(re)Search my Trash

<body> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="800" cellpadding="0" height="100%"> <tr> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/square.gif" valign="top">  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="592" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="592"> <tr> <td width="100%">  </td> </tr> </table>    <p>Willie Dynamite (Roscoe Orman) figures himself the top pimp of NYC, which is when fellow pimp Bell (Roger Robinson) suggests a collaboration with all the other better pimps and to divide the territory among themselves, he's the only one who refuses - and soon comes to regret it, as Bell and company have the pockets of the law lined with gold, and thus Willie's top girl Passion (Joyce Walker) is taken into custody, and Willie himself is arrested on trumped up charges. Sure, Willie has his ways to deal with this, and he and Passion are out again soon, but it is quite a bit of a bother nevertheless. So Willie starts going after those he thinks have wronged him ...</p> <p>Passion meanwhile has attracted the interest of Cora (Diana Sands), girlfriend of the district attorney (Thalus Rasulala) but once a prostitute and drug addict herself who has now taken it upon herself to save girls from what has been her sorry fate before she went clean. This of course sends her on a confrontational course with Willie, but she has dealt with tougher guys in her past - not that that makes things any less worrying. And this constellation as such is sure to tear down the lives of everybody caught in the story and lead to violence, death and only in some cases redemption ...</p> <p> <p>While <b>Willie Dynamite</b> might have never made it to the top of blaxploitation fare and has remained a bit of a hidden gem to this day, it really seems like the epitomy of the genre as such - what with its outrageous 1970s fashion choices and its reliance on (very moderate, especially given the film's topic) sleaze and violence on one hand, and socio-political messages (that go beyond "sticking it to the man") on the other, all packed into gritty yet oddly stylish, definitely 70s but oddly fresh imagery - which really make this a perfect trip down memory lane, and a great piece of nostalgia, even if you haven't lived through this particular stretch of time. <p>  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/squareright.gif" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="592" valign="top">  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> currentyear = "2019"; </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="../scripts/endcredits.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> dosworsdonn(); </SCRIPT> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>