Three the Hard Way

Three the Hard Way stars football greats Jim Brown and fred Williamson, and former karate middleweight champion Jim Kelly. Together, they are reunited when one of their buddies is snuffed out trying to expose a neo-nazi operations camp. Each hero comes from a different city and each has a unique combat style. When a neo-nazi leader(Jay"Dr. Shrinker" Robinson) plots to contaminate the waters of three big cities to the extent that only black-americans will be affected, the trio springs into action using street fighting, exploding gun fights,and high kickin' martial arts to thwart the evil villain.

A group of neo-Nazis plot to poison the water supply of three major American cities with a chemical that will wipe out the black population. Enter Fred Williamson, Jim Brown and Jim Kelly. This trio of badasses get on the case and immediately start kicking Nazi butt.

Three the Hard Way is an action-packed blaxploitation flick that's main selling point seems to be the inclusion of three big stars of the genre in one movie. The trio of leads are all good value too, especially Jim Kelly and his kung fu fighting. The plot-line itself is fairly basic but it does allow for a set-up where the three inner-city black heroes can take on The Man and outwit him at every stage. There is a huge body-count as Nazi after Nazi is gunned down, blown up or kicked into oblivion. Once the three friends hook up it's basically a non-stop barrage of action. We also have a trio of inter-racial colour co-ordinated topless motorcycle dominatrixes who interrogate one Nazi with methods we can only imagine.

This is a fun film full of action and three charismatic leads. For blaxploitation fans I would think this is a must.

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.

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.