Occasionally a film slips under the radar if it fails to fit to strict genre conventions. For example, the spoof has to be either of Epic Movie-proportions of shitness or OD the audience on self-regarding levels of post-modern pretention (Tarantino anyone?).
But not Black Dynamite. Yes, it is pastiche that doesn't serve to eulogise its numerous source materials. Yeah, it doesn't depoliticise its referents them but rather satirises them effectively. What is pressing about Scott Sanders' movie is it's fucking funny.
The look of the film is uncanny-- it took one of us a few minutes to realise (when he got told) that this was made last year and not 1977. Apparently, (according to Wikipedia) the cinematographer, Shaun Maurer used "Super 16 Color Reversal Kodak film stock" to acheive this look. If this means anything to anyone of you then great because we have no idea. Essentially, this allows Sanders to give the film a verismilitude in visuals that goes well with this general approach across the production. The film looks good, sounds good and you don't get 90minutes of z-list actors trying to gurn their way into making you laugh.
However, if we are going to tell you any more about what makes it funny then we'd just be quoting lines at you. So just watch it. Here's the trailer:
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Fucking Braziliant movie.
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