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Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas, Peter Brown, Terry Carter, Kathryn Loder ... see more see more... , Harry Holcombe , Juanita Brown , Judy Cassmore , Tony Giorgio , Sid Haig , Sally Ann Stroud , Brenda Venus , Fred Lerner , Bob Minor

Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier stars as Foxy Brown, a sexy but streetwise woman whose ne'er-do-well brother Link (Antonio Fargas) is a drug dealer who owes mobsters 20,000 dollars. To get the hoods off... read more read more... his back, Link names Foxy's boyfriend as a government agent trying to wipe out organized crime, and the mob soon has him rubbed out. But Hell hath no fury like Foxy Brown scorned; posing as a hooker to get the inside scoop on the mob, she goes on a crusade to find out who murdered her man, and she exacts revenge with the help of a local activist group. The supporting cast includes cult figure Sid Haig as a bad guy (as usual) and Peter Brown and Kathryn Loder as a seriously kinky couple who rule the local mob. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 31 min.

Directed by: Jack Hill

Release Date: May 4, 1974

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DVD Release Date: January 9, 2001

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  • matertenebraum
    October 17, 2009
    matertenebraum
    This may seem a high score for a film that has rather a lot of very average acting, gaping plot holes and continuity mistakes a plenty, but, it works. And how! Most 'blaxploitation' has good bits, slow bits and bad bits culminating in a rousing ending. This one goes from the very... read more start and doesn't stop. Moreover, whilst like in others, we see lots of outrageous costumes spread across amazing bodies, here the action is rugged throughout. These people don't just seem mean, they are mean. The scenes of Pam's abduction are painful, shocking (and sexy!) and she plays hurt just as well as she plays kick ass. And does she play kick ass! In a surprising scene in a lesbian bar a challenger tells her to watch out and says something like, 'I'm a black belt in karate.' Pam decks her with a stool and yells back, 'I'm a black belt in bar stools.' Fabulous stuff. In fact this innovative film has great dialogue as well as action and there are scenes that would fit well into a movie dealing with racial issues even today. You wouldn't be permitted to show a lot of the action, however. Not too many leading ladies get raped a couple of times and have to suffer the indignities this young lady does before she can get back on top and then show herself to be just as torturous!
  • SirPant
    September 16, 2009
    SirPant
    A classic Jack Hill Blaxpliotation flick starring the ever sexy Pam Grier. This is probably their best collaboration but I find it hard to choose between them as they?re all so good. My kind of film!
  • cosmo313
    December 31, 2008
    cosmo313
    Entertaining and thrilling, definitely worth watching, especially for tyhe music and Pam Grier's performance.
  • ceWEBrity
    July 15, 2007
    ceWEBrity
    I saw Foxy Brown at Sacramento's Trash Film Orgy and I don't think I've had this much fun watching a movie in a long time. What this movie lacks in technical skill, it makes up for in Pam Grier being a total badass. Can you just imagine being a script-reader and seeing "Foxy pull... read mores a gun out of her afro and shoots two men to death" on the page? Probably not, and that's what makes this movie as ludicrously fun as it is.
  • dhetteix
    June 20, 2007
    dhetteix
    The shock of the volatile ingredients of "Coffy" have been diluted somewhat in "Foxy Brown." Violent sex, female domination, strangulation, and Gier's blouse being pulled open every 10 to 15 minutes is not as outrageous as it was in Coffy, and thus becomes much more a part of the... read more standard vengeance plot.

    More blatantly racist overtones, interracial rape, and setting people on fire push this movie much more seriously into a violent blaxploitation category... one where Geier is not an invincible heroine, but a girl who can be exploited yet goes to unthinkable levels for revenge afterwards.

    Less set-pieces than Coffy with more gore... but in the end, less original, and overly violent, where characters are obviously introduced merely to be brutalized and killed; or seduced, brutalized, and killed. One can't deny how bad-ass Foxy is... but her remorseless joy of killing people seems at odds with the compassion for others which supposedly gives her justification for it.
  • sanjurosamurai
    January 24, 2007
    sanjurosamurai
    decent flick
  • mjgildea
    November 22, 2006
    mjgildea
    Amusing at best.
  • rayman0071
    August 19, 2006
    rayman0071
    This was the movie that cemented Pam Grier as one the top female action superstars of the 1970's. And the movie
    "Foxy Brown" is one of them. One kick ass flick and one bad-ass sista that is NOT to mess with! Classic! The theme song from Wille Hutch is among the best.
  • lesleyanorton
    December 7, 2009
    lesleyanorton
    A remake of Coffy only this time Pam Grier's seeking revenge on the baddies who brought down her man, rather than her little sister. Apart from a shift in motive, Foxy Brown is also a whole heap more violent with some thoroughly nasty characters out to get her before she gets the... read morem. Good film, but I still prefer the original.
  • NuditysShiver
    July 17, 2011
    NuditysShiver
    Sexy Blaxploitation star Pam Grier is on fire once again as Foxy Brown, a woman with a glint of vengeance in her eye for the one's who murdered her boyfriend after a tip-off from her no good drug-dealing brother, Link Brown (Antonio Fargas). Foxy goes undercover as a prostitute i... read moren order to weed out these so-called murderer's and exact extreme justice on them. Back when Pam Grier was undeniabley one of the most beautiful and sexiest women in cinema, Foxy Brown shows her in true form to that statement. Director Jack Hill knows how to expose Grier in such magnificent fashion, she encompasses everything that is bad-ass in cinema today from a woman. And she can do it without losing that air of sexiness from her persona. However, one thing I couldn't quite grasp was the main villians of the film, obviously being of white minority, but not having that look of venom to them. They were pretty much unbelievable in their roles and should have been replaced with actors of more vicious attire. But, Foxy Brown does exact revenge in the most hideous of fashion, that this film get's all it's stars just for her alone.

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Barbara Scharres
March 13, 2007
Barbara Scharres, Chicago Reader

The film is dated, but its mixed message -- and its potential to offend virtually everyone -- still makes it a powerful discussion starter. Full Review

May 9, 2005
New York Times

Miss Grier is obviously durable but, unfortunately, is fast becoming a bore despite all the sex, brawls and gore in Foxy Brown. Full Review

March 13, 2007
TV Guide's Movie Guide

The unapologetically exploitative proceedings take a turn for the disturbingly nasty, but manage to generate an undeniable adrenaline rush. Full Review

Jerry Renshaw
March 13, 2007
Jerry Renshaw, Austin Chronicle

This is fun action sleaze from the classic era of drive-in blaxploitation films, driven by the no-nonsense direction of Jack Hill, and did well enough at the box office to help put the still-gorgeous ... Full Review

January 26, 2006
Time Out

Grier is an actress able to convey an amazing and unflinching strength, and she reveals the film for the dross it is. Full Review

Dennis Schwartz
September 17, 2005
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Sleazy blaxploitation film from the 70s. Full Review

Daniel Eagan
May 31, 2005
Daniel Eagan, Film Journal International

Adequate pulp carried by the engaging Pam Grier

Christopher Null
July 25, 2004
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

A cult classic that's best enjoyed with your tongue firmly in cheek and your political correctness gene locked out in the backyard. Full Review

Bill Chambers
January 30, 2004
Bill Chambers, Film Freak Central

Foxy Brown dubiously embraces its inner minstrel show Full Review

James Rocchi
November 7, 2002
James Rocchi, Netflix

Vigilante-justice film flickers between camp and chauvinism, slam-bang action and sexist idiocy. Full Review

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