Truck Turner

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A.L.Jude P @judebd Aug 5 The plot feels uninspired, seemingly aimed at children, and the acting across the board is subpar. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Aug 5 Success in 1 hour and 31 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!! In memory of Issac Hayes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more alan g @agenser Mar 16 Useless blacksploitation film. Tryingvto channel "Shaft" but failing.miseably. See more Jarrod R Feb 21 Let me lay this on you, this particular jive turkey enjoyed Truck Turner. The smooth and silk Isaac Hayes is the eponymous "Mack" Truck Turner, working with his partner Jerry played by Alan Weeks, as they comb the City of Angels for bail jumpers. When they take down a notorious pimp named Gator after an extensive chase (including an amazing set piece through a water treatment plant near LAX), it touches off a war with the rest of the adult services executives in the area, including the lead Madam played by Star Trek's own Nichelle Nichols, in a role that is delightful and 180 degrees from her role on the Enterprise. Yaphet Kotta takes the role of the Big Bad, and their final confrontation is beautifully filmed, albeit brutal. Throw in Scatman as an aging pimp/sage for just the icing on the cake. All in all, a fun slice of the 1970s, with incredible music provided by Mr Hayes himself See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 10/30/2022 Truck Turner is an okay film. It is about a bounty hunter who discovers a contract has been put out on him and must go on the run. Isaac Hayes and Nichelle Nicholls give decent performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Jonathan Kaplan did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the action. See more 06/08/2021 Released by American International Pictures as a double feature with Foxy Brown, this movie features Isaac Hayes as former pro football player turned bounty hunter Mack "Truck" Turner. After another successful job with his friend Jerry, he gets another bounty from Fogarty (Dick Miller), but not before seeing his girlfriend Annie (Annazette Chase, The Toy). She wants him to give up this crazy and violent life. That next job is all about catching a pimp named Gator (Paul Harris, Across 110th Street), who runs and ends up getting killed. His main lady Dorinda (Nichelle Nichols!) gets all of his prostitutes under control and makes a deal with all of the other pimps in Los Angeles. Whoever kills Truck Turner gets to be the main pimp. Only Blue (Yaphet Kotto) takes the challenge, but no matter what he tries or who he hires — a veritable rogue's gallery of villainy — Truck keeps making it through. Director Jonathan Kaplan, who went from movies like this and The Student Nurses to bigger things like Heart Like a Wheel and The Accussed, told Monthly Film Bulletin that Truck Turner was written for Lee Marvin, Robert Mitchum or Ernest Borgnine, but Larry Gordon at AIP said, "Well, we can't get any of them so now it's a black picture." See more Read all reviews

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