This is my vote for one of the all-time worst blaxsploitation films--this and "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song"--though they are very, very different movies within the same genre. "Darktown Strutters" is, apparently, supposed to be a comedy, however, and "Sweet Sweetback" simply defies description! The bottom line is that you just can't get much worse than these films and deciding which of the two is better is like deciding which you prefer--Ebola or the Bubonic Plague!!
"Darktown" stars a group of ridiculously attired black motorcycle 'chicks' who have a series of banal adventures--most of which eventually involve some cops who have the intelligence of cheese. None of the jokes work, none of the film is engaging and I simply felt this was a giant waste of timed due to horrific writing, bad and very broad acting and a story that simply went nowhere. I really wish I could have the time back that this film stole from my life--it was that unfunny and stupid. Extremely poor in every of the way, this is the most amateurish and pointless films I've seen in ages. If you want to see a good black comedy of this time period, try "Car Wash" instead. While rough, at least this film has laughs....I counted none in "Darktown"!!
"Darktown" stars a group of ridiculously attired black motorcycle 'chicks' who have a series of banal adventures--most of which eventually involve some cops who have the intelligence of cheese. None of the jokes work, none of the film is engaging and I simply felt this was a giant waste of timed due to horrific writing, bad and very broad acting and a story that simply went nowhere. I really wish I could have the time back that this film stole from my life--it was that unfunny and stupid. Extremely poor in every of the way, this is the most amateurish and pointless films I've seen in ages. If you want to see a good black comedy of this time period, try "Car Wash" instead. While rough, at least this film has laughs....I counted none in "Darktown"!!