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Othello:
Black Commando
Written
and directed by its star, Max H. Boulois, who also
helmed the Blaxploitation films “Black Jack”
& “Big Game” (both released in 1980),
“Othello: Black Commando” brings to
the viewer an oddly serious and gritty tone despite
the presence of Tony Curtis as the villain, Colonel
Mago.
The film involves a stranded Red Cross group on
its way to Tubesti, Africa, a remote region where
war and a viral epidemic have broken out. Dr. Ferguson
(Joanna Pettet), the daughter of an influential
U.S. Senator, tries to pull strings in Washington
to obtain help and protection for her stranded group.
In this hellhole of death and destruction, she runs
head on into General Othello, a hired war machine
who commands the undying devotion of a loyal group
of guerrilla fighters. The mercenary and the doctor
fight against each other, but out of the turmoil
of tragedy and suffering, the constant danger and
the endless killing, a passion arises between them
that is eventually challenged by the evil Tony Curtis,
who wants Othello’s power the love of the
Doctor.
video source
quality rating: A |
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Othello:
Black Commando |
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price: $14.99 |
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Color/90
Min./1982 |
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