Detroit 9000 [VHS]

Detroit 9000 [VHS]
by Arthur Marks

Detroit 9000 [VHS]
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Actor: Alex Rocco, Ella Edwards, Hari Rhodes, Scatman Crothers, Vonetta McGee
Director: Arthur Marks
Cinematographer: Harry J. May
Producer: Arthur Marks
Producer: Charles Stroud
Producer: Don Gottlieb
Producer: Junius Griffin
Producer: William B. Silberkleit
Writer: Orville H. Hampton
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, EP, NTSC
Running Time: 106 minutes
Release Date: 1996-06-25
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Xenon
Studio: Xenon

VHS Movie Reviews of Detroit 9000 [VHS]

Movie Review: it's the police!
Summary: 4 Stars

rare police movie that I can with a grudge give 2 thumbs up. lots of action

Movie Review: Another Big Score
Summary: 3 Stars

There is a fund-raising party in Detroit to support a politician who wants to be the next governor. But a half-dozen masked men show up and rob the attendees of their money and jewelry. They make a getaway, the police are under pressure to solve the crime in a few days. The Detroit river police pull a trunk out of the river. The body had its legs cut off. One was cleanly done as if by a surgeon, the other leg was crudely cut off with a hacksaw. Is there a connection here to the crime?

The police lieutenant begins to check out sources of information. We see his personal life, a wife who is permanently hospitalized. There are the usual shoot-outs, killings, and car chases that are the on the menu of any Hollywood action picture set in a city. We learn how that gang knew about that party. A canary tries to help an old friend, and suffers the usual fate. Each gang member is discovered, chased in a running gun battle, then dies in a flurry of gun shots.

One detective learns where the loot was hidden and where it was supposed to go to avoid the usual police searches. The lieutenant takes the suitcase to find the head of the organization. But he overlooked one minor detail. There is another chase and shoot-out to get the rest of the gang, a typical ending to these kinds of films.

The background scenes show Detroit, but it could have been any other big city. This is a good action film, but not as interesting as "The Asphalt Jungle". The language reflects the 1970s. If it had been made in the 1930s it would probably have been set in the Wild West.

Movie Review: Urban Crackdown
Summary: 4 Stars

Tough, gritty crime drama; finally gave Hari Rhodes a shot at starring role (remember him as the early on drug pusher in "Sharkey's Machine?). One of the better flix from the so-called blaxplotation era.

Movie Review: Motown '70's gangsta scene
Summary: 4 Stars

Probably never gonna be a famous "must see" type movie, but a whale of an entertaining piece this is! We rarely get to see the Motor City in the distinction as the prime locale for a major film, but this proves to be a notable and entertaining exception. No real Hollywood high profile stars here: Alex Rocco, Vonetta McGee and Hari Rhodes are the headliners closest to that category. Nonetheless, it is a fast paced tour-de-force of Police corruption and Black Power machinations in an era of nascent political upheaval. Add to that a cleverly conceived and executed heist scene and you have the makings of a very absorbing melodrama.

What I appreciate about this movie in particular is its cut-to-the-chase and tell-it-like-it-is dialog, eschewing all the fancy Hollywood glamour patter in favor of real life good and bad guys (can you tell the difference?) just trying to take care of business. The story line is fast paced, well thought out and executed, although the chase scenes are a bit too drawn out. The aforementioned principals each do his/her part to carry out the demands of that story line. The not-so-famous supporting actors come across very well also, adding a distinct Detroit flavor to the production. Also, check out the ending: what do you think?
If you get a chance, add it to your video collection.

Movie Review: Racism, Muder, Politics, Detroit Style.
Summary: 5 Stars

This crime drama/mystery is set in a post-riot Detroit, and touches on many issues that Motown has yet to resolve.

First we have an elegant, well scripted political fundraiser for the potential first black governor of Michigan. This event is held at the still open Book-Caddilac Hotel, and you will see a number of Detroit landmarks in this film that were still in use at this time (1973), and today they are either gone (Union Depot, JL Hudson), or remaining as a ruin (Caddilac Hotel).
The event is robbed and the first charge made is that if this was a "white" event there would have been a better police pressance to protect it. That about sets the tone for this movie.............

A veteran white detective, gets paired with a younger, black rising star to solve the crime. In the interim we are shown the world of lingering racism, black on black exploitation, and the ever corupt world of politcs no matter what race the politicians are, and the politics of religon (no that is far from a new concept).

This movie is VERY graphic in the chase scene (most of it filmed on the approach trackage to the then already closed Union Depot), and the business side sex is featured as well.

A very well done film (rescued by Quentin Taratino) that is far above the "Blacksploitation" film genre of the 1970's. A strong soundtrack adds the perfect background for many of the scenes, and the group of singers at the hotel, after the bobbery add a touch of the macrabe to the aftermath.

.and Detroit continues to grapple with these issues today.
on Fort Street).

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Summary of Detroit 9000 [VHS]

This snappy, cynical cop thriller was marketed as a "blaxploitation" film when released in 1973, but it's really a mixed-cast godson of The French Connection and The Seven Ups set in the racially volatile cauldron of 1970s Detroit. Alex Rocco (Moe Green from The Godfather) stars as a veteran detective on the Detroit police force, a sinus-infected loner who's bitter from constantly being passed over for promotion. Assigned to a political powder keg--the high-profile heist of a black gubernatorial candidate's big money fundraiser--he's paired up with an educated, smart-dressing black hotshot (Hari Rhodes), a fast-rising star in the department. These guys are no Lethal Weapon act; they may earn a grudging mutual respect but never really like or trust one another. The climactic 25-minute chase is edgy and lean and very violent, spiced with big bloody gunshot wounds and victims writhing in tortured death spasms, and the film concludes on an unusually satisfying note of ambiguity and cynicism. Marks went on to direct Friday Foster and J.D.'s Revenge. The title, by the way, refers to the police code for "officer in trouble." Virtually unseen since its premiere, it was rescued by Quentin Tarantino's Rolling Thunder label for a brief theatrical revival and subsequent video release. --Sean Axmaker

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