Slaughter
Ex-pro football hero Jim Brown (The Dirty Dozen, Ice Station Zebra) is El Mucho Macho (Interview) in this fast-paced revenge fest highlighted by 'slick values and direction long on action (Variety)! Featuring hair-raising auto chases and bloody shootings at a lightning pace (Motion Picture Herald) and co-starring Rip Torn, Slaughter is an exercise in unmitigated mayhem (The Hollywood Reporter)! Ex-Green Beret Slaughter (Brown) sets out toget the mafia man who blew up his folks car with them still in it! But when he blows up a planeload of mob henchmanhe finds himself the pawn of Feds who were also on the trail. Ordered to tail the mob murderers to South America, Slaughter will use any means possiblefrom bedding a beautiful mafia babe (Stella Stevens) to blowing up a few vehicles of his ownto get his man! The appropriately titled Slaughter (New York Daily News) is one killer entertainment!
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Last updated: October 23, 2009, 5:10 pm
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Average Rating: 4.0 Total Reviews: 9
(Donna L. Davis, 2009-06-16) As a teen i always wanted to go to the movies to see all of the films that they call black explotation movies but could not afford to do so. now that i am older i go on the internet to find the movies that i could not aford to go see. this film was fantastic. i also have the sequel slaughter's big rip off. thank you amazon.com for helping me find the movies that i now can enjoy.
(James Simpson, 2009-05-08) Now....this four star review does not refer to the confines of regular film criticism. What it refers to is the amount of fun a Grindhouse film fan can derive from this violent flick that ranks as one of the very best of the Blaxploitation genre. Jim Brown plays a former Green Beret who has parents that were killed in a hit, which causes Slaughter to slaughter all those involved in a crazy plot that takes the mean mother to South America and includes a massive body count. The film is made watchable by the cool presence of Brown. While not a great actor, the man is alot of fun to watch as he punches and shoots his way through numerous extras. The film features an above average cast including Rip Torn as a mob boss who is Slaughter's enemy and is clearly above the trash. Don Gordon portrays the nerdy white guy who teams up with Brown and gives him extra muscle when gunning down various hitmen. Cameron Mitchell, who appeared in more trash than any other actor with the possibility of John Carradine, provides a small role as a government agent offering Brown a deal to crack his case. Stella Stevens is gorgeous in this picture as Brown's love interest and supplies one of the best shower scenes on record. Marlene Clark is also on hand as an agent that's upposed to look after Slaughter on his "mission", also providing alot of eye candy for the male viewer. Add a catchy and ridiculous, funky theme song about our title hero and you have one of the most over the top action films of the period. Followed by a sequel, the watchable "Slaughter's Big Rip Off"(1973), the original is still the meanest.
(Francisco Cortes, 2007-02-25) I Remember when I saw the blaxploitation movie called Shaft and it was SOOO SLOW and BORING!! I was looking for a funny action packed black movies from the 70's!!! Then I saw Slaughter and guess what! My search was over!! This movie is FUNNY AND WITH A VENGANCE!!! I has CAR CHASES, LOTS OF SHOOTING, STUNTS, STREET FIGHTING, EXPLOTIONS AND PREETY LADIES!!! For a low budget film this one have a good video quality and a good monaural sound, not to mention de widescreen with the big black boards. P.S: Im glad that this movie has cool action scenes from the begining to the end! Adios
(Hype Currie, 2006-09-18) Jim Brown is Slaughter, a Green Beret Vietnam veteran who's not long back from the service when his parents are killed in a car-bomb murder. It turns out Slaughter's dad (it's never explicitly stated, but he was apparently involved in a mild hustle, like the numbers) somehow stumbled upon a computer printout of a Mob operation's payoff roster. But he was killed before he could make a deal for its safe return. Slaughter then makes moves to find the killers, while being shadowed by Kim (Marlene Clark), an undercover federal agent. A shootout at an airport puts Slaughter at odds with the U.S. Treasury Department, who then send him to an unnamed South American country to track down the surviving crooks. Rip Torn is Dominick, the hood behind Slaughter's parents murder. Norman Alfe is Mario Felice, a Mafia boss doing big business in Latin America and beyond. Felice, who believes in the old codes of honor, is willing to bargain with Slaughter to get the payoff printout, and is distressed at Dominck's hot-headed brutality and wanton violence. Stella Stevens is in her gorgeous prime as Ann, Dominick's main lady, who's set up to get information out of Slaughter, but ends up falling for him. Character actor Don Gordon has a supporting role as Slaughter's reluctant partner, Harry. The plot angle about the computer printout is a bit dated in this day of instant e-mail-- there's a line of dialogue in which an entire "computer room" is apparently moved to prevent discovery of its data. Still, it's kind of a MacGuffin, and not essential to enjoy the action. Slaughter doesn't suffer fools gladly, and seems to prefer fights to talking. There are plenty of fights, chases and shootouts in this film, and the film even borrows a bit of James Bond, as a tuxedoed Slaughter mingles in a Mob-run casino. Torn's Dominick is a cold bigot of a gangster, who really gets riled when it's clear that Ann has fallen for him. The gun-heavy climax takes place on Felice's Spanish-style ranch, giving the film a touch of updated Western tone. this film spawned one sequel, "Slaughter's Big Rip-Off", but the character should have continued on, like James Bond..
(Stanley Runk, 2006-01-16) Slaughter is cool. In his own words, "The coolest cat to ever walk the earth". There were alot of black film heroes to come out of the 70s, but Slaughter has gotta be one of(if not THE) coolest one. Black Caesar and Superfly were likeable but scummy like Tony Montana. Shaft was cool and took no crap, but wasn't a total butt kicker. Slaughter has more in common with the Pam Grier characters(but male of course) in that he's a shoot first, ask questions later kind of guy that'll smack the taste out of your mouth. He's the black answer to a Charles Bronson type of film character. He's an excellent shot with his gun-In fact, I think throughout the two Slaughter films, he only misses his target twice! And that's only coz the plot requires the villain to temporarily get away so Slaughter can annihilate his ass at a more appropriate time and place. All the chix want to sleep with him too. Through the two Slaughter films, he's taking on the mob. First they kill his parents, then Slaughter goes about shooting and/or beating the snot out of everyone who gets in his way as he climbs to the top of the organization. Not the most original of plots, but Jim Brown plays it cool. He looks big and mean. Not the kind of guy I'd wanna mess with. I'd definitely recommend both films.