Cleopatra Jones.This is the real deal. Cleopatra Jones is a special agent who is up against drug lord Shelly Winters (that’s right). Winters plays her usual annoying villainess self – and she is annoying as all HELL in this movie and I couldn’t wait for Cleo to kick her ass – which she does.
Cleo comes complete with afro, stylish clothing, a corvette (sporting plenty of hidden guns) and a bad ass attitude that keeps her fighting for justice and looking good too!
Wow, what a great movie. As if Cleo wasn’t enough, we get Antonio Fargas (who played Huggy Bear in TVs Starsky and Hutch). He is a great actor and a super cool edition to this movie. He has some of the funniest drop dead of laughter lines I have ever heard! I cant get into them here because it would take too long to write out, but he is terrific.
The story is simple (as blaxploitation goes) but it’s mostly about helping kids kick their drug habits and keeping the man at bay. The pacing is good here and it’s a great edition to this genre.
I cannot wait for Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold!
4/5
J-Man.
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