Product Details

• Actors: Jim Kelly, Gloria Hendry, Scatman Crothers, Eric Laneuville
• Directors: Robert Clouse
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Blax Film
• DVD Release Date: March 12, 2009
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001130MFS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,180 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Languages: ENGLISH(Dolby Digital 2.0 - Stereo) Film Director(s): Robert Clouse Film Producer(s): Fred Weintraub Released: 1974 ( USA ) Cast: Jim Kelly, Gloria Hendry, Scatman Crothers, Eric Laneuville, Alan Weeks, Andre Philippe, Vincent Barbi, Mel Novak, Malik Carter, Eddie Smith, Alex Brown, Clarence Barnes, Earl Jolly Brown, Jac Emil, Wayne Musgrove Running Time: 85 mins. (approx.) Features: Full Screen, Stereo, Trailers Plot: Jim Kelly plays Jones, an ex-secret agent who now teaches martial arts to inner city youths. But when a local gang decides that they want the school building for themselves, Jones leaps into action, aided by Sidney, a bad-ass kung fu sister. Overview: Jim Kelly plays Jones, a secret agent who has gone into semi-retirement, concentrating instead on teaching the martial arts to inner city youths. The karate school is run by a kindly old coot named Pops (Scatman Crothers). His gambling debts, however, bring the local thug, Pinky, down on him. To make matters worse, Pinky is then hired by some white thugs who want to get ahold of the property Pops' school occupies so they can build a shopping mall. When things get heavy, Black Belt Jones leaps into action. Only he's not alone. Pops' daughter, Sidney, shows up to lend a hand, proving herself every bit as agile and powerful a martial artist as Jones.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Awful Transfer, November 13, 2008

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R. Cason (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Belt Jones (DVD)

I absolutely love this movie. I am one of the world's biggest Jim Kelly fans. BUT this DVD is an awful transfer. It is taken straight from a VHS and has not been digitally remastered. At the beginning of my movie I have old VHS tracking noise, then the company gets the tracking right I guess by holding the tracking button on the VCR. There is only about two instances of this, but when one buys a DVD, he expects no VHS type tracking noise.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jim Kelly Sets the Stage for His Masterpiece "Hot Potato", December 17, 1998

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This review is from: Black Belt Jones [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you don't believe that Jim Kelly is a master actor, you will after seeing "Black Belt Jones". He manages to pull off the cheesiest movie ever made in two different genres: kung-fu and blaxploitation. This film is truly an artifact of the '70s (check out that theme music!) and is much more deserving of being revived in the '90s than disco. A real gem--where else can you see a respected government agent who is also a master of karate fight drug dealers and the Mafia--wearing a leisure suit? My favourite part was when the evil gang leader and drug dealer (aren't all villians in early-'70s action movies evil drug lords or gang leaders?) is crushed in a garbage compressor--but still manages to scream his defiance AFTER the fact. A masterpiece.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It's A Bootleg, April 2, 2009

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Christopher M. Utley (Costa Mesa, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Belt Jones (DVD)

This is a bootleg copy of the film released by some no-name distributor. Don't waste your time. Warner Bros. (the makers & owners of the film) have announced that they're releasing their entire archive - "Black Belt Jones" (HOPEFULLY!) included - to DVD over the next couple of years. Take a pass on this wackjob and wait for the authentic version.