Foxy Brown (1974)

Excellent adaptation.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Director Jack Hill's Foxy Brown was originally intended as a sequel to his cult classic Coffy (1973), which also starred voluptuous black babe Pam Grier in serious revenge mode. Which film you prefer will depend entirely on what you expect most from the blaxploitation genre—gritty violence or shameless fun—with Foxy Brown leaning towards the lighter side of things, while Coffy is a much rougher affair. Since I like my blaxploitation films to have a more raw, exploitative edge, I rate Coffy higher than Foxy, but that's not to say I didn't have a good time with this funky follow-up.The film opens as Foxy (Grier) is about to start a new life with her supposedly dead undercover cop boyfriend Dalton (Terry Carter), who has just undergone face-change surgery to complete his new identity as Michael Anderson. Unfortunately, Foxy's drug-pusher brother Link (Antonio Fargas) realises the truth about Dalton/Michael and sells him out to the mobsters, who proceed to gun him down. More than a little upset, Foxy goes undercover as an escort girl to seek revenge. What follows is shameless trash, complete with a kitschy lesbian bar brawl, a redneck rapist, an evil honky mobster bitch (Kathryn Loder), a bit-part for Hill regular Sid Haig, and a fair amount of nudity from its beautiful buxom star.6.5 out of 10, rounded up to 7 for the airplane propeller death scene.

When her undercover cop boyfriend is murdered, bombshell Foxy Brown (Pam Grier) is out for revenge. She goes undercover as a call girl for a sleazy couple (Peter Brown, Kathryn Loder) that runs a prostitution and drug syndicate. Voluptuous and tough Pam Grier is the whole show, kicking ass and looking good doing it. Antonio Fargas plays her weaselly brother. Sid Haig has a small part as a horny pilot. The fight in the lesbian bar and the airplane murder are highlights. Foxy's final moment of revenge left me speechless. Cool theme song, nice nudity, and lots of violence like most of the great blaxploitation movies. Contains some pretty rough scenes and racist language so be prepared for that if you're squeamish. Not quite as good as Coffy but still entertaining.

Writer & director Jack Hill's classic Blaxploitation thriller "Foxy Brown" stars Pam Grier as a soul sister who gets what she wants after the villains gun down her boyfriend. Dalton Ford (Terry Carter) is a Federal narcotics undercover officer who is surgically given a new face. He also happens to be the boyfriend of Foxy Brown. Incredibly, Foxy's own flesh and blood brother Link (Antonio Fargas) squares himself with the mob when he alerts them that Foxy's boyfriend is one of their adversaries. They erase the $20-thousand debt that Link owes them and allows him to go back into the heroin business. After the mob knocks off Ford, Foxy swears vengeance. She joins the organization that Katherine Wall (Kathryn Loder of "The Big Doll House") runs and starts a chain reaction that topples these unsavory criminals who traffic in prostitution and narcotics. She begins by humiliating a judge that another call girl and she are supposed to pleasure in a big downtown motel. They push Judge Fenton (Harry Holcombe) out into the hallway, and a group of outraged ladies attack him when it appears that he is molesting another woman. Actually, all he is doing is trying to get out of sight because he doesn't have any pants on. This corrupt judge is responsible for letting drug runners off the hook in his courtroom. The villainous Steve (Peter Brown of "Laredo") kills Link and his girlfriend with a sawed-off shotgun. An African-American vigilante gang castrates Steve when he tries to escape from a rendezvous in Mexico. Foxy tells the lead villainess that "Death is too easy for you bitch." This savage soul sister thriller is pretty hardcore, and Pam Grier comes out on top at fade-out. "Foxy Brown" was the last of the four films that director Jack Hill and Grier worked together on; the other films were "The Big Doll House," "The Big Bird Cage," and "Coffy." Not for the squeamish!

Foxy Brown (1974) *** (out of 4) Enjoyable, over the top blaxploitation classic about Foxy Brown (Pam Grier), a woman who seeks revenge on the evil white people who killed her fiancé. This is an incredibly silly, racist and over the top film but I really enjoyed it. The performances are beyond bad but Grier still has a style that's able to carry the film and her nude scenes aren't too bad. The violence is so crazy that you can't help but laugh. The stereotypes also get major laughs especially one politically incorrect scene where Foxy enters a lesbian bar and fights some "manly" women.