Black Dynamite is a 2009 movie made in the style of the Blaxploitation films of the 1970's. From viewing the trailer it's just a straight up rip off of Dolomite. It's staring the guy who played Spawn in the Spawn movie and features some of the worst black nick names of all time.... For example, Arsenio Hall plays a character named Tastey-Freeze. I know what your wondering, Where the heck did Arsenio come from? ..... well from the look of this list, the movie could be considered a reunion for all the black actors that disapeared after being in every black movie/failed TV sitcom in the 90's... Heck it's even got Brian McKnight as a character named.... Sweetmeat. Yup.Below are the actors with character names:
- Michael Jai White - Black Dynamite
- Arsenio Hall - Tasty Freeze
- Tommy Davidson - Cream Corn
- Obba Babatunde - Osiris
- Kevin Chapman - O'Leary
- Richard Edson - Dino
- Darrel Heath - Militant 2
- Buddy Lewis - Gunsmoke
- Brian McKnight - Sweetmeat
- James McManus - Richard Nixon
- Byron Minns - Bullhorn
- Phil Morris - Saheed
- Miguel A. Núñez Jr. - Mo Bitches
- Salli Richardson - Gloria
- Tucker Smallwood - Congressman James
- John Salley - Kotex
- Chris Spencer - Militant 1
- Mike Starr - Rafelli
- Nicole Sullivan - Patricia Nixon
- Kym Whitley - Honeybee
- Mykelti Williamson - Chicago Wind
- Bokeem Woodbine - Black Hand Jack
- Cedric Yarbrough - Chocolate Giddy-Up
- Roger Yuan - Fiendish Dr. Wu
- Justine Joli, Charlotte Stokely, Charmane Star, Erika Vuitton, and Stacey Adams as Ladies of Leisure
Apparently despite the commercial flop, the movie is getting made into a cartoon network/adult swim animated series, according to /Film.
I think the names are on par for the course, considering this wasn't a "serious" blaxplotation film, sorta like its making fun of the films, at the same time finding its own persona.
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