Search results
Jul 3, 2018 · “The First Purge” is another absurd B-movie, uneven and ludicrous across the board, but altogether transfixing for the way it funnels Trump-era terror into an empowering crowdpleaser.
- Georgia May
- Shaft (1971) Directed by Gordon Parks. Starring Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi. Action, Crime, Thriller (1h 40m) 6.6 on IMDb — 88% on RT. You've probably heard the theme song to Shaft without realizing it.
- Super Fly (1972) Directed by Gordon Parks Jr. Starring Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier. Action, Crime, Drama (1h 31m) 6.4 on IMDb — 93% on RT. Super Fly utilized the neo-noir genre to become a streetwise, surprisingly allegorical movie that African-American audiences of the time either loved or hated.
- Coffy (1973) Directed by Jack Hill. Starring Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert DoQui. Action, Crime, Thriller (1h 30m) 6.8 on IMDb — 78% on RT. Quentin Tarantino's references to Coffy and Foxy Brown in Jackie Brown are all tied together by actress Pam Grier, who iconically starred in all three movies.
- Three the Hard Way (1974) Directed by Gordon Parks Jr. Starring Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly. Action, Thriller (1h 29m) 6.2 on IMDb — 33% on RT. A producer, a PR guy, and a karate kid walk into a bar, and together they decide to take down neo-Nazis.
The First Purge is a 2018 American dystopian action horror film directed by Gerard McMurray and starring Y'lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, and Steve Harris. Written and co-executive produced by James DeMonaco , it is the first film of The Purge series not to be directed by him.
- Black Dynamite (2009) - Director: Scott Sanders. - IMDb user rating: 7.4. - Runtime: 84 minutes. In a hilarious modern homage to the blaxploitation genre, this 21st-century film sees martial artist and actor Michael Jai White as Black Dynamite, a former CIA agent out for revenge against The Man.
- Uptight (1968) - Director: Jules Dassin. - IMDb user rating: 7.3. - Runtime: 104 minutes. "Uptight" unfolds amid the turbulence following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., focusing on a group of Black revolutionaries.
- Leadbelly (1976) - Director: Gordon Parks. - IMDb user rating: 7.2. - Runtime: 126 minutes. Focusing on the life of the legendary folk and blues musician Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, this biographical drama offers a riveting account of the challenges and triumphs of an influential musical icon.
- Cooley High (1975) - Director: Michael Schultz. - IMDb user rating: 7.1. - Runtime: 107 minutes. A heartfelt coming-of-age tale set in 1960s Chicago, "Cooley High" captures the joy and tragedy of youth and friendship.
Jul 4, 2018 · The First Purge: Directed by Gerard McMurray. With Y'lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, Mugga. America's third political party, the New Founding Fathers of America, comes to power and conducts an experiment: no laws for 12 hours on Staten Island.
- (72K)
- Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Gerard McMurray
- 2018-07-04
Jul 4, 2018 · “The First Purge,” written by DeMonaco and directed by Gerard McMurray, attempts to depict a society that was compelled to accept the night-in-which-all-crime-is-legal government scheme that was the aforementioned narrative motor of the original movie.
People also ask
Is the First Purge a blaxploitation movie?
Is the First Purge a good movie?
Did Gerard McMurray direct the First Purge?
Does the First Purge veer toward blaxploitation?
Jul 26, 2018 · The First Purge / Superfly (and Black Panther vs. Get Out / Sorry To Bother You) is also the relationship between the Hollywood mainstream and ’70s Blaxploitation cinema, which elbowed onto the scene with Sweet Sweetback’s Baaadasssss Song and then whimpered into the collective somewhere around J.J. Walker’s comfortably neutered primetime declar...
