Foxy Brown (1974)

Okay...but Coffy was better.A woman's boyfriend is murdered by a drug gang. She, Foxy Brown (played by Pam Grier), then sets out to avenge his death.Interesting and action-packed but, if you've already seen Coffy, the previous Jack Hill-Pam Grier collaboration (Hill being the writer and director), it seems largely second-hand. Very similar main plot to Coffy, with less plausible twists and escapes. Characters are less well developed and there's less engagement. It all just feels like Coffy Lite.However, still entertaining and Pam Grier, as before, puts in a great performance in the lead role.

I thought this was a pretty good movie-with a pretty good plot line. It's interesting to see some guys in the film beating up a drug dealer because the cops didn't care about stuff like that in a poorer area which looked pretty OK to me compared to tons of places out there. Pam Grier was good in this movie which doesn't really feature explicit sex but you do see some gals in short dresses. OO la la. Considering the way gals dress these days i.e. the show no skin brigade-it might appear risqué when its actually pretty tame stuff. Not bad action sequences help the picture along. Worth a look if you've never seen it. You can see what Pam Grier looked like as a younger actress since most people have seen her in Quentin Tarantino's 1990's film Foxy Brown which isn't a remake of this one but is a separate entity. Pan Grier faded from films by 1981-having only a bit part in Fort Apache The Bronx in 1981 and that was pretty much the last we saw of her for a long time. It's definitely 'blaxploitation' to give PG the part of a crazed hooker in the Fort Apache movie-as in they typecast her like someone in casting had a vague idea about the 1970's Foxy Brown movie but hadn't seen it. She was a good bet for more than a bit part. Fo' sho'.

This is shamelessly trashy. And very cheesy. And aside from Ms Grier, the acting is soap opera-grade. And its hilariously dated. And just all around hilarious. And Pam Grier is one sexy bad-ass chick. Or rather: Superbad! Can you dig it?The gun hidden in the afro was a nice touch.So was the death-by-airplane-propeller. And the brawl in the lesbian bar.And the revenge-by-manhood-removal.We get to see her boobs. Large, shapely boobs.I was hugely entertained.There really isn't more that I need to say.

Foxy Brown, was one of the gems of the Blaxploitation era. It's positively campy, gritty, and exciting. The fabulous, drop-dead gorgeous Pam Grier, played Foxy Brown with a seething conviction. After her man was gunned-down by drug-dealers, Foxy is out for blood. And she makes sure that the bad-guys shed their share, while she goes about the task of settling the score.Pam Grier made Foxy's rage and obsession with revenge, seem palpable. Foxy did whatever she had to do, to make the villains pay. The viewer really gets caught-up in Foxy's quest for justice. You want to cheer, when Foxy gets even with those who did her wrong. Pam Grier's stunning good looks, and her athletic grace, made her a perfect choice to play Foxy Brown. I can't imagine any other woman starring in this role. No other black female actress, was as compelling on-screen as Pam Grier was in the 70s.The cool funkiness of 70s Blaxploitation cinema, is certainly in evidence in Foxy Brown. The outrageously tacky clothes, giant 'fros, jive-talking' characters, slick cars, sexy mamas, gun-totin' urban thugs-it's all here in this film. If you're looking for a fat, juicy slice of 70s Blaxploitation, then Foxy Brown is just the movie for you.