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Pam Grier and Fred Williamson are a great pair.

Jenny J.J.I. | That Lives in Carolinas | 10/20/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"`Bucktown' is fill with some exciting drama. The plot is relatively original, Duke (played by Fred Williamson) comes to a town to bury his brother who died. His brother owned a bar called The Alabama. This particular town is a mini, sleazy, version of Vegas (the actual city used for the filming seems to be Kansas City, Mossouri,) a town that attracts low rent tourists because of its gambling and prostitution. It's going to take a while for Duke to settle his brother's estate, so he hangs around town and reopens his brother's bar. After two of the town's cops come in and expect a percentage of the proceeds from the bar's receipts, he realizes that the entire town is run by a corrupt, white, police force. He won't stand for it, so he calls in his big city friend Roy (Thalmus Rasulala) to come to town with some thugs to kick some ***. The crew comes to town and they make short work of the brutal white police force. Duke is quite grateful for the help but things take a different turn once Dukes friends takes over and become the new law enforcers and are worse than the rednecks ever were. Williamson must stand up to the group, which includes his childhood best friend (their final one-on-one confrontation is pretty vividly brutal).



Pam Grier does play a supporting role in here and it's some of her best acting. She really does appears more classy and tasteful in this film. I know you guys want - and are accustomed to - seeing her breasts every 10 minutes, but I found it a nice change of pace to see her in a more graceful light. Carl Weathers does play a small part as one of the enforcers convincely and Thalmus Rasulala also did a terrific job in his role but Fred Williamson owns the film and he's pretty effective.



`Bucktown' is recommended to all blaxploitation fans and for those who are looking for action, integrity, and grittiness.

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The Buck Stops Here....In Bucktown!!

Stanley Runk | Camp North Pines | 11/15/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Duke(Fred Williamson) rolls into Bucktown, MO, for his brother's funeral. After being left his brother's bar in his will, Duke decides to reopen it, but soon finds out that the town is "run by honkies". This means that the racist police force is running a kind of protection racket, getting money from store owners and such. Well, we all know damn well that Fred "The Hammer" Williamson is not the kind of guy who pays protection money. After smacking around some of the corrupt cops(and in the process getting Pam Grier all turned on), a war is started. Duke calls in an old friend, Roy, to help him out. Roy brings along a handful of goons that include Tony King(from Cannibal Apocalypse!! Yay!!) and Carl Weathers himself. The group manage to slaughter every last cop in town and somehow get away with it free and clear. Roy and his goons become the new police force and start in on the same racket operation the white cops had been doing!! Now Duke is pissed and it's time for him to go toe to toe with his old pal. Another war is fought, this time it's only Williamson and Grier against Roy and his posse. It all climaxes with a brawl between Roy and Duke that is probably longer than the fight between Roddy Piper and Keith David in John Carpenter's They Live!!

Yup, it's another fun blaxploitation flick from A.I.P. Williamson is his regular badazz self and doesn't disappoint. Grier, who's usually a buttkicker in her films, is pretty much reduced to the not so impressive role of a love interest/damsel in distress. Not one of Grier's finer moments, but it's always a joy to see her(especially when she manages a brief topless scene).

It has it's flaws and may not be the best work of the actors and director Arthur Marks, but it's a solid entry in this fun genre."