Coffy (1973)

How do you take your Coffy?, 12 June 2005

Pam Grier is the undisputed queen of the 70s Blaxplotation films. In Coffy, she's a woman who wants to avenge her sisters overdose on some bad dope. Posing as a prostitute, she infiltrates the drug gang and starts kicking butt. Coffy is a little more serious in tone that some of the Grier's other films like Foxy Brown and, because of that, I don't enjoy it as much. Don't get me wrong - it's over-the-top, just not over-the-top enough. The highlight of the movie has to be the fight scene between Grier and some of the other "ladies". It's a food-fight free-for-all with salad and punch flying everywhere. Sid Haig is also on hand to play one of the baddies. Good stuff.

7/10