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A Rage In Harlem

1991, Movie, R, 115 mins

A Rage In Harlem: Review

Novelist Chester Himes's best work displays a raffish energy, infusing the detective genre with style and flash. Unfortunately, A RAGE IN HARLEM, based on the Himes novel, displays none of those qualities, coming across like a middle-aged square laboring to be hip by donning a leisure suit. The film begins in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1956, where a gang, led by Slim (Badja Djola), absconds with a trunk full of gold. During a police shootout, Slim's girl Imabelle (Robin Give... read more leave a comment