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1974 Certificate 18
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Pam Grier rocketed to stardom as the queen of blaxploitation films with this big cult hit. Director Jack Hill, who had launched her film career two years earlier with THE BIG DOLL HOUSE, here casts Grier as a hardworking nurse out to avenge her smack-addicted 11-year-old sister by waging a one-woman war on Los Angeles drug .. Read more

Starring Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert Doqui, William Elliott
Director Jack Hill
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller

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Pam Grier rocketed to stardom as the queen of blaxploitation films with this big cult hit. Director Jack Hill, who had launched her film career two years earlier with THE BIG DOLL HOUSE, here casts Grier as a hardworking nurse out to avenge her smack-addicted 11-year-old sister by waging a one-woman war on Los Angeles drug dealers. Better believe she can do it, too. After her cop friend Carter (William Elliott) is beaten up for not being crooked, Foxy decides to go undercover as a high-class Jamaican prostitute for King George (Robert Doqui), a super mack-daddy pimp with big-time heroin connections. There's a really memorable scene at a party, where Coffy battles King George's other prostitutes in a spectacular cat fight, and of course, lots of other slam-bang action is in the works as Coffy shoots, slashes and seduces her way to the top of the drug ring. Through it all, Grier keeps her character vulnerable and sweet, in a truly amazing performance. The rock-solid funk score is by Roy Ayers. Co-stars include Sid Haig, Allan Arbus, and Booker Bradshaw is Coffy's politician boyfriend. Hill and Grier re-teamed the following year with a sort-of-sequel, FOXY BROWN.

Starring Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert Doqui, William Elliott, Alan Arbus, Sid Haig, Barry Cahill
Director Jack Hill
Studio MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 26 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 07 Jul 2003
Production year: 1974
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Nurse Pam Grier masquerades as a junkie to infiltrate a drug cartel and take revenge on the mob who turned her little sister into a catatonic addict. Jack Hill's extremely violent, blaxploitation classic made the halter-topped, Capri-panted Grier, in her first leading role, queen of the genre, while plenty of nudity and nasty blood-letting keep the high-energy action bubbling along. Thanks to strong roles like this, and awesome acting smarts to match them, Grier became a cult star. Two decades later, Quentin Tarantino would give her a new lease of life in Jackie Brown.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Superficially just another black exploitation film (one of the first to feature a woman in a strong central role),... read more on Time Out

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    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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    Rated - 4 stars

    Coffy is the colour

    Coffy is the colour of excess. Everything in this black diamond of a picture is outlandish and overblown, save for the central performance, a subtle portrayal by the redoubtable Pam Grier. She plays a smack addict hell-bent on revenge for the murder of her lover. And smack is the operative word! Not simply the drug which drifts through the story like snow, but the punches and kicks which rain down on her as she bumps off the bad guys one by one in a compulsive outburst of violence that lasts till the credits roll. Add a dose of Curtis Mayfield to the mix, gratuitous nudity, ten gallons of blood, and a killer wardrobe to boot, and this pic might just blow you away! Wicked!

      • Toby from Wootton
      • Posted 14 Nov 2007 21:56

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  • 7 out of 12 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Blax-tastic!

    This 1974 drive-in ?classic? reunited two of the finest purveyors of 70s B-movies ? Pam Grier and Jack Hill. Whilst the pair had worked together previously in the cracking WIP title ?The Big Doll House?, this was the first of two collaborations under the blaxploitation genre (Foxy Brown was the other). The effective partnership of Grier?s on-screen charisma (admittedly aided by a large chest) and the slick, off beat direction of Hill ensured that Coffy reached a larger cinema audience than the usual genre fans.

    The plot is a familiar one ? someone?s life is being ruined by local drug dealers (in this case Coffy?s sister is an addict), the local police are either complacent or paid off by the dealers and the only way to get things sorted is by hard, vigilante ?justice?. However where this film succeeds over some of the other examples of this genre is Hill?s ability to crank up the clich?s into overdrive. The violence is fairly graphic in places, King George wears some of the most outrageous pimp suits committed to celluloid, the topless cat-fight is hilarious and dialogue is highly quotable.

    Those unfamiliar with the style of B-movies may struggle with the mediocre acting on show and the sometime nonsensical plot, but for those who relish kitsch, OTT films you?ll love this one. This is purely popcorn cinema at its best and would provide anyone with an open mind a night?s entertainment. 4 out of 5.

      • Clucky from Cardiff, Wales
      • Posted 18 Jun 2004 11:28

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