By-the-book black police Lieutenant Pope (Kotto) has to work with crude, racist and streetwise Italian-American Captain Mattelli (Quinn). They are looking for three blacks who slaughtered five men—three blacks and two Italians—in the robbery of $300,000 from a Mafia-owned Harlem policy bank. Mafia lieutenant Nick D’Salvio (Franciosa) and his henchmen are also after the hoods. —Wikipedia
Great gritty, in-your-face gangster cinema classic from Bary Shear ("Wild In The Streets"). Tougher version of "Mean Streets" veering towards blacksploitation, but with smart social commentary. Awesome shit!
A standard procedural crime thriller with a surprising comment on racism and police brutality, which sets it apart from other police films during this time. Also, I loved the hand held camera work.
Particularly stylish and raw for a trashy early 70's crime thriller. That glass to the face was hard as fuck. If there are films that beg for remakes that take artistic license, this is one of them.
Despite being celebrated for transcending the genre, Across 110th Street is technically not a blaxploitation film. It does share, however, many of the outlandish stereotypes and conventions including… read review