Original Gangstas (Blu-ray) R
The original bad boys are stepping up in '96!
Out of Print:
Future availability is unknown
on most orders of $75+
|
Brand New
|
Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 39 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: October 3, 2017
- Originally Released: 1996
- Label: KL Studio Classics
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Fred Williamson, Jim Brown & Pam Grier | |
Performer: | Paul Winfield, Ron O'Neal, Charles Napier, Isabel Sanford, Christopher B. Duncan, Dru Down, Richard Roundtree, Robert Forster, Wings Hauser & Frank Pesce | |
Directed by | Larry Cohen | |
Edited by | Peter B. Ellis & David Kern | |
Produced by | Fred Williamson |
Entertainment Reviews:
...[The film] speaks eloquently....Plenty of sense underlies ORIGINAL GANGSTAS...
New York Times
...[A] contemporary shoot-'em-up with a conscience....OG works as an action flick, but also as an effective lament for a lost generation... -- Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly
Rating: 3/4 --
A top notch B-movie.
Full Review
Montreal Film Journal
Rating: 58/100 --
Despite its good intentions, Original Gangstas isn't very good.
Apollo Guide
This is solid action fare with saggy bits, but there's enough ass-kicking, Molotov cocktail-throwing and gunfire to keep their erstwhile fans amused, and the screenplay cleverly knits the old traditions of Shaft together with Boyz 'n' the Hood.
Full Review
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Rating: 3/4 --
Think Boyz N the Hood meets The Mod Squad.
Detroit News
Where Original Gangstas works is in its understanding that the stars are playing the characters they created 25 years ago as their older selves.
Full Review
Salon.com
Product Description:
When their old neighborhood in Gary, Indiana, falls prey to an epidemic of gang violence, the now-middle-aged founders of the gang return to clean up the streets. An action film tempered by a conscience, this film stars several icons of the 1970's Blaxploitation era.
Keywords:
Action
|
Friends
|
Gangs
|
Justice
|
Vengeance
|
Murder
|
Social Issues
|
Blaxploitation
|
Theatrical Release