{"id":91461,"date":"2023-09-10T16:20:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T23:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=91461"},"modified":"2023-09-10T16:20:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T23:20:51","slug":"black-belt-jones-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=91461","title":{"rendered":"Black Belt Jones (1974)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Let&#8217;s fix his cavities.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Poster-197x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-91462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Poster-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Poster-177x270.png 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Poster.png 618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA Black martial arts expert (Jim Kelly) partners with the daughter (Gloria Hendry) of a slain studio owner (Scatman Crothers) in confronting the Mafia bosses and gangsters who killed him.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>African-Americans<\/li>\n<li>Gangsters<\/li>\n<li>Martial Arts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAfter directing <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Kelly_(martial_artist)\">Jim Kelly<\/a> in a supporting role for <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=89380\"><em>Enter the Dragon<\/em> (1973)<\/a>, Richard Strouse helmed this combination Blaxploitation-kung fu flick specifically designed to bank on both markets. It&#8217;s effectively filmed, and offers up exactly what it promises:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Hendry.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Hendry.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Hendry.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Hendry-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Hendry-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Hendry-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; albeit it with far too many punches to the groin (though I&#8217;m guessing audiences were fine with that). The entire affair ends with a massive fight-out in a car wash, leading to very sudsy adversaries. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Suds.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Suds.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Suds.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Suds-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Suds-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Suds-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gloria Hendry &#8212; perhaps best known to film fanatics for her role in <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52101\"><em>Live and Let Die<\/em><\/a> (1973) &#8212; is a fine and feisty female companion for Kelly, who doesn&#8217;t seem to exude much on-screen charisma other than through his fighting. See below for my favorite scene between the two of them (involving a request to do the dishes). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Good use of location shooting in Los Angeles<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Location1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Location1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Location1.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Location1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Location1-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Location1-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Location2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Location2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Location2.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Location2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Location2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Location2-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Best response EVER by a woman to a man telling her: &#8220;Just do those dishes or something.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Dishes.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Dishes.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Dishes.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Dishes-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Dishes-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Black-Belt-Jones-Dishes-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a one-time look as a solid example of Blaxploitation mixed with &#8220;kung fu&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0071221\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1974\/01\/29\/archives\/screen-kickandslash-black-belt-jones-is-played-by-jim-kelly-the.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicfilmtvcafe.com\/2012\/04\/black-belt-jones-lacks-punch-needs-more.html\">Classic Film &#038; TV Cafe Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3637\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/68848\/black-belt-jones#articles-reviews?articleId=1082456\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s fix his cavities.&#8221; Synopsis: A Black martial arts expert (Jim Kelly) partners with the daughter (Gloria Hendry) of a slain studio owner (Scatman Crothers) in confronting the Mafia bosses and gangsters who killed him. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: African-Americans Gangsters Martial Arts Review: After directing Jim Kelly in a supporting role for Enter the Dragon (1973), Richard Strouse helmed this combination Blaxploitation-kung fu flick specifically designed to bank on both markets. It&#8217;s effectively filmed, and offers up exactly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=91461\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91461"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91473,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91461\/revisions\/91473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}