Richard Dominguez OK So I Have Never Seen This Movie But I Read Up On It ... Dolemite Is The Worse Blaxpoitation Movie Ever Made And That's What Makes It So Good ... Every Stereotype Is Stepped On In This Movie And Dolemite (Rudy Ray Moore) Is The Worse Looking Pimp Ever ... The Action Scenes Are A Joke But They Are Pretty (In One Scene Dolemite Knocks Out A Cop With Two Punches And A Kick Even Though None Of Them Landed ... The Man Does Have The Soul Of A Poetic Judging By His Two Rhymes In The Movie ("Shine & The Great Titanic" and "The Signifying Monkey" See Comments For Both Rhymes) Both Very Funny But Their Message Was Not Lost On These Ears ... From What I Read Rudy Ray Moore Hand Picked People Off The Street To Fill In Roles In The Movie, Many Of Them Not Knowing Till The Last Possible Moment What Their Roles Would Be ... In All This Madness And Chaos Rudy Ray Managed To Make A Movie (And Apparently 3 Sequels) That Have So Far Stood The Test Of Time ... Cult Classics Or Guilty Pleasure My Recommendation Is That You Check It Out ... Believe It Or Not As Bad As This Movie Is I Think I Will Watch The Next One (Guilty Pleasure) ...

Michael_Elliott Dolemite (1975) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Dolemite (Rudy Ray Moore) is a hard-hitting pimp who is serving twenty-years in prison after being framed by some dirty cops. The warden tells him that evidence shows he might have been set-up so he allows Dolemite out of prison if he agrees to help track down someone passing guns and drugs in the streets. Soon Dolemite is going up against gangster Willie Green (D'Urville Martin).DOLEMITE was a late entry in the blaxploitation boom of the 1970s when people like Richard Roundtree and Pam Grier became stars. Rudy Ray Moore made his debut in this film and he would make a handful of other films but there's no question that he'll always be remembered for this role. For the most part this is a mildly entertaining film, although I doubt you'll find anyone that will try to say that this is some sort of classic or even a good picture.What makes this film work is the performance from the lead star. Yes, it's not Oscar-worthy material but it wasn't meant to be. The point of a film like this is to have fun and I must say that I thought Rudy Ray Moore was a lot of fun and especially early on when he's screaming out countless one-liners and many of them are quite funny. He's certainly very believable in the role of this pimp and he keeps the film moving at a nice pace.For the most part the film is entertaining but there's no question that the first half is much better than the second. For some reason the movie just runs out of gas around the fifty-minute mark and it never picks up. There are some really long and boring stretches including some bits inside Dolemite's club. These scenes towards the end of the movie just drag on and go nowhere so they could have easily been cut.DOLEMITE isn't a classic blaxploitation movie but if you're a fan of the genre then the star makes this worth watching.

masercot I like bad movies. In fact, I'm still trying to get AFI to show Eckes vs Sever in their next film festival. I own Aztec Mummy vs the Robot Monster. What you call "hell", I call "entertainment"...Dolemite is a very very bad movie. I've narrowed down its problems to the acting, directing, writing and cinematography.Most of the cast in this movie are non-actors and it shows. Most of the cast members mumble their lines as if on a Thorazine binge. Some of the lines were meant to be spoken with great feeling which makes it all the more hilarious when they are said with the same flat mien as one would have ordering a MacDonald's breakfast. The few competent actors in this movie just make the rest of the cast look even worse. Who do I blame? The director, of course! You can tell this movie had a director or the actors would've just wandered off the lot during filming and gone about their lives; however, none of the acting seems to be directed. Maybe the director just gave up after seeing the......writing. Odd when the drugged monotone of a narrated flashback matches the exact dialog after the flashback. And, a warden letting a man out of prison to find who framed him is essentially a plot built from Ad Libs during a car ride. Bad bad writing. But, at least you have the...Cinematography... Oh forget it...This is a jaw-droppingly bad movie. I'm not saying that anyone should avoid it. Historically, it is worth watching because the seventies were an interesting time for grind-house movies...

David Christianson I'm not a genre expert, and enjoy blaxploitation films for their campiness, outrageous characters and jargon that has been lost in time. The enjoyable part of Dolomite is his rapping to the crowds and their reactions. I betting this is where urban rap contests started, but I could very well be wrong. The silly, over-the-top situations that litter the genre are all there, but there's really nothing else notable for story line, acting, script, etc. In fact, if you like that sort of thing, that's where Dolomite shines. Presumably made on a shoestring budget with few cameras, little editing, and technical gaffes everywhere, this seems as low budget as the genre gets. The acting is sub high-school play, the choreography is laughable - literally, and story is paper thin. I realize this is standard for the genre, but this dips into humorously bad so much any seriousness is lost. I liked it for that, and it's quirkiness, but compared to other blaxploitation entries, it is sub-par.