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"Three The Hard Way" starring Jim Brown, Jim Kelly from "Enter The Dragon", and Fred "The Hammer" Williamson, is an excellent action flick about three black action heroes who go up against a racist (fascist)organization, who are out to kill the black population. Gordon Parks Jr., who is the son of "Shaft" director Gordon Parks Sr., does an excellent job in directing the memorable action sequences throughout the film, and should be remembered as one of the few African-American directors who has made history in directing action films. In addition, Jim Kelly, Jim "Slaughter" Brown, and Fred Williamson do an extraordinary job displaying their action hero skills, and should always be remembered as the action heroes who came before Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. However, when I had seen this movie on video, the lighting in some of the action scenes were very hard to see making it very difficult to enjoy throughout the film. Nevertheless, this movie will always be, in my opinion, one of the best blaxploitation films alongside "Shaft", "Superfly", and "Cleopatra Jones".

I really appreciate the blaxploitation flix for all their fabs and flaws. This one in particular is an inspiring but flawed film. Not so much as the story, but in the stunts. When Jim Kelly is fighting the crooked cops in the streets, he switches from boots to sneeks!!!! The three female friends look awfully macho while riding through the city. Overall, the story is scary, in the notion that some wealthy racists would ever try to do something so sinister. A fun film, with true heroes and vile villains.

Rented this movie because of the three blaxploitation stars in one flick. As a fan of the genre, I can say this movie was one of the best low-ends of the genre...i.e. its no Superfly or Shaft, but it doesn't try to be....just pure, clean, racist-killing fun. We tried to keep track of how many people were killed in this movie...but at one point we just decided to count the neo-nazis that came on the screen, since we know they would get killed anyways. Our total...166 (this is a rough count). Love the Jim Kelly vs. the cops and Jim Brown's inexhaustible ammunition scenes...spoofed very well in "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka". Favorite scene hands down...color coded, motorcycle driving, multi-racial dominatrixes. Very fun flick.

This is a seriously entertaining movie, mostly for the wrong reasons :)

The plot is ludicrous and somehow morphs into a James Bond style movie on a budget of 1 cent in the dollar.

Plenty of fun, its sexy and the stunts are actually pretty well done resulting in many of the best scenes in the film.

The acting is as bad as you could imagine and the clothing oozes 70's with the pimp look rocking more often than not.

Where the film wins is its determination to entertain the audience, come hell or high water. Thrills, spills and action galore.

One of the great films of the genre that fans will love :)

Well, I have to admit that I haven't really watched much of the 'blaxploitation' movies. But I had the opportunity to sit down in 2021 to watch the 1974 "Three the Hard Way" movie. So of course I did that, as I wanted to see what it was.

And as it turned out, then "Three the Hard Way" was actually an entertaining movie. I certainly hadn't expected it to be something as enjoyable as it turned out to be. And I must say that despite being made in 1974, then "Three the Hard Way" is really a movie that has withstood the test of time, because it is still a very watchable movie now 47 years later.

The storyline in "Three the Hard Way", as written by writers Eric Bercovici and Jerrold L. Ludwig is a pretty straight forward storyline, sort of bordering on the simplistic actually. So this movie is one where you just grab the popcorn and lean back to enjoy the action.

"Three the Hard Way" is a movie complete with a funky soundtrack, dubious fight scenes, over-the-top gunfight scenes and generally just a very enjoyable atmosphere. And director Gordon Parks Jr. Definitely made the movie very watchable.

The acting in "Three the Hard Way" was good enough, taking into consideration that this was hardly a thespian drama at high levels. It is what it is, and with that in mind, the performances in the movie were adequate.

If you haven't already watched Gordon Parks Jr.'s 1974 movie "Three the Hard Way", then you certainly should do so, if you get the opportunity. Don't be discouraged by the age of the movie, because it is still a very enjoyable movie today.

My rating of "Three the Hard Way" lands on a six out of ten stars.