Slaughter (1972)

Ex-pro football hero Jim Brown (The Dirty Dozen, Ice Station Zebra) is El Mucho Macho (Interview) in this fast-paced revenge fest highlighted by 'slick values and direction long on action (Variety)! Featuring hair-raising auto chases and bloody shootings at a lightning pace (Motion Picture Herald) and co-starring Rip Torn, Slaughter is an exercise in unmitigated mayhem (The Hollywood Reporter)! Ex-Green Beret Slaughter (Brown) sets out toget the mafia man who blew up his folks car with them still in it! But when he blows up a planeload of mob henchmanhe finds himself the pawn of Feds who were also on the trail. Ordered to tail the mob murderers to South America, Slaughter will use any means possiblefrom bedding a beautiful mafia babe (Stella Stevens) to blowing up a few vehicles of his ownto get his man! The appropriately titled Slaughter (New York Daily News) is one killer entertainment!

NON-STOP ACTION 70'S BLACK MOVIE!!!!!!!!

I Remember when I saw the blaxploitation movie called Shaft and it was SOOO SLOW and BORING!! I was looking for a funny action packed black movies from the 70's!!! Then I saw Slaughter and guess what! My search was over!!

This movie is FUNNY AND WITH A VENGANCE!!!
I has CAR CHASES, LOTS OF SHOOTING, STUNTS, STREET FIGHTING, EXPLOTIONS AND PREETY LADIES!!!

For a low budget film this one have a good video quality and a good monaural sound, not to mention de widescreen with the big black boards.

P.S: Im glad that this movie has cool action scenes from the begining to the end!

Adios

February 25, 2007

Great action vehicle for Jim Brown fans!

Jim Brown is Slaughter, a Green Beret Vietnam veteran who's not long back from the service when his parents are killed in a car-bomb murder. It turns out Slaughter's dad (it's never explicitly stated, but he was apparently involved in a mild hustle, like the numbers) somehow stumbled upon a computer printout of a Mob operation's payoff roster. But he was killed before he could make a deal for its safe return. Slaughter then makes moves to find the killers, while being shadowed by Kim (Marlene Clark), an undercover federal agent. A shootout at an airport puts Slaughter at odds with the U.S. Treasury Department, who then send him to an unnamed South American country to track down the surviving crooks.

Rip Torn is Dominick, the hood behind Slaughter's parents murder. Norman Alfe is Mario Felice, a Mafia boss doing big business in Latin America and beyond. Felice, who believes in the old codes of honor, is willing to bargain with Slaughter to get the payoff printout, and is distressed at Dominck's hot-headed brutality and wanton violence. Stella Stevens is in her gorgeous prime as Ann, Dominick's main lady, who's set up to get information out of Slaughter, but ends up falling for him. Character actor Don Gordon has a supporting role as Slaughter's reluctant partner, Harry.

The plot angle about the computer printout is a bit dated in this day of instant e-mail-- there's a line of dialogue in which an entire "computer room" is apparently moved to prevent discovery of its data. Still, it's kind of a MacGuffin, and not essential to enjoy the action.

Slaughter doesn't suffer fools gladly, and seems to prefer fights to talking. There are plenty of fights, chases and shootouts in this film, and the film even borrows a bit of James Bond, as a tuxedoed Slaughter mingles in a Mob-run casino. Torn's Dominick is a cold bigot of a gangster, who really gets riled when it's clear that Ann has fallen for him. The gun-heavy climax takes place on Felice's Spanish-style ranch, giving the film a touch of updated Western tone.

this film spawned one sequel, "Slaughter's Big Rip-Off", but the character should have continued on, like James Bond.. September 18, 2006

Old school action!

This is quite an entertaining 70's action movie. The acting, as in most action movies, is a bit superficial, but the overall movie is solid. Jim Brown, given his impressive size, is perfect as a tough action hero. The majority of the movie is set in Mexico, thus giving it an exotic feel. The racial epithets by the villains also give the movie an appropriate sense of the palpable racism of the 70's. Rip Torn gives an over-the-top performance as the main bad-guy Hoffo. As noted in the other reviews, Stella Stevens is perfect eye-candy in her supporting role. March 25, 2005

Somewhere between Superfly and Dolemite

As a white boy from Ohio, I've always had a fondness for Blaxploitation flicks from the 1970's. They were loud and bold, action-packed and takin'-no-sass. They felt like renegade productions, and I dug everything about them. The funky soundtracks, the outrageous fashions, the over-the-top acting and action. Watching them now just takes me back to the 70's like an old song.

I'd never seen SLAUGHTER but caught it recently on a movie channel.
To be honest, I watched it for only one reason: Stella Stevens.
She's absolutely stunning. She's so incredibly sexy in Jerry Lewis's THE NUTTY PROFESSOR and Dean Martin's THE SILENCERS that I discovered lust at a very early age. Like 7 years old. Not that I understood it, but I just knew she was hot in an other-worldly sense. By the time THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE and THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE rolled around, Stella was cemented as one of my all-time favorite Hollywood babes.

I didn't think SLAUGHTER looked that interesting but I did watch it for her. Wow. The other reviews I've read here also admit that they're giving this film a good review based on her. I'm definitely in that category.

Otherwise, SLAUGHTER doesn't have the energy of other Blaxploitation pics. The fish-eye lens during fights gave those scenes style but no punch. Rip Torn is fun to watch as the villian.
March 23, 2005

Great classic movie

I enjoyed watching this old classic and wasn't unhappy to have purchased it for my dvd collection.
It was great to see an old 70's action movie with Jim Brown and the gorgeous Stella Stevens (the ladies today don't even compare)...
Highly recommended.

Derek Hutton
Johannesburg
South Africa November 6, 2004

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