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Coco (Lola Falana) has been the girlfriend of bigshot mobster Eddie (James A. Watson jr) - which eventually landed her in the slammer. However, she has remained tight-lipped in regards to Eddie's organisation for the last one and a half years, and it's only now that she agrees to talk in court, in exchange for a night on the town in a Lake Tahoe casino. The DA agrees and has her accompanied by two cops, heavy-set Ramsey (Alex Dreier) and handsome Doug (Gene Washington), and she soon takes a bit to the latter. However, she still proves to be a handful, as while the two cops want to keep her in the room and order room service, she's soon out and about, gambling, shopping, dancing and whatnot, and has soon made new friends in Arthur (Matt Cimber) and Marie (Millie Perkins) - before she spots one of Eddie's goons (Joe Greene) in the place, and now she knows Eddie can't be far. And as it turns out, Arthur and Marie are in Eddie's employ as well, and they get her in touch with Eddie, who sweet-talks her while she asserts him she was never actually going to sing in court, just wanted her day out ... and still, Eddie tries to have her assassinated. This leads to Doug trying to chase down Arthur and Marie, and leaving them both dead in the process, while Coco has a change of heart and decides to spill the beans after all. Thing is, now that they know they're on Eddie's hitlist, Coco and company have to lie low - but that's easier said than done, especially since it seems Eddie has a mole with the police ...

Made in the wake of such female-led blaxploitation flicks like Coffy, Cleopatra Jones, or Foxy Brown, Lady Cocoa falls somewhat flat of doubling these movies effect, as the tough-as-nails chick leading them has been turned into basically a bratty girl here, and there's very little actual "sticking it to the man", as the actual hero of the piece is a straight-as-an-arrow (black) cop. Bearing all that in mind, no, Lady Cocoa is by no means a classic, and not even a terribly good movie, its script is just lacking in both build-up and structure, and the lead is just a little bit too bratty (though Lola Falana's performance as just that is fine), and the film could have needed a little more budget to make things pop more. And that all said, it's still a fun time capsule, that might lack greatness but is an entertaining walk down memory lane.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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