Absolutely Brilliant!

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

When a nurses sister dies of an overdose, she goes on the hunt for the evildoers responsible. In a refreshing idea, the gang is black and white. Coffy gets her revenge, and it's a brutal one. Pam Grier, still lovely today, absolutely steals this movie.

CoffyToday, the only way to tell if a woman is mad is if she is constantly rolling her eyes.In the 1970s, however, angry women, like the one in this action movie, carried a shotgun.Already sick of the filth corrupting her city and filling her OR, nurse Coffy (Pam Grier) hits her boiling point when her sister ends up in the morgue due to an overdose.Posing as a prostitute, Coffy positions herself next to drug dealers, pimps and the mafia, whom she pits against one another in a series of strategic hits. But things get tricky when she learns her congressman boyfriend is dirty.With an anti-drug message to accompany its seedy characters, corrupt authorities and brutal violence, Coffy adheres to Blaxploitation themes, but also blazes an entirely different path by having a strong black female impose the social justice.Nevertheless, vigilantes are more successful without platform shoes. Yellow Light vidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

Pretty good...and surprisingly so.A nurse, Coffy, is on a personal mission to avenge the death of her sister at the hands of drug dealers. Good story, solid direction and decent performances. All this is quite surprising as the movie is regarded as "blaxploitation", and is one of the movies that started the genre. The term implies that it is a cheap, exploitative of black people, B-movie, but it is hardly that. Its production values are good and rather than being exploitative, it is empowering. Great, powerful performance by Pam Grier in the lead role. Good supporting performances.A seminal movie in the history of black cinema.

After witnessing the devastating effects heroin has on her younger sister, "Coffy" (Pam Grier) is determined to do something about the illegal drug trade which is wrecking havoc in her city. So, rather than leave justice to the corrupt politicians and police she decides to take matters into her own hands. One of her main targets is a drug dealer and pimp named "King George" (Robert DoQui) who is almost always surrounded by a bevy of young women. Anyway, rather than disclose any of the intimate details I will just say that this is probably one of the better blaxploitation films of the 70's. While it certainly doesn't have the popularity or notoriety of films like "Shaft" or "Superfly" it manages to hold its own considering the relatively small budget it had to work with. Likewise, because of the trendy nature of blaxploitation films made during this period it is clearly dated and suffers from jargon and fashions that have long since gone out of style. Even so, Pam Grier is exciting to watch under almost any circumstances and she doesn't disappoint this time either. Slightly above average.