Boss Nigger (1974)

Boss Nigger: Directed by Jack Arnold. With Fred Williamson, D’Urville Martin, William Smith, R.G. Armstrong. Two black bounty hunters, pursuing an outlaw, take over a small Western town without a sheriff.

“I had wanted to see this movie for a long time, but I could never find it in any video rental stores. The reason for that probably is the provocative title. I finally got a copy of it for a Christmas present and I sat down to enjoy it. I found some things about the movie enjoyable. As others have said here, the title song is very memorable, though the funk music score elsewhere in the movie is equally enjoyable despite not being western-flavor. Also, Williamsonu0026#39;s performance here is great. He makes for a charismatic (and amusing) hero that you hope will succeed, and his abusing of the racist town citizens is good for some laughs.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn fact, Williamsonu0026#39;s performance comes close to saving the movie – but the movie ultimately disappoints. Itu0026#39;s a low-budget movie, with frequent camera set-ups that were obviously set up quickly. As Williamsonu0026#39;s sidekick, Du0026#39;Urville Martin is mostly wasted. In fact, it wouldnu0026#39;t take very much rewriting to remove his character from the script. Speaking of the script, it is filled with scenes that seem to fill no purpose, and partly because of that the movie is VERY slow-moving at times. If all this fat were cut out, the movie would be much, much shorter-running.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you decide to watch this movie, a warning about the DVD. Although itu0026#39;s presented at its correct aspect ration (2.35:1), the print looks very crummy, and the audio is weak as well.”