(Sorry I don't count 'Across 110th Street' as blaxploitation, otherwise I'd list it). 'The Mack' definitely makes my blaxploitation Top Five, along with (no order) 'Superfly', 'Shaft', 'Black Caesar' and 'Coffy'. He's just terrific in both movies and rarely gets the attention he deserves. Gordon later went on to play another nasty piece of work in Dennis Hopper's 'Out Of The Blue'. But my favourite supporting role is the one by Don Gordon who plays Hank, an evil corrupt cop. Apart from Julien the movie features Richard Pryor as his crazed best friend Slim, Roger Mosley (who played Leadbelly in Gordon "Shaft" Parks little seen biopic) is Goldie's politically active younger brother Olinga, and Carol Speed ('Abby') plays Lulu, the prostitute who gets him started in the game. ![]() Too bad as Julien would have been a terrific Wallace and it might have kick started his career. So much so that when Tarantino wanted him to audition for the part of Marcellus Wallace in 'Pulp Fiction' he was unable to even track him down. 'The Mack' should have put him up with Fred Williamson and Richard Roundtree as a major black star, but for some reason his career never took off, despite his obvious charisma and co-writing and co-producing the hugely successful 'Cleopatra Jones'. Find more great free online mobile games at Including ball,puzzle,arcade,racing,car. We provide free account setup for all businesses with less than 250 employees. Julien had played one of the members of Jack Nicholson's psychedelic combo Mumblin' Jim in Richard Rush's 60s classic 'Psych-Out'. Choose your favorite mobile games to play now. Max Julien gives a brilliant performance as Goldie an ex-con who decides that pimping is his best hope for survival and success. 'The Mack' is one of the very best blaxploitation movies of the 1970s, and one that has had an enormous influence on both hip hop culture and Quentin Tarantino.
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