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Baadasssss! is actor-writer-director Mario Van Peebles's best film since 1991's New Jack City; more accurately, it is a mature and often dazzling work beyond previous expectations of Van Peebles' skills as a filmmaker. Certainly he was inspired by the autobiographical subject: The making of his father's 1971, independently produced Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, in which young Mario made his acting debut amidst a frantic, high-pressure operation that paid off when African American audiences embraced the film. Playing his ownhard-nosed dad, Melvin Van Peebles, the younger talent explores--honestly, but not ruthlessly--Melvin's rocky relationship with an ever-disappointed Mario (played by Holes' Khleo Thomas), but he also portrays the elder man as a stubborn idealist against a backdrop of Hollywood cynicism about black entertainment. The film is a whirlwind of action and innovative scenes recreating personal history but without the insistent discursiveness of memory. With Nia Long, Ossie Davis, and Saul Rubinek. --Tom Keogh
| ACTORS: | Mario Van Peebles, Joy Bryant, Ossie Davis, Nia Long |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Mario Van Peebles |
| MANUFACTURER: | Columbia Tristar Hom |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 043396043688 |
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BAADASSSSS! Kicks A**!!! This is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. It's the story of Mario van Peebles' father making the first "Black" independent film in 1971. It's funny, dramatic, touching and intense! And, all at the same time! It had a limited run in LA and NY and opens around the country on June 25th. It will open in more cities in July and August.