HIT! Is a surprisingly slow and meandering revenge story from 1973, directed by Sidney J. Furie who normally puts out more engaging fare. This one stars the up-and-coming star Billy Dee Williams as a guy grieving the death of his daughter from a heroin overdose. His path to revenge takes him all the way across to Paris, where he assembles a team of characters who are looking for their own revenge on the city's drug barons for various reasons. The best and most interesting of these is Richard Pryor who gives a typically intense performance even this early in his career. Sadly, the flabby running time and dearth of action means that this stalls when it should flow, and the last hour and a half in particular is quite excruciating.
Review of Hit!
