Outlaw Johnny Black (2023) (original) (raw)

Hell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a wanted man in the process while posing as a preacher in a small mining town that's been taken over by a notorious Land Baron.

Hell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a wanted man in the process while posing as a preacher in a small mining town that's been taken over by a notorious Land Baron. (less)

Director: Michael Jai White
Writers: Byron Minns, Michael Jai White
Starring: Michael Jai White, Byron Minns, Anika Noni Rose, Erica Ash, Barry Bostwick, Chris Browning

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Review

Review by Brian Orndorf, September 12, 2023

5 / 10

One of the great moviegoing surprises of 2009 was the release of �Black Dynamite.� Directed by Scott Sanders, the picture successfully pants the blaxploitation subgenre, doing so with a great imagination for satire and silliness. There were big laughs in �Black Dynamite,� along with an impressively committed lead performance from co-writer Michael Jai White, who did his best to bring a �Shaft�-y screen hero to life, wisely staying steely while delightful nonsense was set up around him. The feature also had the advantage of being 86 minutes long. White (without Sanders) doesn�t go for a straigh ...read more...

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