A socially conscious film from Mr. "Dolemite"? DISCO GODFATHER, unlike the earlier, trashier, more uniquely personal comedy-action vehicles of standup comedian Rudy Ray Moore (which seems to constitute a genre unto themselves), is basically just a crummy movie with an annoying soundtrack
full of synthesizer bleats and belches.
When his nephew Bucky (Julius J. Carry III) is hospitalized after freaking out on angel dust, ex-cop Tucker Williams (Rudy Ray Moore), the Disco Godfather, vows to clean up the streets. With Tucker rallying the populace against drugs, local politico Stinger (James H. Hawthorne), who is behind the
PCP factory, puts a contract out on Tucker...
Released:
1979
Rated:
R
Length:
97 mins