Black

If Black Dynamite is an homage that takes the seriousness of Blacksploitation to a hilarious extreme, Black is the one that takes the other road into an odd kind of competence that makes it hard to laugh at.

Which is not necessarily a bad thing. There's something pretty fun in the whole "70s action movie" that works well with the serious vibe. Kind of a black Indiana Jones combined with a bit of James Bond, and an extra dash of pulp serial thrown in. There's witchcraft, jungle escapes, gunplay, kung fu, and lots of other fun bits mixed in here.

Not a great movie, but a fun new entry in a genre that's nearly extinct.