utgard14 Another blaxploitation home run from Rudy Ray Moore, star of Petey Wheatstraw and the Dolemite films. Cheap, amateurish, often unintentionally hilarious film about one man's crusade to rid of the streets of "the whack" -- aka angel dust or PCP -- after his nephew Bucky freaks out on the drug. If you've seen a Rudy Ray Moore film before, you know what kind of craziness to expect. If you haven't, you're in for a treat.First, take whatever you know about movies and throw it out the window. There is no professional filmmaking going on here. It's all crudely staged, badly acted, and poorly written. Well, assuming it's actually written at all. I get the feeling with Moore's films a large amount of the dialogue is made up on the spot. Now this sounds fairly terrible and on an artistic and technical level it is. But you don't watch these movies because they're actually good films. You watch them because they are so bad they're funny.The action scenes are a farce. Grown men pretending to use kung-fu on one another, emulating what they saw in Bruce Lee movies. Hands and feet supposedly striking but not coming within a foot of their target. There's a hilariously bad sex scene between Moore and a woman that should come as a surprise to no one, given Moore's somewhat effeminate mannerisms.One of my favorite scenes is where the frustrated doctor cries out to God: "Where are you Mister? Are you with us or just in our minds?" Who would have thought you would find religious metaphysics in a movie called Disco Godfather? But the highlights of the movie for most people would be the PCP hallucination scenes, as well as just about any line Moore delivers in his trademark amateur style. If you enjoy blaxploitation films or if you enjoy poorly made films that are good for unintended laughs, then give Disco Godfather a shot. While you're at it, try out some of Moore's other movies. Especially Petey Wheatsraw, the Devil's Son-in-Law.

ace-150 The really amazing thing about this movie is that almost everybody in it ended up having a career. In real films and television shows that you've actually heard of. Seriously, follow the links. I guess that you have to start somewhere. The good news is that there are lots of hot, hairy-chested, black guys in skin tight, low cut outfits. The bad news is that Rudy Ray Moore isn't one of them. He's a bit of a middle-aged blob, and he probably should have kept his man-boobs covered instead of jiggling them in my face. There, I said it. The other amazing thing is that, when the credits roll, there about three actors and about 300 dancers - disco dancers, disco skaters, featured disco dancers, featured disco skaters. Really. Which probably explains why the reporters at the press conference looked suspiciously like the featured disco dancers. Anyway, I think the moral of the story is that you're supposed to smoke angel dust before you watch the movie.

vpm2a Rudy Ray Moore was the self-avowed "King of Party Records" in the 1970s, distinguishing himself by his off-color and incredibly dirty jokes. He made four movies in the 70s, and this was the last and frankly, in terms of movie production, worst of all of them. Although gems like Petey Wheatstraw and Human Tornado hold together a lot better plot-wise, they are nowhere near as funny as this movie, mostly because this one is so badly made it adds that extra unintentional hilarity that it needs to be considered... drumroll, please... ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME.That's right. This steaming pile of crap of a movie is up there with all of the François Truffaut movies, all the old silent film classics, etc. that I would normally list among my favorite movies. That is simply because a movie this entertaining and enjoyable cannot be seen as anything other than a great movie.Disco Godfather is sort of a combination blaxploitation film/after school special. All of Moore's other movies have a ton of sex in them, but this film seem to tone it down for the kiddies, so that they can enjoy the anti-drug message of the movie. The plot centers around Tucker Williams, an entrepreneur who owns a disco club that soon becomes a hotbed for PCP-addicted youth. When his nephew Bucky falls victim to the wack and blows his shot at a major-league basketball career, Tucker decides to join his old police buddies in launching an attack on the dreaded Angel Dust. But his crime-fighting antics soon put him at odds with Stinger Ray, the local drug lord. Will Tucker manage to clean up the city's streets? Will Stinger Ray and his corrupt henchmen prevail? Watch the film to find out! I have to warn you, this movie has some of the lowest production values I've ever seen. There's bad lighting, terrible sound, pointless cuts between scenes (particularly at the end of the film), THE FREAKING WORST OVERDUB I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE, and horrible, horrible acting. But this movie has the funniest lines ever, hilarious fight scenes, ABSOLUTELY BIZARRE animation spliced into the film, crazy drug sequences, and an ending that will make you laugh so hard you might have to go to the hospital. (My asthmatic boyfriend almost had an attack watching the end of this movie.) If you enjoy watching bad movies, this movie is this Citizen Kane of bad movies."ANGEL DUST, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPNIN'! SEE IF YOU PLAYAS CAN BALL THAT!"

jfurdell Must be the worst film ever made. Certainly the worst "blaxploitation" film, it tried to steal from every popular '70s genre it could... kung-fu, the drug-revenge flick, disco dancing. And it failed, failed, failed. The best scene:[Disco Godfather is kung-fu fighting a bunch of thugs as a Random Jogger, dressed in powder blue jogging suit and with a towel around his neck, jogs by.]RJ: Hey man, you need some help?DG: This is an angel dust factory!RJ: ANGEL DUST?![Random jogger whips off the towel from around his neck and assumes a fighting pose.]RJ: Let's kick some ass then.