Storyline Ivanhoe Martin (Jimmy Cliff) arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking
for work and, after some initial struggles, lands a recording contract
as a reggae singer. He records his first song, "The Harder They Come,"
but after a bitter dispute with a manipulative producer named Hilton
(Bob Charlton), soon finds himself resorting to
petty crime in order to pay the bills. He deals marijuana, kills some
abusive cops and earns local folk hero status. Meanwhile, his record is
topping the charts.
The groundbreaking trilogy depicting the harrowing prison existence of a convict who uses his wits and fists to survive. Martell "Too Sweet" Gordone is thrown deep into the bowels of the prison system, where the only consistent truth is kill or be killed. To show his strength and gain respect from the other inmates, Gordone (Leon Isaac Kennedy) must distinguish himself as a boxer, taking on all comers to save his own skin and regain his pride as a human being. Surprisingly effective in its harsh detailing of violent prison life, the film addresses the dehumanization of prisoners without excusing their crimes. Thought of as an exploitation picture, Penitentiary rises above its roots to provide a blunt and passionate look at one man's struggle on the inside. --Robert Lane
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In Hot Potato, Jim Kelly plays Jones, the leader of a team of US agents, including the constantly bickering Chicago (Binney) and Rhino (Memmoli), on a mission to rescue Leslie Dunbar (Brown), the kidnapped daughter of a US Senator. Leslie has been kidnapped by a warlord named Rangoon (Hiona) who has been playing both sides for profit in an emerging civil war in the East Asian country of Chang Lon. Rangoon wants to blackmail the Senator into killing a foreign aid bill that would avert the war. Jones' team is aided by a serious and highly skilled local agent named Pam (Tsu), who is constantly irritated by the goofball tendencies of Chicago and Rhino. The rescue mission is complicated by Rangoon's employment of June (also Brown), a lookalike double for Leslie. When impostor June is rescued by the team as Rangoon planned, he is enraged to learn that she has stolen some incriminating evidence that would reveal his double dealings to the warring factions. Jones and his crew are subsequently pursued through the jungle by Rangoon's massive forces of soldiers and martial artists.
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