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Mandingo (1975)
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Summary: A slave owner in the 1840s trains his slaves to be bare-knuckle fighting champions, unaware that his daughter is having an affair with his top fighter. (imdb)
Genres: Drama, Action
Country: USA
Directed By: Richard Fleischer
More information at the Internet Movie Database
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na gert
70
T7
na xacviant
42
T2
Southern-fried trash set on a plantation c. 1845, where the young heir (Perry King) is happiest dallying with the slave women, while his father (James Mason) tries to cure rheumatism by putting his feet on a black child. The first hour or so is entertainingly repugnant, but the second half drags badly. Susan George is wretchedly hammy as King's neglected wife; Ken Norton, as the slave Mede, tries to maintain his dignity in these surroundings, but it's a lost cause. Embarrassing for all involved.
na cinema_hell
60
T2
na orangezen
40
T1
Rubbish attempting to strike a bard-like pose.
na AceySaid10%
80
T6
na Hysteria
75
T8
na glm
59
T3
58.500
na Matt Burgess
93
T10
Unflinching Southern gothic melodrama, gorgeously filmed with a sweaty, grotesque atmosphere oozing from each frame. Far more than just a "camp classic", this is an anti-Gone with the Wind that isn't afraid to stare the ridiculousness of slavery and racist hysteria straight in the face.
na onetwothree
70
T9
na SirRobbie
60
T3
na TroyAnderson
62
T5
na NRM02
48
T3
na kyle.loomis
2
T2
na jodamico
76
T6
This is not a good/bad movie, this is a genuinely good, intelligent, and cynical deconstruction of the antebellum south. It takes apart every notion of civility and honor among the "gentlemen" and "belles."
na h_double
73
T2
na salty dog
14
T1
na welike
20
T5
na mysanthropod
0
T1
na dr. radical
54
T3
na drcriddle
80
T6
na Clark Nova
99
T10
na homosuperior
85
T8
I'm not sure why this film has such a bad reputation. And I really can't fathom Roger Ebert's initial apoplectic fit over it when it first came out. But some of its harrowing depictions of slavery, fecund with delirious gothic melodrama, make most of Django Unchained seem a little tame. Mason and King are both fine, and Norton is well, pretty fine, too. The look of the film is perhaps its best aspect: Underlit, empty interiors, decrepitude and smoke everywhere.
na Antares
53
T2
na DancingP
48
T2
na Darren
88
T8
na dharmabum
73
T6
na imdb
55
T3
na Cloudynow
64
T4
na unusuall
55
T3
na mavrodief
65
T5
na JJJames
90
T9
na miss jesus
56
T5
na Mike DAngelo
48
T3
na samcoarse
7
T1
This films main use today is a gauge on how conservative Hollywood has become 40 years on. The calibre of films aren't dropping but the exploratory nature of the ones allowed a mainstream budget are being roped in, our taste of art is being selected for us which is alarming. Although anchored by bleak, boring & at times aimless script (learning to read sequence) the exploitation seeps through to lace Mandingo with a sometimes extreme replica of the eras race relations. Black foot pillow, really?
na lobo
60
T5
na mike615
64
T6
na TheDenizen
70
T7
This is basically a big budget exploitation movie about life on a slave plantation in the deep south before the civil war. There's a bunch of soap opera family drama and sexy interracial love triangles, in addition to tons of nudity, torture, and violence. Susan George is excellent as the sweet but poisonous southern belle, and veteran British actor James Mason plays the evil plantation owner.
na ahamel7896
8
T8
na Bevo52
60
T1
na AICHE
73
T6
na LordofDance
65
T6
na TheMantidMan
96
T10
na winds
6
T8
na nuotio
60
T7
na Mr. Mxyzptlk
85
T7
na gwynplaine
30
T1
Average Tier 4.91 from 46 Rankings rss