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Showing posts with label 1976. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1976. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Almos' A Man (1976)













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Although Dave (LeVar Burton, Roots, Dummy) and his family are poor sharecroppers in the Deep South in the 1930's, this 15 year-olds problem is shared by teenagers today: he stands with one foot in adulthood and the other in childhood. “Almos' A Man”, yet still treated like a child, he struggles for an identity. There's one thing, one symbol of manhood, Dave thinks, that could guarantee him instant respect: a gun.

Dave finds a way to buy a pistol and at last, is ready to pull the trigger for the first time, never again will they call him a boy…But, he trembles, the gun overpowers the boy's body and he loses control - his young life forever changed.  Also starring Madge Sinclair (Cornbread, Earl & Me) and Robert DoQui (Coffy).

Thursday, August 18, 2016

Black Dragon vs. Yellow Tiger [a.k.a. The Growling Tiger] (1976)


















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Starring Tong Lung playing the cousin to Bruce Lee's character in Way Of The Dragon. The thugs from Rome are back and ready to take it out on anyone that knows Kung Fu. Tong Lung does an over the top Dragon Lee like imitation of Bruce Lee! Fun to watch! The finale is a reminiscence of Bruce Lee/Chuck Norris finale in Way of the Dragon, this time against a tall Black fighter (Grandmaster Clint Robinson) looking like a TaeKwonDo stylist. A true hidden classic in bruceploitation movies following Bruce Lee’s death in the mid 1970s.  

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

The Super Weapon (1976)






























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For the serious Martial Artist, "The Super Weapon" is the documentary that boasts no trick photography or special effects. You'll see in great depth the difference between the various kinds of fighting such as Karate, Kung Fu, Jui Jitsu, Tae Kwan Do, Tai Chi, Aikido and others. Tasks that appear supernatural to us are mere control tools in the hands of masters.