Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy, his leg is broken by a bad cop on the take, during a payoff gone bad. Nursing his vengeance, he rises to power in Harlem, New York. Angry at the racist society around him, both criminal and straight, he sees the acquisition of power as the solution to his rage. He performs a free-lance hit on a Mob contract to attract the attention of the head of a Mafia family. Reluctantly accepted into 'The Family,' he grows increasingly autonomous and aggressive, eventually starting a gang war.
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Criterion Channel Blaxploitation #1. 很惊艳。昆丁电影中那种独特的Offensive大概源于此类片。结局的现实主义升华意想不到
真的非常“应和”当下美国的“黑人的命也是命”。在男主成为黑帮大佬的背后是美国社会的痼疾：种族歧视与贫穷。
将原本属于白人意识范畴内的「黑帮电影」设定变换成黑人元素，令原本只是套路设定的人物关系忽然多了一层「解放意识」觉醒的味道，由此似乎产生了让所有类型与所有不同社会身份/角色全盘换位后的全新解读方式，当然认为这是一种「身份剥削」也未尝不可。
