Just in case you haven't guessed it from the title, this 1975 film is one of many films made within the broad definition of blaxploitation – films made specifically to appeal specifically to the African-American audience. Some of these are actually pretty good films in their own right but too many of them are basic and seem happy to simply "be" the genre rather than doing something interesting or quality within it. Sadly Black Bounty Hunter (the alternative title) falls into the camp of the former as it essentially takes a typical "Shaft" character and places him in the old west.Hard to believe that this film was made after Blazing Saddles and indeed it is hard not to constantly be reminded of that film and have lines of dialogue pop into your head while watching the story of a black man who becomes sheriff of a corrupt town and proceeds to clear it out. The manner in which he does this is by being impossibly cool, he does do other things too but this is the main one. Viewing the film as a western, it is pretty basic in the plotting and unfortunately it doesn't have a flow or much in the way of excitement to it. That it is a blaxploitation film doesn't mean problems in this regard can be overlooked but it does at least add something to the film in regards spark.The funk music takes a minute to get used to in the context of the western but it does set the cool tone which is suitable for the constant swagger of Boss himself. Williamson takes the title role with his usual presence. He struggles when asked to be more expressive but there can be no doubt about his ability to be tough, sexual and charismatic and he does this well through the film. Martin's performance is more of a mugging one but he is quite funny at times. Smith and Armstrong are little more than cardboard cut-outs of racists who get what's coming to them – this is par for the genre course. Hayworth and Leigh are just two of the women who fall for Boss' charms and the rest of the support cast just mug along. The acting is roundly weak though, in particular I found it found it quite hard to listen to Leigh – probably almost as hard as it was for her to read them out, which is how it sounds.Overall, Black Bounty Hunter is a fairly poor film. As a western it is obvious and lacking in drama and although the blaxploitation aspect does add something to it in terms of being a little fun, it doesn't add enough to get close to making it a good film. Has its good aspects but unfortunately they are in the minority.

Just watched this on YouTube. It stars Fred Williamson-the title character-(who was also writer and co-producer with director Jack Arnold) and D'Urville Martin-Amos-as bounty hunters who are looking for a Jed Clayton (William Smith) in the town they encounter. Mayor Griffin (R.G. Armstrong) tells them Jed's not due to arrive in a few days so they wait and make themselves sheriff and deputy since the town hasn't had either for a while. There's actually more to it than that but I'll just now say how much I highly enjoyed this movie. I mean, it's got some funny scenes and lines mostly courtesy of Martin and both a fine white chick (Barbara Leigh as schoolmarm Miss Pruitt) and a fine black one (Carmen Hayworth as Clara Mae). In fact, when the latter's silently told by Amos to do some seductive moves on one of Boss' capturers, they're so hot that they're a distraction which Amos later acknowledges after delaying knocking him out! And the fights between Williamson and Smith were among the coolest I've seen and heard in a movie with the way the punches just flew! And despite the very provocative title, I loved the title song with music and lyrics by Leon Moore & Tom Nixon as sung by Terrible Tom. And besides Miss Pruitt, it was nice to know that the blacksmith (Ben Zeller) and the doctor were the other Caucasians giving support to the sheriff. So on that note, I highly recommend Boss N!gger.

SPOILER ALLERRRTTT!!! (I PUT THAT JUST IN CASE BUT I Don't THINK I AM SPOILING IT) but anyways i watched this movie a lot when i was little. one of my family members was an actor in this movie. he was (Donald Hayes) he is the chubby white guy with the big beer belly that keeps getting beat up and knocked out... its really funny.... Well i love watching this old movie because it is really funny and since Donald Hayes died in June of 2006 its how i remember how funny he was...but anyways THIS MOVIE IS GOOD! FOR ITS TIME AND NOW!!! LOOOVVVEEE ITT!!! well i hope you enjoy watching this old movie, even though it is kind of raciest...haha....

I am amazed at how positive some of the reviews are for this barely mediocre Baxploitation Western--especially considering it seems like a ripoff of "Blazing Saddles" (made in 1974). The plot involves two Black bounty hunters with attitude who arrive in town and take over the job of sheriff and deputy. Unlike "Blazing Saddles", this film isn't all comedy but a sort of hybrid action-comedy picture. However, the comedy isn't all that funny (D'Urville Martin can't carry this off by himself) and the action isn't as good as most of the star's (Fred Williamson) other films. Another major problem is that while having an anachronistic sheriff in the Mel Brooks film worked, here it just feels like "Black Caesar" stuck on the range--a very odd and unconvincing switch to say the least. It's more like wish fulfillment than anything you might have really seen in the West.So let's say that you ignore how ridiculous the story is. In this case, is the film worth seeing? Well, yes and no. It certainly isn't brilliantly made nor does it make the case that there should have been more Black Westerns and some of the plot is pretty silly. On the other hand the film is rather fun to watch if you are looking to see a bunch of angry racist Whites get theirs--but this just isn't enough of a payoff to recommend the film. Overall, undemanding and silly. Not really so much bad,...just not very good.FYI--When you try to use the title of the film in the review, it is prohibited by IMDb. I am not upset by this, but not mentioning the title of a film in the review can be a tad difficult!