I havent read that. It really lists Fight For Your Life as blaxploitation? I dont really agree on that one. I think its more of a race/shocksploitation film. Its dealing with racism and shocking people in general more than anything. The family just happens to be black. Its like what if he had kidnapped a Chinese lady? He’s call them a bunch of slurs and they’d kick his ass with kung fu at the end?
Fight For Your Life is not marketed as a black film. If it was a real Blaxploitation film it would have a certain title like: Black Family’s Revenge or something. Theres nothing in the movie that puts it under the blaxploitation category other than the hostages are black.
Blaxploitation films revolve around one or more black title characters. FFYL revolves around Jessie Lee, his thug pals, the cops, some kids AND the black family.
Like you could call it: Hillbilly From Hell just as easy as anything. You cant call Coffy anything but Coffy!
