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Summary: Dolemite Kicks Arse, Depite Low Budget...
Review: Dolemite, with Rudy Ray Moore, is a wonderful, remarkably campy film. Dolemite was an urban legend popularized by Rudy Ray Moore in his stand up comedy routine, and here the legend of Dolemite was made into a movie which, judging by the terrible acting, awful lighting, and frequent shots of the boom mic or even the shadow of the camera crew hovering around the actors, must be one of the finest (or worst) ever made. To, me, Dolemite is the first, the finest, and the only mac daddy. The reason this film didn't get 5 stars is because it is, though hard to believe, not as entertaining as its sequel, Dolemite 2: The Human Tornado, in which Dolemite comes back to massacre white folk and take their women.
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Summary: The godfather of rap
Review: Some folks say that Willie Green...ok when it comes down to it this is a movie that broke the mold, and really invented rap. Rudy Ray Moore is DOLEMITE a rapping, women-loving, sharp dressing, kung fu master. Okay the plot Dolemite is released from jail (he was framed for drugs and stolen furs) to find out whats going on out on the streets and do some undercover work. Not too many people know he's out there, his good friend queen bee a madame helps him find the bad guys and blast his way through this flimsy but hillarious plot line. Willie Green is his enemy, with a good ring of protection but can it match Dolemites all army of kung fu masters! Rudy Ray Moore created Dolemite as a nightclub sensation, then starred in the movie, he basically built the movie but didn't write the script. Jerry Jones (Blakely) wrote it. This movie is silly, fun, and a bit provacotive all in all this is probably one of the best films of all time!!!
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Summary: CLASSIC!!!!!!
Review: This flick is classic!!!!! It's not only funny as hell, it has some interesting characters!! Like Queen Bee, and Dolemite's Kung Fu girls, the Hamburger Pimp, Blakeley the cop, Joe Blow...the lover man...."you should be paying me!!", Willie Green and Dolemite himself!!! The styles, with the clothes, the talk, and all that. The direction is horrible, so is the acting, but that some of the things that makes it funny!! But I still love it. Look out for all....Look the scene where they show the band playing at The Total Experience. For about a few seconds (good enough to see the singer's face....(I think is is on the piano, can't see what he is actually playing) You will see a very, very young...James Ingram....(for all those R&B kats that know who he is) That is him...Still looks the same, but with a perm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: the funniest film ever made
Review: quite simply, the greatest action/comedy ever made, and by far the best movie of the blaxploitation genre...those who criticize such trifles as visible boom mics just don't "get it"...what "Dolemite" is is the story of a 20th century folk hero, told by the people who invented him, with no Hollywood bastardization...Moore is brilliant in the role that defined his whole career...and Creeper the Hamburger Pimp says what is probably the funniest line in the history of all cinema (those who have seen the film know what I mean; it has to do with exactly "how bad" Creeper is)...a must-see for anyone who can appreciate black culture...
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Summary: he's too high to even remember his lines half the time! 8-)
Review: What a movie. You've got a guy who's let out of prison (he was framed, that's why he's in there) to stop people from selling drugs. Once out of prison, Dolemite's back in the pimp clothes, mackin the honeys and kickin ass in the name of Dolemite and his Total Experience nightclub. Keep in mind that he's backed by kung-fu experts (who are also hookers) and a stand-up routine that leaves you shaking your head. Toss in the fact that you can see the shadows of camera operators, microphones hanging in the frames, and Dolemite himself too high to remember his lines on cue, and you've got yourself the most hysterical flick you've seen in ages. Buy it. You will not be disappointed.
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Summary: Rudy Ray Moore: Blaxploitation God
Review: So there's really not anything that's actually "good" about this movie. The boom mike has a starring role, the acting is completely atrocious, and I can't remember what the story was 5 minutes after watching the film. Even so, this movie is totally and wonderfully great. It posesses in spades what many hugh blockbuster do not have: soul and inspiration. Rudy Ray Moore is a middle aged, pretty flabby dude. By looking at him, I'm simply not going to buy into him being a kung fu master and Don Juan to all the ladies. But he seems to believe that he is, and this giddy fun manages to translate to the film. Don't pop in this DVD if you want a well-made, conventional film; "Dolemite" sits firmly in cult territory. For the cult film lover though, it's hard to disparage bad kung fu, kung fu prostitutes, a hero that commits some pretty serious crimes (which the movie wonderfully fails to adress) and strange and bewildering proto-rapping from Moore himself. This movie is endlessly rewatchable.
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Summary: If you crave action, this is your next attraction...
Review: Rudy Ray Moore is a great role model. Not only does he have the superhuman ability to be at least 10 times nastier than any other man or woman alive, but he proved to the world that you can make the most awesome movie in the world with a budget that is around 20 percent (or less) of what was normally used in the 70's. Rudy (the big bad Dolemite himself) is hardly a master thespian, but yet every line he puts out in this film is golden, thanks to his keen thinking to add racial slurs in his sentences, or to just simply shout "MotherF@#KA!" at the end of it, with a great burst of volume for emphasis. Not only can Dolemite swear, but he is gifted with horrible kung fu. Who knew a slow-moving kick could send a 250-pound man flying into the open trunk of your car? I didn't, not until I saw this film, anyway. Another thing I never knew is that about every other film I've seen in my life has taken something from this movie, or given it a nod in some way. I encourage everyone reading these words of mine to pick up this film, watch it, and be amazed at how much it will change your life...for the better.
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Summary: No doubt, one of the worst movies ever
Review: And like all the other reviews said, one of the funniest things you'll see. What slays me is how fat this guy is. I mean, he's supposed to be this kung fu expert or whatever, and the guy wears a cumberbund to hide his gut!...Just having boom mikes visible doesn't automatically make for an Ed Wood style comedy (check out "Walking Tall", the police station parking lot scene). But there are so many foul-ups along with the bad acting and stupid dialogue, that the entire effect is just a howl from beginning to end. Great for parties.
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Summary: Dolemite is a super bad ...in a super good movie!
Review: On the surface Dolemite is a bad movie. Bad acting, bad production values and a bad script. So why does it work so well? Heart. Rudy Ray Moore and Company put up such a great effort that this movie that it overcomes all the obstacles it faces. Rudy Ray Moore's, Jerry Jones and D'urville Martin made this film with a $100,000 budget and did a better job than some filmmakers with $100 million budgets. The one thing I love this bout this film is that everyone does their best in spite of the low budget and poor production values. You want to see Rudy Ray Moore get even with Willie Green and those insecure, no business born, junkyard rat soup eating ... And you howl laughing every time he goes into one of his classic "toasts" or shoots off a one liner.
Sure the movie is awful. But the blaring errors only make it better. The boom mikes in shots, shadows of production crew in frames and horribly choreographed fights are so hilarious they only make the comedy funnier. If you want a great movie buy citizen Kane. If you want a fun movie get Dolemite. It's so bad it'll kick your DVD's ...twice a day.
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Summary: One of The Funniest Movies of All Time !!
Review: Dolemite actually hit the big screens in 1973. Note to viewers Dolemite is an extremely cheap low-budget movie. But the film itself is really a pioneering comedy/action that propelled blaxpoitaion to its climax in the mid-to-late 70's. Ironically, even though this movie is labeled as exploitative, It reciprocates the roles of racial dominance, which was unheard of at the time. Ever since Tinsel Town's early days, African-Americans along with other ethnic groups were beat down, slapped, kicked, mauled and were the butt of many jokes. In this movie Rudy Ray Moore is beyond a figure of dominance. The world revolves around him. I honestly think that he was the first African American to reverse the extreme force used against blacks back to the authoritative figures (cops). At that particular time in America, African Americans needed to see films like Dolemite. This movie is loaded with 70's style shock value.
Also, in case you didn't know Dolemite was probably the first person to recite witty rhymes to beats long before the actual birth of hip-hop culture itself in the South Bronx( see DJ Kool Herc). Some of the scenes are a little choppy but this movie ranks with the elite, as far as comedy goes. With a supporting cast consisting of Willie Green, Queen Bee, and Hamburger Pimp, you can't go wrong with Dolemite. You Insecure, No Bizzness Born, Rat Soup Eatin, Muthafu*%az.
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