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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderJack Starrett's 1973 entry in the violent inner-city drug-bust genre is talkier and more subdued than the usual fare, with a surer technical polish.
- 70IGNIGNIf you like the Blaxploitation flicks of the 70s, this is your candy. If you liked Shaft, but thought it was a bit slow, this one has a little more action, and budget, and its logic matches Shaft in Africa (leads come out of nowhere and thugs appear at the unlikeliest of times).
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie is put together in a sort of disjointed way; there are too many characters, and some of them disappear for so long, we forget them. But that doesn't matter much; the idea is to string together scenes that entertain, and Cleopatra Jones does that nicely.
- 60EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanA demented slice of widescreen right-on action-funk from the blaxsploitation era.
- 60The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyThe movie seems to want to be a James Bond sort of adventure in black drag, but it's more reminiscent of Batman.
- 25TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineA fairly tame, fairly lame blaxploitation footnote, starring drop-dead gorgeous Tamara Dobson and her improbable wardrobe.