Here's another another golden oldie, a well made feature film, blaxploitation tale, with some thrilling action, especially the start, with the fake orange and reddy gore. We too, have hot broads, as well as the big black dude you don't mess with, as referenced by other black dudes: The one and only Jim Brown (Fireball in The Running Man) who makes most men look small. We have great villains, of course of being the eternal Don Stroud, plus a surprising well acted, and genuinely authentic performance by Ed Mcmahon. Some people want Slaughter dead, where he must of crossed some really bad guys, half the fun in the story, that has us, wondering if he'll survive, which we probably know he will. Recognize a voice and face right at the start. Sounds and looks like a very familiar Police Academy regular. How Slaughter survives a drowning, with his car catapulting off a towering cliff into the seas, had me flummoxed where his girl wasn't so lucky. If you like the attributes of what I've just mentioned, and you're a serious 70's action fan, this will make your night.

This sequel to the original Jim Brown "Slaughter" vehicle is similarly bad ass entertainment, with big Jim showing off plenty of cool as always. The story is pretty entertaining, too, and the supporting cast has to be seen to be appreciated. There's a fair amount of violence to enjoy, and a bit of sex, too - even some full frontal nudity courtesy of the delectable Judith Brown.Slaughter is now being hunted by mafioso types who want to get back at him for his activities in the first film. Among those types are the smooth Duncan (none other than Ed McMahon) and his racist thug-for-hire Kirk (Don Stroud). Determined police detective Reynolds (Brock Peters) soon ropes Slaughter into stealing important documents from Duncan - to be precise, a list of people who've received payoffs."Slaughter's Big Rip-Off" isn't wall to wall action, but it is enjoyable, particularly for seeing Mr. McMahon in a film of this type. He's fun to watch, as is Stroud as the kind of bad guy whom you'll love to hate. There's a bunch of familiar faces in the supporting cast, among them Gloria Hendry as Marcia, Slaughter's gal pal, Dick Anthony Williams as flamboyant pimp Joe Creole (a pimp who's also talented in the art of safecracking), Art Metrano as the sleazy Mario Bertoli, Hoke Howell as one of the Parker brothers who make the foolish mistake of not cooperating with Slaughter, Russ Marin as top cop Crowder, the always lovably genial Scatman Crothers (you wish he was in the film longer) as Cleveland, Pamela Des Barres in a sexy bit part, George Gaynes as the ill-fated Warren, and an uncredited Adam Roarke as Harry.The pacing is mostly efficient, the action when it happens is always viscerally effective, and there are some good laughs to be had as well. Just check out the amount of vocalizations during a fight scene with Slaughter and two goons, one of whom happens to be Oriental. You hear them even when people aren't moving their lips.Good if not great entertainment overall, with a very funny wrap-up. It's just a shame that the original James Brown soundtrack got replaced for the DVD; the new score is adequate but hardly inspired.Seven out of 10.

Slaughters Big Ripoff could be called junk, but that is like calling Birth of A Nation Junk.Is it a good film,no. However it is an interesting film to analyze.Unlike the first Slaughter movie, this one is different in tone. Slaughter has no well meaning white partner like Don Gordon. In fact, except for the beginning, there is no good white male in the entire film. The screenplay writer, a Mr Johnson, who I believe to be African American, I believe is the real auteur of this movie. The opening scene, with an attack by an airplane may remind people of an incident in Tulsa Oklahoma in the early 1920's. Here, an elderly white man, the only good white man in the whole film, who has just lost a close horse race to Jim Brown as Slaughter, is killed by this plane, as is another black person. The attempt was made to kill Slaughter. During this scene, before the attack, their are several tables set up. Ironically, all the black people at this party sit together, separate from the white people. Even here, it is implied somewhat that while blacks and whites can be polite, they cannot be together.Later on, we will meet African American Brock Peter, who at first appears to be antagonistic to Slaughter, while his white boss, who appears to be a "nice guy", we will later learn is corrupt and dealing with the mob, led by all people Ed McMahon (I guess Johnny Carson show didn't pay him enough. Brock Peters however, will help Slaughter, and they form an alliance.The "White World" is shown to be decadent and in decline. Sluaghter beats up three "Rednecks", terrorize's a white perverted drug dealer". During a murder of a white gangster who failed to kill Slaughter, imaginatively done in a swimming pool, especially as all the people at this party (all white) all of a sudden disappear, implying somewhat that "the white world" condones such killing though they try to show that they are respectable. The only good white person from here on end, is a white woman, who just wants to have sex with Slaughter, somewhat suggesting that for her white men are of no use. Slaughter complies, but in no way does he seem to love this woman, while he is making love to a black woman later on, and we feel that he certainly cares more for her. Also a black pimp, who appears to be a sleaze, is allowed to show courage, and that even he, has more good character qualities than "the white man".Don Stroud makes an interesting villain. He appears at the beginning, while he is evil, that he may be a match for Slaughter. But in the end, when Slaughter faces him, he will be no match for Jim Brown's Slaughter. As Jim Brown faces the bad white gangsters in the end, I am struck by his getting his guns ready to put the massacre on these white baddies. Certainly it might go against Martin Luther Kings principals. However, metaphorically, one could see Slaughter getting his guns ready, to go after the people behind James Earl Ray who wanted King dead.This is no classic, it is not even good cinema, but Slaughters Big Ripoff is none the less an interesting movie for what it is saying.

Stella Stevens is off on the Poseidon Adventure, so Slaughter has to find a new girlfriend in this sequel in his battle with the mob. Judith M. Brown's audition was certainly a nice start, but she's no Stella. Of course, Gloria Hendry is working hard to keep him on a leash.It was a treat to see Ed McMahon and Don Stroud, and Scatman Crothers, along with Brock Peters. They definitely made the sequel more interesting.Dick Anthony Williams plays a classic pimp with the jive talk and flashy threads who joins Slaughter in a rip off scheme. Unfortunately, Stroud takes him for a ride. Stroud makes a classic mistake, however, and Slaughter is ready for action.The cool dude just does the job.