I turn all song lyrics into little ditties about the kit). My favorite scenes usually have to do with cheesy witticisms, out-of-the blue humor, or funny uses of seemingly useless knowledge. The scene where Black Dynamite's crew figure out what's going on with Anaconda Malt Liquor (beware of language - here's the link) was too much!

Anyway, of course, I have to give a disclaimer regarding language, violence, and nudity, but I'm pretty sure that's a given if you're seeing this movie. Parodies aren't usually my thing, but in this case, it works. The humor isn't about ridiculous slapstick or over-exaggerated acting. It takes what was funny about blacksploitation movies and replicates those things.. and then throws all of them into one movie.

I can see Ric watching this movie repeatedly. I thought it was funny and probably wouldn't mind seeing it now and again either.