Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

This sequel to the original Jim Brown "Slaughter" vehicle is similarly bad ass entertainment, with big Jim showing off plenty of cool as always. The story is pretty entertaining, too, and the supporting cast has to be seen to be appreciated. There's a fair amount of violence to enjoy, and a bit of sex, too - even some full frontal nudity courtesy of the delectable Judith Brown.

Slaughter is now being hunted by mafioso types who want to get back at him for his activities in the first film. Among those types are the smooth Duncan (none other than Ed McMahon) and his racist thug-for-hire Kirk (Don Stroud). Determined police detective Reynolds (Brock Peters) soon ropes Slaughter into stealing important documents from Duncan - to be precise, a list of people who've received payoffs.

"Slaughter's Big Rip-Off" isn't wall to wall action, but it is enjoyable, particularly for seeing Mr. McMahon in a film of this type. He's fun to watch, as is Stroud as the kind of bad guy whom you'll love to hate. There's a bunch of familiar faces in the supporting cast, among them Gloria Hendry as Marcia, Slaughter's gal pal, Dick Anthony Williams as flamboyant pimp Joe Creole (a pimp who's also talented in the art of safecracking), Art Metrano as the sleazy Mario Bertoli, Hoke Howell as one of the Parker brothers who make the foolish mistake of not cooperating with Slaughter, Russ Marin as top cop Crowder, the always lovably genial Scatman Crothers (you wish he was in the film longer) as Cleveland, Pamela Des Barres in a sexy bit part, George Gaynes as the ill-fated Warren, and an uncredited Adam Roarke as Harry.

The pacing is mostly efficient, the action when it happens is always viscerally effective, and there are some good laughs to be had as well. Just check out the amount of vocalizations during a fight scene with Slaughter and two goons, one of whom happens to be Oriental. You hear them even when people aren't moving their lips.

Good if not great entertainment overall, with a very funny wrap-up. It's just a shame that the original James Brown soundtrack got replaced for the DVD; the new score is adequate but hardly inspired.

Seven out of 10.

As blaxploitation movies go, this fares o.k, but isn't anything remarkable. Big Jim Brown, if you don't know, is one of this famous black stars of the 70's, who's big set build, makes a viable commodity in these pics. Playing a famous, ever so cool character, in this so called sequel (the original I liked less), he finds himself in quite a pickle, as he becomes a marked man, by some dudes he ripped off, where at the start, his best friend, and a very familiar Police Academy face, buy the farm instead. Slaughter intends to find out who's responsible, and find them, before he becomes a memory. Not many surprises, the main one, being near the end, stretching reality some, but in light of it's faults, SBRO doesn't come off, as not a badly made pic, where Slaughter still has time to make love, especially to one hottie, who bares and gives herself completely to him. Another one, a blonde bombshell, who this pimp soughts out, will stay in your mind, Some nice blood shed too, as well as some good performances, notably, or surprisingly, ex t.v. show host, Mcmahon as a drug baron, and Don Stroud, as a great nasty, of a hitman. Hendry as Slaughter's girl isn't bad either. Brown is so perfect for Slaughter, it's just in the voice, but on the surface, this movie, I felt was more a let down, or limited to be more precise. Metaphorically a let down, like Stroud, letting the air out of that time. Great soundtrack.

Of the two Slaughter movies, this is the better and even though its hardly a Schindlers list in complexity it is bloody funny. All the men are the goodies or the baddies and the women are all just Hos and emotionally needy, eg Slaughters Girl. It is also bloody funny and The Pro has got to be the funniest movie pimp of all time, you just can't get enough of those hats, purple suits, gold chains and jive patois forever. The best bit is where he has the Harem around him going "DO YOU BITCHES UNNASTAN". Everything about him is larger than life and it is reminescent of Morris Day in Purple Rain. Jim Brown also proves hes a private dick for all the chicks and again he kicks whitey ass in every direction. The car scene is very unrealistic that they survive it unscathed, but hey this is the movies. Definitely the finest blax flick and it surpasses Shaft (1971). Even the first movie is pretty good.

While enjoying a cookout on a ranch with several friends, a biplane appears out of nowhere and begins spraying the area with bullets. Although the former Green Beret soldier by the name of "Slaughter" (Jim Brown) is not killed, several of his friends lie dead and dying all around him, and he immediately vows to kill those responsible. But first, he has to find out who issued the contract on him and why. But before he can initiate an investigation, he has to find a safe place for his girlfriend, "Marcia" (Gloria Hendry), and somehow get the police off his back as well. Unfortunately, this process becomes more problematic the closer he gets. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this turned out to be a fairly decent "Blaxploitation" film with good action and solid acting all around. Likewise, the addition of Judith Brown (as "Norja") and the aforementioned Gloria Hendry certainly didn't hurt the scenery in any way either. On the other hand, I have to admit that it loses points on the "realism scale" due to a couple of scenes that defied reality. Even so, I thought that this sequel was a slight improvement over the 1972 film "Slaughter" and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.

I happened to stumble upon director Gordon Douglas's 1973 movie "Slaughter's Big Rip-Off" by sheer random chance here in 2025. And with it being a movie that I had never heard about, and thus obviously never watched, of course I opted to sit down and check it out and to give it a fair chance.

Without knowing what I was in for here, I suppose writers Charles Eric Johnson and Don Williams had every opportunity to entertain and impress me with their storyline and script for the movie.

Writers Charles Eric Johnson and Don Williams put together a script and storyline that proved to be entertaining and enjoyable. It was a nicely written narrative, and the characters did come off as being believable and well-written.

The movie does have some familiar faces on the cast list, with the likes of Jim Brown, Ed McMahon, Don Stroud, Brock Peters, George Gaynes, Scatman Crothers, Hoke Howell and Russ McGinn. The acting performances in the movie were good.

My rating of director Gordon Douglas's 1973 movie "Slaughter's Big Rip-Off" lands on a six out of ten stars.