Director Jack Hill's Foxy Brown was originally intended as a sequel to his cult classic Coffy (1973), which also starred voluptuous black babe Pam Grier in serious revenge mode. Which film you prefer will depend entirely on what you expect most from the blaxploitation genre—gritty violence or shameless fun—with Foxy Brown leaning towards the lighter side of things, while Coffy is a much rougher affair. Since I like my blaxploitation films to have a more raw, exploitative edge, I rate Coffy higher than Foxy, but that's not to say I didn't have a good time with this funky follow-up.The film opens as Foxy (Grier) is about to start a new life with her supposedly dead undercover cop boyfriend Dalton (Terry Carter), who has just undergone face-change surgery to complete his new identity as Michael Anderson. Unfortunately, Foxy's drug-pusher brother Link (Antonio Fargas) realises the truth about Dalton/Michael and sells him out to the mobsters, who proceed to gun him down. More than a little upset, Foxy goes undercover as an escort girl to seek revenge. What follows is shameless trash, complete with a kitschy lesbian bar brawl, a redneck rapist, an evil honky mobster bitch (Kathryn Loder), a bit-part for Hill regular Sid Haig, and a fair amount of nudity from its beautiful buxom star.6.5 out of 10, rounded up to 7 for the airplane propeller death scene.

Foxy Brown, was one of the gems of the Blaxploitation era. It's positively campy, gritty, and exciting. The fabulous, drop-dead gorgeous Pam Grier, played Foxy Brown with a seething conviction. After her man was gunned-down by drug-dealers, Foxy is out for blood. And she makes sure that the bad-guys shed their share, while she goes about the task of settling the score.Pam Grier made Foxy's rage and obsession with revenge, seem palpable. Foxy did whatever she had to do, to make the villains pay. The viewer really gets caught-up in Foxy's quest for justice. You want to cheer, when Foxy gets even with those who did her wrong. Pam Grier's stunning good looks, and her athletic grace, made her a perfect choice to play Foxy Brown. I can't imagine any other woman starring in this role. No other black female actress, was as compelling on-screen as Pam Grier was in the 70s.The cool funkiness of 70s Blaxploitation cinema, is certainly in evidence in Foxy Brown. The outrageously tacky clothes, giant 'fros, jive-talking' characters, slick cars, sexy mamas, gun-totin' urban thugs-it's all here in this film. If you're looking for a fat, juicy slice of 70s Blaxploitation, then Foxy Brown is just the movie for you.

My score of 5 is indicative of the quality of the production--not the entertainment value. Sure, the film is silly, occasionally poorly directed and produced and it sure would never win any accolades for its artistic merits. But on the other hand, it is very entertaining and is a definite "guilty pleasure"--you know, a film that you love but isn't a particularly good film. While it was not as exciting as Pam Grier's prior film, COFFY, it was a little better aesthetically--with less of the cheesy violence (no exploding heads in this one) , but it still packs a mean punch and it's nice to see Grier's acting has improved.Like COFFY, FOXY BROWN is about a one-woman demolition team out to destroy a drug syndicate. In this sense, the film isn't so original and at times it's more like a sequel than a stand-alone film. This isn't all bad, as the action is still there as well as all the excitement. But this time it's all a bit more tame and not quite as shocking. Also, sadly, FOXY BROWN ended rather poorly in my opinion. By the end of COFFY, every drug dealer was stone cold dead--but in FOXY BROWN, she oddly left a couple of them beaten (and in one case BADLY damaged) but alive. To me, this just wasn't as satisfying--I wanted to see them all bite the dust! Like most so-called "Blaxploitation" films, this one is super-violent and full of nudity. It's a film you best not show your kids or to a nun!

Foxy Brown (1974) *** (out of 4) Enjoyable, over the top blaxploitation classic about Foxy Brown (Pam Grier), a woman who seeks revenge on the evil white people who killed her fiancé. This is an incredibly silly, racist and over the top film but I really enjoyed it. The performances are beyond bad but Grier still has a style that's able to carry the film and her nude scenes aren't too bad. The violence is so crazy that you can't help but laugh. The stereotypes also get major laughs especially one politically incorrect scene where Foxy enters a lesbian bar and fights some "manly" women.