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Original Gangstas
Directed by
Larry Cohen
R
1996
1h 39m
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5.7
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When a gang shoots his father, Bookman (Fred Williamson) returns to his hometown, rounds up some of his own people and begins an all-out war to restore the neighborhood to its rightful sense of justice.
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Cast of Original Gangstas
Fred Williamson
John Bookman / Producer
Jim Brown
Jake Trevor
Pam Grier
Laurie Thompson
Paul Winfield
Reverend Dorsey
Isabel Sanford
Gracie Bookman
Oscar Brown Jr.
Marvin Bookman
Richard Roundtree
Slick
Ron O'Neal
Bubba
Christopher B. Duncan
Spyro
Eddie Bo Smith Jr.
Damien
Dru Down
Kayo
Shyheim Franklin
Dink
Robert Forster
Detective Slatten
Charles Napier
Mayor
Wings Hauser
Michael Casey
Frank Pesce
Detective Waits
Godfrey
Marcus
Tim Rhoze
Blood
Seraiah Carol
Thelma Jones
Dawn Stern
Princess
Original Gangstas Ratings & Reviews
Women in the Life
Sheila Reid
It's good to see the stars from those 70's "black exploitation" blockbusters working again, even if it is naïve to believe they can come back 20 years later and wipe out today's dope dealers.
Boxoffice Magazine
Dwayne E. Leslie
Although the leads are intended to be cool and menacing, the result resembles parody; scenes of drugs, guns and fights are likely to make audiences burst out in laughter.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Original Gangstas leaves you feeling that more could have been made of this 'blaxploitation' reunion, but it's not bad -- and no more and no less substantial than the films of the original cycle.
Detroit News
Susan Stark
Think Boyz N the Hood meets The Mod Squad.
Apollo Guide
Dan Jardine
Despite its good intentions, Original Gangstas isn't very good.
Salon.com
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Where Original Gangstas works is in its understanding that the stars are playing the characters they created 25 years ago as their older selves.
Washington Post
Hal Hinson
The purpose is to entertain, and on that score the film delivers impressively.
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