Thursday, April 7, 2011

One Down, Two To Go (1982)

Fred Williamson may be a great action hero and leading man, but he isn't the best director (Sorry, Fred!). He directed and starred in this sequel to Three The Hard Way joined by a trio of other black cinema greats: Richard Roundtree, Jim Kelly and Jim Brown.

The film starts off with a martial arts tournament. Obviously, the outcome is fixed. But for some reason Jim Kelly's team does win. Richard Roundtree as the manager tries to get his winnings from the unscrupulous promoters. This leads to Roundtree and Kelly getting shot at and kidnapped. Luckily Kelly was able to get word out to his buddies (Brown & Williamson) who sweep into town to help put things right.

Available: Netflix, Amazon

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