If my last blog entry was about a blonde heroine this time will be about a greater, tougher and powerful black girl who knows her way in the organized crime world: miss Diana Jackson, or as she would prefer to be called: TNT Jackson. Fasten your seatbelts for a kung-fu style blaxploitation classic.
Roger Corman's New World Pictures combines blaxploitation with chop-sockey in this 1975 exploitation film that was directed by Cirio Santiago, a Filipino director who did a number of films for B movie cult producer Roger Corman.
I'll show you my moves.
Watch out motherfucker!
Take that!
The plot is simple; Diana "TNT" Jackson avenges her brother's murder and becomes involved with drug dealers, including Stan Shaw, who sports a huge Afro and wears a 70s era pimp wardrobe throughout the film. Jeanne Bell portrays TNT Jackson . . . she can't act and her kung-fu moves are laughable as she chops and kicks various Filipino and Chinese extras. In fact, almost all of the kung-fu scenes are among the worst choreographed fight scenes ever filmed. Viewed today, this film is unitentionally funny and might make a good party DVD, though there is some nudity and coarse language, reflecting the film's exploitation roots.
I need no clothes to fight ya!
Check my boobs yo.
Let's dance!
What are you looking at?
These are the lottery numbers.
Unfortunately, the movie print quality is not good . . . numerous scratches and artifacts are found throughout the film and the soundtrack is poorly recorded; you'll have to crank your volume up to hear the dialog. Anyways the movie is not a bad deal, and having some transfer issues is also not a bad thing, because I guess, the old looking picture makes you feel like watching a 70's film which for nostalgia works very fine, probably if the film was remastered to today's standards it wouldn't really feel as the exploitation b movie it is.
Here is the movie trailer:
And here is part 1 of the film (it was uploaded by some guy in several parts, so you can watch it online for free)
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