Black Dynamite (2009)
Action, Comedy |
Black Dynamite is a American blaxploitation action comedy film starring Michael Jai White, Tommy Davidson, and Salli Richardson. The film was directed by Scott Sanders and co-written by White, Sanders, and Byron Minns, who also co-stars.
The plot centers on former CIA agent Black Dynamite, who must avenge his brother’s death while cleaning the streets of a new drug that is ravaging the community. The film is a parody of and homage to the blaxploitation genre and its era. It had a trailer and funding even before a script was written. Black Dynamite was shot in 20 days in Super 16 format.
In the early 1970s, Black Dynamite, a Vietnam War veteran and former CIA officer, vows to clean up the streets of drug dealers and gangsters after his younger brother Jimmy is killed by a shady organization. O’Leary, Black Dynamite’s former army and CIA partner, reinstates him into the agency because they do not want him seeking vengeance by himself. While trying to get to the bottom of Jimmy’s murder, he finds out that his brother was actually working undercover for the CIA. Black Dynamite also discovers the shady organization is filling the black orphanages with heroin. He declares war on local drug dealers and successfully cleans up the streets, earning him the affection of Gloria, a Black Power activist who works at the local orphanage.
After discovering the government’s involvement in the drug ring, Black Dynamite steals the ledger belonging to corrupt Congressman James which details illegal shipments to a warehouse. Black Dynamite and his team storm the warehouse to capture a big shipment.
Director: Scott Sanders
Writers: Michael Jai White, Byron Minns, Scott Sanders
Stars: Michael Jai White, Arsenio Hall, Tommy Davidson, Byron Minns, Kym Whitley, Cedric Yarbrough, Brian McKnight
►Cast:
| Phyllis Applegate | … | Aunt Billy |
| Obba Babatundé | … | Osiris (as Obba Babatunde) |
| William Bassett | … | Captain Yancy |
| Troy Lindsey Brown | … | Kid #1 |
| Fredella Calloway | … | Waitress |
| Cheryl Carter | … | Black Dynamite’s Mother |
| Juka Ceesay | … | Valet Girl (as Juka Cesay) |
| Kevin Chapman | … | O’Leary |
| Tommy Davidson | … | Cream Corn |
| Lucky Davis | … | Paperboy |
| Nicholas Earley | … | Neighborhood Kid |
| Richard Edson | … | Dino |
| Jason Jack Edwards | … | Soul Brother |
| Jon Kent Ethridge | … | 12 year old Black Dynamite |
| Mary Evans | … | Woman at table |
| Cory Gluck | … | 16 year old Jimmy |
| Dionne Gipson | … | Afroditey |
| Arsenio Hall | … | Tasty Freeze |
| Paul Hayes | … | Doctor |
| Darrel Heath | … | Militant 2 |
| Erika Vution | … | Black Chick (as Ashli R. Jackson) |
| Justine Joli | … | White Woman Swimming |
| Izetta Karp | … | Granny |
| Irwin Keyes | … | Henchman |
| John Kerry | … | Chief |
| Charmane Star | … | Asian Chick (as Sheryn Lascano) |
| Daniel Leavitt | … | Teasing Boy #1 |
| Buddy Lewis | … | Gunsmoke |
| Neil Lewis | … | 18 year old Black Dynamite |
| Buddy Love | … | Drug Dealing Pimp |
| Brian McKnight | … | Sweet Meat |
| James McManus | … | Richard Nixon |
| Byron Minns | … | Bullhorn |
| Phil Morris | … | Saheed |
| Jessica Moreno | … | Dumb Broad #1 |
| Stacy Adams | … | Nurse (as Joy Mulligan) |
| Tumani Nicole | … | Brikwilla |
| Miguel A. Núñez Jr. | … | Mo Bitches (as Miguel Nunez) |
| Victor Orlando | … | Club M.C. |
| Nicole Ari Parker | … | Mahogany Black |
| Damion Poitier | … | Thug #2 (as Damian Poitier) |
| Candace Rice | … | Shawanda |
| Salli Richardson-Whitfield | … | Gloria |
| John Salley | … | Kotex |
| Akhir Shabazz Regains | … | Freddie |
| Tucker Smallwood | … | Congressman Monroe James |
| Edwina Snowden | … | Black Chick #2 |
| Brittney Sorensen | … | White Chick |
| Chris Spencer | … | Militant 1 |
| Mike Starr | … | Rafelli |
| Larnell Stovall | … | Thug #1 |
| Nicole Sullivan | … | Patricia Nixon |
| Nakia Secrest | … | Euphoria (as Nakia Syvonne) |
| Ben Tan | … | Kid #2 |
| Paul Taylor | … | Pretty Terry |
| Al Vicente | … | Capo |
| Baron Vaughn | … | Jimmy |
| Jimmy Walker Jr. | … | Roscoe (as Jimmy Walker Jr) |
| Michael Jai White | … | Black Dynamite |
| Kym Whitley | … | Honey Bee |
| Lee Whittaker | … | Donut Man |
| Billy ‘Sly’ Williams | … | Willy Sly |
| Mykelti Williamson | … | Chicago Wind |
| Bokeem Woodbine | … | Black Hand Jack |
| Cedric Yarbrough | … | Chocolate Giddy-Up |
| Andre Younge | … | Reggie |
| Roger Yuan | … | Fiendish Dr. Wu |
| Pete Antico | … | Abraham Lincoln |
| Sorana Black | … | Disguised Waitress #1 |
| Sean Christopher | … | Nipsy |
| Andray Johnson | … | Karate Instructor |
| Lauren Mary Kim | … | Hoe |
| Jesse Lewis IV | … | Militant #3 |
| Alexis McCombs | … | Hooker |
| K.J. Middlebrooks | … | Pimp in barbershop |
| Kevin Murry | … | Nipsy’s neighbor |
| Loren Oden | … | Leon St. James |
| Garen Petrossian | … | Goon 3 |
| John Rhymes | … | Suga Pimp |
| Charlotte Stokely | … | White Chick #2 |
| Poco Zocko | … | Goon |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia