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A Rage In Harlem

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Darkly comic gangster farce set in 1950's Harlem

Jun 22nd 2009

Gentle giant Forest Whitaker falls for slinky Robin Givens in ’50s Harlem, unaware she’s a gangster’s moll on the run with a trunk of stolen gold.

Raunchy, cartoonish and with a tone of flip, foul-mouthed violence that’s almost proto-Tarantino, Bill Duke’s comedy-noir-romance is the playful antidote to the gritty ’hood movies that defined early ’90s black cinema.

Its exuberant bad taste overcomes often clunky storytelling.

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