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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Along the way, Black Dynamite blends satire, nostalgia, and cinema deconstruction into a one-of-a-kind comedy high. Read full review

  • 90
    Los Angeles Times |

    An enjoyable celebratory ode to a fiercely entertaining counterculture-inspired genre. Read full review

  • 83
    The Onion A.V. Club | Nathan Rabin

    Sometimes feels like an all-time classic short film stretched to feature length, but it's blissfully short, and it peaks at the end with a groovy cartoon during the closing credits. Read full review

  • 80
    Variety |

    This film will delight both discriminating fans of the blaxploitation tradition and ordinary lovers of goofy, in-ya-face thrills. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    It's one of those loving modern retreads of older genre movies. Read full review

  • 63
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    Before an hour has passed tedium overtakes Black Dynamite - one corny martial-arts sequence turns out to be plenty - and all the good jokes dry up. Read full review

  • 60
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    Just like the movies it parodies, this one feels over long before it's actually done. Read full review

  • 60
    The Hollywood Reporter | James Greenberg

    Even if it's a one-joke movie that runs out of steam, director Scott Sanders manages to keep the gag going for 90 minutes. Read full review

  • 50
    Village Voice | Melissa Anderson

    No matter how many trips to Kung Fu Island our hero makes, nothing in Black Dynamite captures the exhilarating absurdity of Pam Grier hiding razors in her Afro in "Coffy"--or the loony genre experimentation in "Pootie Tang." Read full review

  • 40
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    As a five-minute clip on YouTube, this spoof might be a small masterpiece. As a feature film, it's both too much and not nearly enough. Read full review

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