
The story involves a white supremist plot to taint the United States water supply with a toxin that is harmless to whites but lethal to blacks. The only obstacles that stand in the way of this dastardly plan are Jim Brown, Fred Williamson and Jim Kelly, who shoot, kick and karate chop their way to final victory.... (Full plot summary below)
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The story involves a white supremist plot to taint the United States water supply with a toxin that is harmless to whites but lethal to blacks. The only obstacles that stand in the way of this dastardly plan are Jim Brown, Fred Williamson and Jim Kelly, who shoot, kick and karate chop their way to final victory.
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| User ReviewJarrett Jnah, seriously, what has really changed?! where are my s/heroes!?!? |
| User ReviewIan CA militant gang of white supremacists plan to taint the US water supply, with the sole aim of wiping out the African race. It is up to Blaxploitation A-Listers Jim Kelly, Jim Brown, and Fred Williamson to stop them. |
| User ReviewFrog BThis movie managed to actually touch me on a personal level, so this review will be rather biased. If you have looked through any of my other film reviews, you will know that I am quite keen on both martial arts and blaxploitation movies. While "Three the Hard Way" was dominately a blaxploitation film, it also featured martial arts performed by the legendary Jim Kelly. It was like the director tried to make this movie just for me. It featured Nazis, had great action sequences, and an awesome Funk soundtrack. So if you are like me and you like blaxploitation films, martial arts movies, and watching lots of Nazis get killed, this is the movie for you. |
| User Reviewdelysid dthis is one of my favorite black 70s movies. it has all the typical aspects of this sort of film; funky music, nudity, fist fights, gun fights, car chases, cars blowing up, and an overly complicated plot. it also has kung fu. i like how easily the cars blow up in this movie. like you could just go over a speed bump back in them days and your car would explode. i also love when three badass topless chicks show up to torture a guy |
| User ReviewChris WJim Kelly, Jim Brown, and Fred Williamson star in an action film directed by Gordon Parks, Jr. with music by The Impressions!?!? HOLY SHIT!!! This sounds like a blaxploitation dream come true. For as fun and entertaining as this movie is however, it is a disappointment since it is not the masterpiece it had the potential to be. That's a damn shame too. I still like this movie, even though it failed to live up to my expectations. The plot involves a group of white supremacists who plot to town the water supplies of three major American cities. The substance they plan to use is lethal...only to African Americans. It's actually a pretty interesting idea. I now know where they came up with the similar plot used in Black Dynamite. The main issue with this film is the script itself. Things are pretty thin and undercooked ,and there's no real character developent. In fact, I can't really remember how the characters are supposed to be connected. I should probably dock this one some more points, but the csst is good, and they're pretty likeable, and the action rocks. That, and the music is pretty hard to dislike as well. Overall, this is a fair enough action romp, even if it's flawed and leaves something to be desired. |
| User ReviewDelaney MSuper fun blaxploitation with three of the best in the business. |
| User ReviewRobin W"Three the Hard Way" could almost be described as the "Expendables" of blaxploitation films as it provided a chance for three of the most popular black action stars of the seventies - Fred Williamson, Jim Brown and Jim Kelly - to team up together and kick ass. The ridiculous plot involves a white supremacy group that plans to eliminate the black population of the world by contaminating the water supply with a deadly serum; it's never quite made clear how exactly they manage to make this serum lethal to black people who drink it and not whites! This storyline was parodied (and actually made more logical sense since it involved contaminating malt liquor!) in the recent blaxploitation spoof, "Black Dynamite", and a lot of the elements that film poked fun of are present in "Three the Hard Way", such as a thin script that requires a lot of padding, on-the-nose expositional dialogue, and some very noticable continuity errors (especially during the fight scene where Jim Kelly's footwear magically changes from boots to sneakers). However, the movie doesn't try to be anything more than a vehicle for its three stars and, on that level, it definitely succeeds; the whole thing is almost wall-to-wall action, so it never gets boring, and is just 90 minutes of mindless, over-the-top fun for fans of the genre. |
| User ReviewChris EAs far as plots go, this one's pretty out there. Utterly insane, the combination of 3 bad-ass muthafuckers isn't quite as blaxploitation nirvana as I'd hoped, but it's still enjoyable nonetheless. Not great, but pretty okay. |
| User ReviewEric RNo, this is not a porno about a three way. The title is referring to three Blaxploitation heroes: Jim Brown, Fred Williamson and... cough cough... Jim Kelly. Hell that's enough stars for three Blaxploitation films! Well two good ones and... errrmmm... and a Jim Kelly one. Well does having three Blaxploitation heavy weights... errmm.... two and Jim Kelly, mean this will have three times the entertainment value? Not quite but it's a hell-of-an entertaining Blaxploitation piece of cheese that's for sure. Well we have some rich white bigots (typical of these genre films) who have an evil scheme up there sleeves... they want to release a disease into the water systems of three major cities that will only kill off the black population. Now it's up to three old friends (Brown, Williamson and... errrm... Kelly) to use their wits, firepower and biceps to crush these white bigots and save Browns girl. Director Gordon Parks Jr. broke out into the Blaxploitation genre with the hit "Super Fly" and he nails another home runner with "Three the Hard Way." He loads the film up with some great jive dialogue and kick ass senseless action scenes. He other words he makes this loads of fun. The most bizarre yet amusing sequences involves three dominatrix's hired by our three heroes to get a goon to talk and in turn end up killing him with a heart attack. God I loved that! The cast is the main attraction here as one would expect. Jim Brown and Fred Williamson play their typical blaxploitation hero types: Brown as the strong, silent type and Williamson as the mouthy, cocky smartass. Even Jim Kelly is far more stomachable than in his other outings in the genre, most notably the bloated "Black Belt Jones" and it's despicable sequel "Hot Potato". The acting is below par but no-one ever accused these guys for being good actors. The plot is definitely out there.... I mean rich white bigots trying to kill off the world's population of blacks with a disease is pretty controversial and would never fly in today's cinema. This is the early seventies and it's all in good Blaxploitation fun so don't take the plot to heart. The cast is a Blaxploitation fans dream come true and it's a damn shame Brown and Williamson didn't do very many movies together (Forget about Kelly). Sure the acting can be deplorable at times but these are cult, genre films and in this case the bad acting adds to the charm of the film. This may not be Blaxploitation at its most respectable but it sure is one of the most entertaining. You can't tell me a film with martial arts, gun play, tough guy posturing, afros, a comic book tone and a plague killing plot can't be somewhat fun. For mindless fun "Three the Hard Way" is worth the price of admission. |
| User ReviewPeter PThis so far has to be one of my favorite blacksploitation movies that I have seen. It has whitey being completely evil, and Jim Brown, Fred Williamson and Jim Kelly all being awesome saving the whole black race from being chemically wiped out, and lets not forget the awesome 70's action. |