Dully predictable, thoroughly gratuitous after the first few minutes as the possibilities for genuine suspense are forsaken in favour of a three-figure body count and several automobile demolition clichs.

Badly written, staged and edited.

In some ways ahead of its time, 1974’s Three The Hard Way from Gordon Parks, Jr. was a bit of an “Avengers Assemble” cinematic moment, bringing together some of the most meteoric stars of blaxploitation cinema in one irresistible package.

Viscerally exciting, aesthetically accomplished and spacious enough for a blunderbuss of badassery from Jim Brown, Fred Williamson and Jim Kelly. A better blend of blaxploitation and James Bond than the purposeful such installment a year earlier.