Trouble Man

1972 "His friends call him Mr. T. His enemies call for mercy!"

Trouble Man

6.7 | 1h39m | R | en | Action

It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set up the death of a collector for a rival gang lord. It looks like it's up to T to hold a gang war from breaking out, keep the police off his back, and earn his fee from Chalky and Pete.

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6.7 | 1h39m | R | en | Action , Thriller , Crime | More Info

Released: November. 01,1972 | Released Producted By: 20th Century Fox , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Robert Hooks , William Smithers , Paul Winfield

Director

Albert Brenner

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Reviews

edwagreen Typical for the 1970 genre black films in this 1972 picture.Hooks, as Mr. T, is a cool, suave guy who is just about into everything-legal and illegal as well. He shows his empathy when he goes after a landlord when a baby is critically injured on the stairwell of an apartment building.T is a hustler, a womanizer, a detective and a great pool player to boot.He gets into a crap game and when blindfolded bandits hold up the place, he is blamed for the killing of one of the culprits. Paul Winfield and Ralph Waite are the real heavies in this film with a great Marvin Gaye score.

RanchoTuVu Robert Hooks as Mr. T is a skilled and licensed private eye with contacts in the underground gambling scene (higher stakes crap games) in 1970s Los Angeles. He's cool enough to have both the crooks and the cops trying to figure out what his next move will be. He finds out about an intense competition for the illicit gambling business between a faction led by an impressively sleazy Ralph Waite and his seemingly junior partner played by Paul Winfield and another cool character named Big (Julius Harris) who operates the other syndicate. The black actors play tough parts but so do Waite and the white actors who play his protection, wielding some nifty looking sawed off shotguns. The movie is directed with a pace that moves along well by Ivan Dixon, though some of the stuff Mr. T pulls off is a bit too cool to be believed. But most of Trouble Man looks to be shot on actual locations in the classic color cinematography of the 1970s capturing seedy LA's early 70s essence.

rwint1611 THE PLOT: Mr T (Hooks) is a bad-ass private eye who decides to enact some revenge when he becomes a victim of a frame-up.THE POSITIVE: For those that enjoy 70's black exploitation this one certainly has all the right ingredients. The plot has some nice twists and it gets played out in a serious fashion instead of adding in the campy humor like other films from this time period and genre tended to do and only ended up watery the story down too much. Hooks is very effective in the lead and literally owns every scene that he is in. Winfield is also fun as the bad guy who is at first very slick, but then as he becomes more paranoid at Hooks coming to get him, starts to have a really big meltdown.THE NEGATIVE: There is just too much reliance on a tired formula that gets played out a little too close to form. Hooks seems to barely even break a sweat as he maneuvers his way through scrapes and close calls with an almost perfect ease. There is just nothing to distinguish this from any of the other black exploitation films of that era. One walks away feeling almost cheated at having to watch something that is so predictable and uninspired. This film ends up being very forgettable despite its slick story and production values.THE LOWDOWN: For connoisseurs of black exploitation only. Others will find it just too formulaic.THE RATING: 5 out of 10.

magnumpi82 i found the soundtrack to this film in the bargain bin at my local record store. it is spectacular. all songs are by marvin gaye. if nothing else i want to see this film for its soundtrack. i am also a big blaxploitation fan (coffy and black caesar, esp.). from the looks of it, this film is out of print.