This post it very, very late. We actually watched "The Guy From Harlem" two weeks ago but I completely neglected to write about it. Either way, I should note that this week we rewatched "Singham" for the second time because Erik had never seen it, and it's still as glorious as it ever was."The Guy From Harlem" is a really excellent piece of blaxploitation and one of few films with rewatch potential that we've seen in a while. The film is about a guy from Harlem (I know, stunning) who works as what appears to be a private detective. In the beginning he is tasked with looking after the wife of a diplomat from Africa (we are never told which country but she has a perfect American accent) and told not to try to sleep with her. He promptly tries to sleep with her. When they are threatened in his hotel room, they go to the place of a white lady friend he has and basically kick her out so they can have sex in her apartment. This happens twice in the film. In what appears to be act two, the guy is supposed to retrieve the kidnapped daughter of a drug kingpin. He also has sex with her at the friend's apartment. It was around this moment that we realized this had probably been conceptualized as a television show and then was hastily reworked into a movie when the possibility fell through. It has a formula and can't seem to get a more complex plot to cover a greater span than about 40 minutes if you stretch it.
The plot may not be much but the quality of this film cannot be ignored. There's weird sound, bad writing, ridiculous editing where large chunks of the film seem to have disappeared, and, most amazingly, a theme song that gets used constantly. Definitely add this one to your watch list.
Quote: *kidnapper with a gun* "I'm going to blow you away. Have you ever been blown away before?"
Spoon Rating: 7.5
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