What would Hollywood be without a good ole Blaxploitation film? And now that “They Cloned Tyrone” has hit Netflix screens, conversations about the Blaxploitation movies that crawled so that “They Cloned Tyrone” could pimp walk have come to the forefront.
Juel Taylor’s film welcomes watchers to The Glen, a normal, everyday neighborhood where its predominately Black residents live out their lives shopping, going to church and enjoying the fruits of their labor. However, beneath the surface, but right in front of their eyes, the government is executing a plot to keep the community in an endless cycle of unhealthy behavior that ultimately blocks them from mental and financial wellness.
Like many Blaxploitation films, “They Cloned Tyrone” creatively calls out and highlights the systemic issues Black community faces while also celebrating Black culture and Black people’s perseverance.
When “They Cloned Tyrone” hit Netflix, people online began discussing the films that influenced it,...
Juel Taylor’s film welcomes watchers to The Glen, a normal, everyday neighborhood where its predominately Black residents live out their lives shopping, going to church and enjoying the fruits of their labor. However, beneath the surface, but right in front of their eyes, the government is executing a plot to keep the community in an endless cycle of unhealthy behavior that ultimately blocks them from mental and financial wellness.
Like many Blaxploitation films, “They Cloned Tyrone” creatively calls out and highlights the systemic issues Black community faces while also celebrating Black culture and Black people’s perseverance.
When “They Cloned Tyrone” hit Netflix, people online began discussing the films that influenced it,...
- 8/3/2023
- by Raquel "Rocky" Harris
- The Wrap
Genre: Martial Arts | Comedy | Fantasy Director: Michael Schultz Writer: Louis Venosta Cast: Taimak, Vanity, Julius Carry and Christopher Murney MPAA: PG-13 Summary: A young man embarks on a quest to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as “The Glow.” Along the way he must fight an evil martial arts expert and an rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter. Runtime: 109 min.
When I was a kid I went through a huge phase with martial arts flicks. I devoured everything I could get my hands on: Big Trouble in Little China, Showdown in Little Tokyo, American Ninja, Best of the Best and just about anything Jean Claude Van Dam. I thought Jcvd was the bees knees when I was a kid. But there is one little movie that was the spark that caused the massive explosion of interest in martial arts cinema. That movie was Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon.
When I was a kid I went through a huge phase with martial arts flicks. I devoured everything I could get my hands on: Big Trouble in Little China, Showdown in Little Tokyo, American Ninja, Best of the Best and just about anything Jean Claude Van Dam. I thought Jcvd was the bees knees when I was a kid. But there is one little movie that was the spark that caused the massive explosion of interest in martial arts cinema. That movie was Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon.
- 4/1/2011
- by Brandon Johnston
- ScifiMafia
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