BLACK DYNAMITE SEASON 1 DVD MOVIE
In this way, the movie is built to be watched communally - be it by an audience of eager participants in a theater, or perhaps through web clips that can be passed along, as such viral videos are, in order to provide a dose of relief from the day-to-day drudgery of the average office-drone existence. The built-in hipster appeal is obvious think of Black Dynamite as the latest, perhaps not greatest in a line of would-be Rocky Horror Picture Show heir apparents. This no doubt was part of the reason why the film was a midnight-movie hit at Sundance a few months back, which led to Sony picking it up for 2 million bucks. The rest of the film proper will adhere to this stylistic authenticity as well, while also allowing for not a little bit of knowing winking at the audience when poking fun at the same with boom microphones in picture, obvious stunt doubles, abrupt changes in film stock, split-screen action, and so on.
The bit is period- and cheese-appropriate, approximating the distinctive style of the era as well as the unique production values that a run-of-the-mill advertisement might have circa 1975. Co-writer Michael Jai White - the actor who is best known for his turns in Spawn and The Dark Knight - also stars as the ass-kicking title character in what is essentially a mash-up of Grindhouse and I'm Gonna Git You Sucka with a dash of online viral video flavor thrown in for good measure.īlack Dynamite opens with a pre-credits faux commercial for Anaconda Malt Liquor, the only malt "approved by the U.S.
The tongue-in-cheek tribute to/spoof of the blaxploitation genre of the '70s, Black Dynamite, is one of those movies. Amid the documentaries and dramas and short film programs that played at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, there were a handful of genre films that seem to have built up a name recognition factor.