Foxy Brown (1974)

• Year: 1974
• Released: 05 Apr 1974
• Country: United States
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071517/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/foxy_brown
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/foxy-brown
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
• Runtime: 92 min
• Writer: Jack Hill, David Sheldon
• Director: Jack Hill
• Cast: Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas, Peter Brown
• Keywords: prostitution, blaxploitation, drug use,

	6.5/10
	46/100
	62% – Critics
	66% – Audience

Foxy Brown Storyline

An sexy, voluptuous, black woman named Foxy Brown is on a rampage when her boyfriend is killed by an government agent. Using her body as a tool of attraction and her afro and her gun as a deadly weapon, it’s up to Foxy to avenge her boyfriend’s murder.

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Pam Grier is dazzling

Pam Grier is absolutely dazzling in her outfits in this film, of which there are about a dozen. She’s obviously the reason to watch this film, and her character, Foxy Brown, is a strong, smart, sexy black woman, which is a wonderful thing. Aside from Grier’s charms, the film features revenge for a brutal rape sequence and entertaining grindhouse moments, so it’s no wonder it’s a Tarantino favorite. Despite the B-movie vibe with a script that seemed written by a high school boy (apologies to Jack Hill), the film has a feminist streak to it because of its lead character.

As for the exploitation elements, I have to say, it was tough to hear a black man say this when asked about getting a normal job: “Foxy look, I’m a black man, and I don’t know how to sing, and I don’t know how to dance, and I don’t know how to preach to no congregation. I’m too small to be a football hero, and I’m too ugly to be elected mayor.” It just reinforces all of the stereotypical roles usually assigned to African-Americans by Hollywood (though in the film, we do see a black man with a normal job briefly as he attempts to rescue his wife from sex slavery). On the other hand, I guess you could view it as a statement on limited opportunities in a white man’s world, and the film does critiques the racism of its white characters as well as corruption in the justice system.

If you’re willing to put up with low production quality (or laugh along with it) and enjoy the sight of Pam Grier dole out some beatings, this could be your film. I liked Coffy from the preceding year a little bit more, but this one is entertaining too.

She’s Creamin’ Us Again!

I am a huge fan of blaxploitation goddess Pam Grier, and Jack Hill’s “Coffy” of 1973 is both my favorite Grier-film and one of the absolute greatest Blaxploitation films ever made. While this “Foxy Brown” of 1974, which is very similar in its premise, is not quite as cool as “Coffy” it is yet another immensely entertaining and bad-ass blaxploitation classic. It is funny how director Jack Hill often repeated a successful idea – he made two WIP (Women In Prison) flicks, “The Big Doll House” (1971) and “The Big Bird Cage” (1972), both starring Grier, and then went on to make two ‘Female Avenger’ themed Blaxploitation flicks, also both starring Grier, “Coffy” (1973) and “Foxy Brown” (1974). And it is no wonder that the ravishing Miss Grier was always chosen to star as the foxy female ass-kicker. Grier unites incredible sexiness and incredible coolness, and is therefore predestined to play exploitation heroines of the kind.

Storywise, “Foxy Brown” is quite near to what “Coffy” was, a film about a black beauty with style, Foxy Brown (Pam Grier), who is taking on ruthless mobsters in order to take bloody revenge for a loved one… At first I had the impression that the film would be a little tamer than “Coffy” in sleaze and violence, but “Foxy Brown” really catches up on these qualities a bit later in the film. It is not quite as cool as “Coffy”, but still stylish enough. I personally preferred the character of Coffy to that of Foxy Brown, as well as the reasons of the revenge, and I especially preferred the villains in “Coffy” to those in this one. Out of all the blaxploitation films I’ve seen so far, however, “Coffy” is my favorite, and while “Foxy Brown” is certainly inferior, it is nonetheless great fun and a must-see for blaxploitation lovers. As mentioned above, sexy Pam Grier is great in the role, and the film has an overall wonderfully funky atmosphere. The groovy theme song in the very beginning (“Supabaaaad”) already promises 90 minutes of great fun. The supporting cast includes the great Sid Haig, who was in plenty of films with Grier around the time, in a small role. Overall the film is no “Coffy”, but it is definitely an immensely entertaining blaxploitation classic that cult-cinema fans should not miss!

Very entertaining–a definite “guilty pleasure”!

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!