COFFY (1973)
Coffy, la panthere noire de Harlem
Directed by Jack Hill
91 minutes
In English
"She had a body men would die for - and a lot of them did!"
Coffy (Pam Grier in her career-defining role) is an emergency room nurse by day and vigilante by night, targeting the dealers who made her sister a comatose junkie. She works her way up to the Italian mobsters muscling into the ghetto drug trade while she's romanced by glib, smooth-talking politician Booker Bradshaw and wooed by nice-guy cop William Elliot, whose refusal to sell out to the corrupt whity police force earns him a crippling beating.
There's plenty of sex, a female cat-fight that leaves the losers topless, and car chases and shootouts galore, but what makes Coffy a blaxploitation classic is Grier's Amazonian presence and proud charisma, and the gritty, low-budget action scenes marked by visceral, winning violence....all backed up by a classic funky music soundtrack.
"She's the ultimate tough and sexy heroine. She's Soul superstar Pam Grier, and whether delivering her justice with a shotgun, a razor or just her bare hands, she doesn't miss a beat in this "smashing, no-holds-barred tale of retaliation" (Variety)
"Coffy couldn't be better! It's one of the most entertaining films ever made" - Quentin Tarantino
The trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jVAIitIP-4
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