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Black Belt Jones 2: The Tattoo Connection Review

Interest: 3/10 Acting: 6/10 Storyline: 7/10 Intensity: 5/10 Fights Guns or Otherwise: 7/10 Nudity: 8/10 Crime: 6.5/10 Drama: 6/10 Production Value: 6.5/10 Logic: 5/10 Black Belt Jones 2: The Tattoo Connection is a 1978 sequel for The original Black Belt Jones. Its Run time is one hour and thirty minutes. It takes a more serious tone being an action, crime, drama film. The three stars of the film are Jim Kelly (Known for Enter the Dragon, Black Belt Jones, Black Samurai, and Death Dimension), Sing Chen (Known for Double Impact, Fan Dau Mui, Shanghai 13, and Xiao Sha Xing), and Tao-Liang Tan (Known for Shao Lin men, Breathing Fire, Tornado of Pearl River, and Zui hou yi kou qi). A quick summary of the film is “ An American insurance investigator goes to China to retrieve a near perfect, famous diamond by a local crime organization.” I’m excited about the sequel, to see if it has the same magic the first one did....

Black Belt Jones Review

Interest: 8/10 Acting: 5/10 Storyline: 4/10 Intensity: 2/10 Fights Guns or Otherwise: 7/10 Nudity: 0/10 Humor: 8/10 Crime: 6/10 Production Value: 4/10 Logic: 8/10 Black Belt Jones is a 1974 film. It is an action comedy film, and while I’m no expert I’d probably consider this a blaxplotation film. The movies run time is one hour and twenty-five minutes. The three stars of the film are Jim Kelly (Known for Enter the Dragon, Black Belt Jones, Black Samurai, and Death Dimension) Gloria Hendry ( Known for Live and Let Die, Freaky Deaky, Black Belt Jones, and Savage Sisters) and Scatman Crothers (Known for The Shining, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Aristocats, and Twilight Zone: The Movie) A quick summary of the film is “ A mafia buyout of a karate dojo goes awry, killing the owner. His daughter refuses to sell, and convinces the kids to get revenge, and fights with Jones and the kids against the mafia.” Let’s...