Blaxploitation film about three martial-arts specialists who prevent white supremacists from tainting the U.S. water supply with a toxin that's only harmful to black people.Blaxploitation film about three martial-arts specialists who prevent white supremacists from tainting the U.S. water supply with a toxin that's only harmful to black people.Blaxploitation film about three martial-arts specialists who prevent white supremacists from tainting the U.S. water supply with a toxin that's only harmful to black people.
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- TriviaEight years after this film's release, Fred Williamson produced, directed, and wrote Les 4 justiciers (1982), which reunited him with Jim Brown and Jim Kelly. Williamson conceived the idea to do another sequel during a break between filming Chicago Cop (1983) and Vigilante (1982). The funding for the film, crew, scouting locations, and actors all came together quickly, and the movie was shot in about a month. Williamson considers that film a true sequel to this one.
- GoofsIn the Chicago sequence, Jimmy and Jagger are chasing one of the white supremacists through town and they pass the same man twice.
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Dr. Fortrero: This little mixture of mine is as lethal as cyanide and as selective as a lady buying perfume.
Monroe Feather: It goes to work on the black folks, leave the rest of us alone? You better be damn sure!
Dr. Fortrero: Just like sickle cell anemia, Mr. Feather. And like sickle cell anemia, it will not affect people of the caucasian race. My personal guarantee.
Monroe Feather: How fast does this stuff work?
Dr. Fortrero: Seventy-two hours at the most.
Monroe Feather: Took God seven days to create the world. We can cleanse it, in just three.
- Alternate versionsAdditional scenes were added to the TV version to pad out the running time and for content.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 4 (1997)
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Music by Richard Tufo
Lyrics by Lowrell Simon
Performed by The Impressions (as Impressions)
Courtesy of Buddah and Curtom Records
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.
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- Mar 2, 2012
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- $1,800,000 (estimated)