Urban Action Cinema - Two-Disc 15 Movies Edition (DVD)

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Urban Action Cinema - Two-Disc 15 Movies Edition (DVD)

Biggest, baddest and best action in town! Movies in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Warning: Some movies may contain explicit language, sex, violence and nudity.

• Rated: R
• Number of discs: 2
• Run Time: 1282 minutes
• Format: Color
• Languages: English

These popular urban action films take place in the inner-cities of the Northeast and West Coast. They feature black actors of the 70's, 80's and 90's, and were the first to feature soundtracks of funk and soul music. Each of these exciting films is packed with street action, real life horror, comedy and nostalgia, in keeping with the genre. So, sit back and enjoy this collection of exciting urban action movies.

Disc One: Side A

Mean Johnny Barrows | 1976 | Roddy Mcdowall, Stuart Whitman, Elliot Gould | R | Running Time: 90 min

Johnny Barrows, a G.I, is dishonorably discharged from the army after striking his commanding officer. When he returns home, he is mugged and thrown in jail. Down on his luck and with no money, he gets a job at a gas station run by a racist jerk. After a while, he beats him up and is thrown in jail again. Shortly after, a mobster hires him as a mafia hit man because of his military training and he now gets caught in the middle of a rival gang war between two families.

Laday Cocoa | 1975 | Lola Falana, Gene Washington, "Mean Joe" Greene | R | Running Time: 93 min

Foxy Lady Cocoa is out to take down her mobster boyfriend.

The Final Comedown | 1972 | Billy Dee Williams, Raymond St. Jacques, D'Urville Martin | R | Running Time: 83 min

Black revolutionaries take action in the white suburbs. 

The Black Streetfighter | 1975 | Richard Lawson | R | Running Time: 93 min

To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.

Disc One: Side B

The Baron | 1977 | Calvin Lockhart | NR | Running Time : 89 min

Black actor tries to make his own movie with an all-black cast, but to make it he's forced to borrow money from the Mafia. Complications ensue.

South Bronx Heroes | 1985 | Mario Van Peebles | R | Running Time: 85 min

A young man just released from prison and living with his sister crosses paths with two children, also brother and sister, who are on the run from their child pornographer foster parents.

Black Brigade | 1970 | Richard Pryor, Billy Dee Williams | NR | Running Time: 70 min

A racist officer is put in charge of a squad of black troops charged with taking an important bridge from the Germans.

The Tattoo Connection | 1978 | Jim Kelly | R | Running Time: 90 min

When a diamond is stolen in Hong Kong, the company insuring the diamond sends a former CIA agent to Hong Kong to retrieve it. Meanwhile, one of the thieves begins to have a change of heart because his girlfriend wants him to leave his criminal organization.

Disc Two: Side A

The Black Gestapo | 1975 | Rod Perry, Charles Robinson, Phil Hoover | R | Running Time: 90 min

General Ahmed has started an inner-city People's Army to try and relieve the misery of the citizens of Watts. When the locals are put under increasing pressure by Mafia thugs, Ahmed's second-in-command Colonel Kojah asks for permission to start a protection squad to take more direct action. Ahmed fears this protection squad will just turn into a vigilante mob, and his prediction soon proves correct. Will Ahmed be able to wrest control back from the power-mad Kojah, or will he be the mob's next victim?

The Black Six | 1973 | "Mean Joe" Greene, along with other football greats | R | Running Time: 94 min

A black high school student is caught dating a white girl by the girl's brother. He and his biker gang beat the boy to death. The boy's brother, who is a member of a black biker gang, hears about it and comes to town to avenge his brother's death.

Death Journey | 1976 | Fred Williamson, D'urville Martin, Bernard Kirby | R | Running Time: 74 min

Fearful that their star witness might be murdered, two attorneys hire a protector to bring him from Los Angeles to New York. Jesse Crowder (Fred Williamson) is a no-nonsense tough guy. He buddies up with the witness, an accountant, and they hit the road. Outwitting their foes means taking all manner of conveyance, including automobile, train, and airplane. At every turn, Crowder and the witness face a variety of attacks, including gunfire and knife-wielding villains. At ease with the ladies, Crowder manages the entire journey with shirt unbuttoned and stogie clenched firmly in his teeth.

Get Christie Love! | 1974 | Teresa Graves, Harry Guardino | NR | Running Time: 60 min

Adventures of sexy & sassy black undercover cop Christie Love.

Disc Two: Side B

Black Cobra | 1987 | Fred Williamson | R | Running Time : 85 min

A lone cop struggles to protect a female photographer from a gang of psychopathic bikers.

Black Cobra II | 1989 | Fred Williamson | R | Running Time: 94 min

Chicago cop Robert Malone (Fred Williamson) finds himself in The Philippines, ostensibly to learn the techniques of Interpol. Before he exits the Manila airport, his wallet is stolen by a pickpocket. Malone endures a testy relationship with his new colleague Kevin McCall while evidence surrounding the stolen wallet pulls both of them deeper and deeper into a web of intrigue.

Black Cobra III | 1990 | Fred Williamson | R | Running Time: 92 min

A shipment of American weapons is stolen in the Philippines. An American named Hawkins tries to find the weapons. Hawkins ends up dead. Chicago policeman Bob Malone is called in to investigate. Along with Interpol agent Greg Duncan, Malone travels the streets of Manila, tracking down leads. Criminals always seem to know where Duncan and Malone will be, which leads them to suspect a traitor in their midst.

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