Black Eye

1974

Action / Crime / Drama

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 10% · 5 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 10%
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 414 414

blaxploitation cinema

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Plot summary

An ex-police officer operating a private detective business comes face to face with a syndicate-backed dope ring.

Director

Jack Arnold Photo
Jack Arnold

Top cast

William O'Connell Photo
William O'Connell as Minister
Richard X. Slattery Photo
Richard X. Slattery as Lt. Bill Bowen
Eugene Elman Photo
Eugene Elman as Siegal
Belinda Balaski Photo
Belinda Balaski as Mary
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908.42 MB
1280*692
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 7
1.65 GB
1920*1038
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 20

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by tavm 7 / 10

Black Eye marked the first teaming of Fred Williamson and director Jack Arnold

So it's now years after previously watching the other movie director Jack Arnold and star Fred Williamson did together which was Boss N!gger which they actually made after this one. That one I found a lot of fun. This one is also pretty exciting but it may disappoint anyone who expect some nudity or really intense action for a '70s Blaxploitation picture. Fred is a private detective who gets mixed up in a porno ring and religious cult because of some cane from a late movie star. All I'll mention now is that I mostly enjoyed this one especially when Williamson encounters such familiar faces like Richard "Oscar Goldman" Anderson, Teresa "Laugh-In" Graves before then starring in "Get Christie Love", and Teddy "Sweet Daddy" Wilson which he would play on "Good Times" a little later in the decade. So that's a recommendation for Black Eye.
Reviewed by lee_eisenberg 5 / 10

How does this count as a blaxploitation movie?

I've read a lot about how Fred Williamson was one of the primary blaxploitation stars back in the '70s. His sideburns give him an extra cool look. He also appeared in "The Inglorious Bastards" (whose title Quentin Tarantino famously borrowed) and "From Dusk Til Dawn". "Black Eye" doesn't really come across as a blaxploitation flick. It's got some of the things generally associated with the genre, but it's too low-key to authentically belong in the same category as "Shaft" and "Superfly". Maybe it's just in the wrong hands: director Jack Arnold notably directed movies like "The Incredible Shrinking Man". It's not a bad movie but I don't think it correct to call it blaxploitation.
Reviewed by kapelusznik18 5 / 10

The Hammer is out

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