The movie received a mixed reception. Coffy (1973, USA) is a Blaxploitation Crime film directed by Jack Hill. A Blaxploitation masterpiece, Jack Hill’s Coffy stars the undeniable Pam Grier as an ass-kicking nurse out to get revenge on the mobsters profiting from the drug trade in her neighborhood. Brunswick announces his plan to run for Congress, and his purchase of a night club. Coffy goes undercover as a prositute to infiltrate his organization and take out his entourage. [10] Gene Siskel gave the film zero stars out of four and called it "a stupid movie" with a "wooden performance" from Grier. "[8] Variety wrote, "Jack Hill, who wrote and directs with an action-atuned hand, inserts plenty of realism in footage in which Pam Grier in title role ably acquits herself. After the killings, Coffy returns to her job at a local hospital operating room. Contents: Watch Trailer | Available DVDs | Blu Ray | Review | Poster Art | Soundtrack | Press Kit | IMDB; Included in: Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 | GCDb Top 20 | The Baadasssss Blaxploitation Top 20; Featured on: TCM Underground Coffy tracks down everyone involved with the drug pushers who did her sister wrong. Tarantino said of the film poster: "Not only is it a great image of Pam Grier, it's got great type — it's the epitome of a great exploitation poster...and every version of it in foreign countries rocked. According to writer/director Hill, the project began when American International Pictures' head of production, Larry Gordon, lost the rights to the film Cleopatra Jones after making a handshake deal with the producers. After her shift, Coffy’s police friend Carter offers to drive her home. A Blaxploitation masterpiece, Jack Hill’s Coffy stars the undeniable Pam Grier as an ass-kicking nurse out to get revenge on the mobsters profiting from the drug trade in her neighborhood. Coffy uses her sexuality to seduce her would-be killers. When she finds her brother addicted and her little sister hospitalized, she launches a vigilante spree to take-out all the drug-pushers and crooked cops.

But he’s no match for Coffy. “If you’re looking for nonstop, no-holds-barred exploitation, look no further. It is the only feature-length film that Tarantino has adapted from a previous work. Later that day, Coffy and the other prostitutes get into a massive brawl. 1996. This page was last edited on 9 June 2007, at 21:17. The story is about a black female vigilante played by Pam Grier who seeks violent revenge against a heroin dealer responsible for her sister's addiction. "[13], By 1976 Variety estimated the film had earned $4 million in rentals.[14].

Once they are into the lovin' mood, Coffy whips out a sawed off shotgun and blows one of the pimps heads off, Exploitation Style! One of King George's top clients is a crime kingpin named Vitroni. This has to be the best "man dragged behind car" sequences ever. The film pays homage to 1970s blaxploitation films, particularly the films Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974), both of … [13] He later hired Grier for Jackie Brown in 1997, a film with clear inspiration from films like Coffy and Foxy Brown. Ross, Karen. Coffy then discovers Brunswick, her clean-cut boyfriend, is corrupt when she's shown to him at a meeting of the mob and several police officials. Coffy is notable in its depiction of a strong black female lead (a professional nurse), something rare in the genre at the time, and also in its then-unfashionable anti-drug message. Hill wanted to work with Pam Grier, whom he had worked with on The Big Doll House (1971). Gordon subsequently approached Hill to quickly make a movie about an African-American woman's revenge and beat Cleopatra Jones to market. Coffy shows no sympathy for the drug-addled woman and is abusive to her as she looks for answers. Faking a high, she kills her unsuspecting hitmen with a pointed metal wire she fashioned herself and hid in her hair. King George gets dragged around like a ragdoll. One of King George's top clients is a crime kingpin named Vitroni. This enrages Coffy, giving her further provocation to continue her work as a vigilante, killing those responsible for harming Carter and her sister. I know I know, the premise is very simple, BUT Pam Grier's vengeful personality mixed with her natural sexiness drives this movie over the top! A nurse, last name "Coffin" but usually referred to as "Coffy", seeks revenge against the people responsible for her younger sister Lubelle's heroin addiction and the widespread violence that exists in her city. And she won’t stop until she reaches the top. The film is an adaptation of Elmore Leonard 's 1992 novel Rum Punch. Pam Grier is COFFY, a sexy nurse who goes on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge to get back at the drug dealers who got her sister hooked on heroin. They tie him to the back of the car and drag him. In a timely fashion, Coffy lures them with her sexy voluptuous body and they take her back to their apartment. In one great scene, Coffy confronts a junkie girl who buys smack from the drug dealers and she proceeds to get her to talk. One of the prostitutes becomes jealous when she sees King George taking an interest in Coffy.

Coffy is a 1973 American blaxploitation film written and directed by American filmmaker Jack Hill. Coffy goes undercover as a prositute to infiltrate his organization and take out his entourage. [5], The film's tagline in advertising was "They call her 'Coffy' and she'll cream you!"[6]. This is probably Jack Hill's most famous film and he again manages to weave a great Exploitation story with cool characters and depth. It has everything, especially the over the top-cartoonish violence that just gets your adrenaline going. This film is the definition of Exploitation Cinema.

"Coffy Out to Get White Mafiosi". George is immediately interested in her exotic nature and hires her. Coffy's next targets are a pimp named King George, one of the largest suppliers of prostitutes and illegal drugs in the city, and Mafia boss Arturo Vitroni, a criminal associate of George's. He denies knowing her other than as a prostitute and Coffy is sent to her death. Arrow's edition contained the following extras: Restored High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation, Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, Audio commentary by writer-director Jack Hill, "A Taste of Coffy" A brand new interview with Jack Hill, "The Baddest Chick in Town!" In April 2015, an extras-filled Blu-Ray was issued from Arrow Video in the UK (Region 2/B only).


A brand new interview with Pam Grier on Coffy and its follow up, Foxy Brown, "Blaxploitation!" The film then closes with Coffy walking along the beach having avenged her sister. Coffy plans to murder Vitroni and just when she is about to shoot, she is overtaken by his men. It allowed blacks the ultimate escape to cheer on the heroine that fought corruption and crime and then leave the theatre to be blighted by the racism in society. [7]

The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Due to sequels performing poorly at the box-office, the sequel to Coffy (known as Burn Coffy Burn) was scrapped and replaced with Foxy Brown. Coffys not satisfied with that. [11] Fredric Milstein called it "very well-made, very filthy and obscenely violent," adding that director Hill "elicits convincing, interesting performances from everybody except Miss Grier, who reads her lines rather stiffly and childishly and who shouldn't be able to fool anyone — especially not the Prince of Pushers — with that phony Jamaican accent she uses when she goes undercover."[12]. Coffy shoots Brunswick in the groin. The butch lesbian gets the idea that Coffy is having an affair with her lover, so she goes buckwild on Coffy and they proceed to destroy the house in a fight, but Coffy manages to make it out of there in one piece.
Coffy is pleased with these developments.

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