Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Uriah43 "Boss" (Fred Williamson) and "Amos" (D'Urville Martin) are two bounty hunters out west who just happen to come across some thieves who are dividing their loot. A gunfight breaks out and all of the outlaws are killed with one of them having a bounty on his head. So after pocketing the loot they proceed to ride toward the nearest town when they suddenly discover a young black woman named "Clara Mae" (Carmen Hayward) about to be raped by three or four ruffians who belong to a gang headed by a particularly notorious outlaw named "Jed Clayton" (William Smith). Another gunfight breaks out and after killing all of them Boss and Amos take Clara Mae to a small Mexican village not far from the town they are heading to in order to get their reward money. However, when they get to the town they discover that there is no sheriff and the man who runs things is secretly in cahoots with Jed Clayton. Sensing a golden opportunity, both Boss and Amos decide to set themselves up as the sheriff and deputy respectively. That way they can keep an eye out for Jed Clayton and get paid for doing it at the same time. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this turned out to be an entertaining Blaxploitation-Western for the most part. Although I didn't care for the numerous racial epithets in the script, I must admit that the film contained a couple of surprises here and there which definitely kept things interesting. That said, if a person is in the mood for a relatively good Blaxploitation or Western film then this one might be worth checking out. Slightly above average.

zetes Like a lot of blaxploitation flicks, my enthusiasm for this waned as it went on. Surely in part the inspiration for Django Unchained, Fred Williamson stars as Boss, who along with his partner Amos (D'Urville Martin) works as a bounty hunter. They give up that gig pretty quickly, though, when they arrive upon a town without a sheriff. They take over that position forcibly, and end up having to fight a gang of outlaws who terrorize the town (and have to deal with the offended white people, too). The big problem is, the protagonists are kind of jerks. Sure, we can sympathize with the fact that they are oppressed, but when they start locking up citizens for not saying hello to them, they kind of start to lose their moral superiority. It doesn't help that the DVD looked like garbage, either. Fred Williamson is still pretty bad-ass, and the title song and funky music are, as is often the case with these movies, the best thing about it.

bob the moo Just in case you haven't guessed it from the title, this 1975 film is one of many films made within the broad definition of blaxploitation – films made specifically to appeal specifically to the African-American audience. Some of these are actually pretty good films in their own right but too many of them are basic and seem happy to simply "be" the genre rather than doing something interesting or quality within it. Sadly Black Bounty Hunter (the alternative title) falls into the camp of the former as it essentially takes a typical "Shaft" character and places him in the old west.Hard to believe that this film was made after Blazing Saddles and indeed it is hard not to constantly be reminded of that film and have lines of dialogue pop into your head while watching the story of a black man who becomes sheriff of a corrupt town and proceeds to clear it out. The manner in which he does this is by being impossibly cool, he does do other things too but this is the main one. Viewing the film as a western, it is pretty basic in the plotting and unfortunately it doesn't have a flow or much in the way of excitement to it. That it is a blaxploitation film doesn't mean problems in this regard can be overlooked but it does at least add something to the film in regards spark.The funk music takes a minute to get used to in the context of the western but it does set the cool tone which is suitable for the constant swagger of Boss himself. Williamson takes the title role with his usual presence. He struggles when asked to be more expressive but there can be no doubt about his ability to be tough, sexual and charismatic and he does this well through the film. Martin's performance is more of a mugging one but he is quite funny at times. Smith and Armstrong are little more than cardboard cut-outs of racists who get what's coming to them – this is par for the genre course. Hayworth and Leigh are just two of the women who fall for Boss' charms and the rest of the support cast just mug along. The acting is roundly weak though, in particular I found it found it quite hard to listen to Leigh – probably almost as hard as it was for her to read them out, which is how it sounds.Overall, Black Bounty Hunter is a fairly poor film. As a western it is obvious and lacking in drama and although the blaxploitation aspect does add something to it in terms of being a little fun, it doesn't add enough to get close to making it a good film. Has its good aspects but unfortunately they are in the minority.

Samoan Bob Fred Williamson and D'urville Martin are two black bounty hunters that stumble into a town that is sorely in need of a sheriff. So what do they do? Why make themselves the sheriff and deputy of course. Now we know the white folk won't take a liking to that, especially the local bandit (played by William Smith) and his gang a' crackers. Not particularly distinguished from the blaxploitation Western sub-sub genre and not nearly as wild as the name suggests, 'Boss N!gger' is still good fun with a lot of humor (supplied mostly by Martin) and well-directed action scenes.