Redwarmin
This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place
FeistyUpper
If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
Michael Ledo
The beginning of the story opens with a prophet spouting crazy prophecy about the Snake, the Lion and the Panther. Black (MC Jean Gab'1), our would be criminal ignores them. Eventually he hooks up with his cousin in Dakar about some diamonds being kept in his bank vault. The diamonds are used as a pay off to a dishonest bank president who launders money.As it turns out, Black is not the only person who has an eye on the diamonds. The film becomes a lion and snake movie, the African version of cat and mouse as Black hooks up with Pamela (Carole Karemera). During the film I keep expecting Richard Roundtree to pop out at any moment. It had that 70's feel. Good moving plot. Minor humor. Guys with Russian accents are the bad guys. Some weird stuff tossed in. Parental Guide: f-bombs, sex, nudity.
gridoon2018
"Black" is a slick modern French action flick that tries to put a fresh spin on the genre by including elements of black magic, ancient prophecies, man-animal hybrids, etc. It largely works, until the climactic sequence which is, frankly, disappointing: it's supposed to be "lion & panther vs. snake" (you'll understand), but the panther goes out of the equation early, and the lion vs. snake fight is shot in near-total darkness and with quick cuts, making it practically impossible to see what's going on. But other action scenes are more exciting - one or two huge explosions are impressive. The powerful-looking MC Jean Gab'1 (yeah, that's his name!) and the very sexy Carole Karemera have a fleshy, electric chemistry; other assets to the film are the unusual setting (Senegal), and the 1970s-blaxploitation-style music score. **1/2 out of 4.
rightwingisevil
Well, if we could divide a movie into two parts, then the first part of this French movie is just great. But the 2nd part of this movie, once the background scene moved to Africa, it gradually evolved into an absurd and bizarre dark continent mambo-jumbo, so crazy that human beings would become lion, panther and python...a snake man. An almost perfect and thrilling bank heist movie turned 180 degrees and became a dragging and ridiculous street firefight.There is a funny scene in this movie that an original hush-hush whisper could be bloated into a huge rumor. A small bag of precious stones could gradually become 20 kilos diamonds from mouth to mouth, ear to ear.This is a big shame and living example that a movie could be better and even great, but regretfully lost focus and turned itself into an absurd farce.
kosmasp
This movie is not entirely an action movie. It's not a fantasy either. It's a weird hybrid, that might leave people confused, about how they should feel about it. I watched it at the Fright Fest in London and liked it. Despite it's late hour showing (which got even later, due to an unplanned screening of something else), the movie still was great. I could hold my attention, despite me and others being really tired and held us til the end.There are many action scenes in this movie, but there is also a lot of supernatural things going on. The main actor is really strong (in his performance) and almost everybody else falls in his shadow. A movie that bears a second (or more) viewing!
