Product Details

• Actors: Jim Kelly, Gloria Hendry, Scatman Crothers, Eric Laneuville, Alan Weeks
• Directors: Robert Clouse
• Writers: Fred Weintraub, Oscar Williams, Alexandra Rose
• Producers: Fred Weintraub, Oscar Williams, Paul M. Heller
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: April 27, 1994
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300269825
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,752 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

A kung-fu expert battles the Mafia to save his karate studio from mob redevelopment in Watts area of L.A.

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.