REVIEW: BLACK DYNAMITE “RACE WAR OR BIG BLACK CANNON, BALLS RUN!

Dynamite enters a car race but realizes he is being used to transport a mind-controlling substance to tobacco companies.

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We got Race Wars everybody and its not the same Race Wars as seen in Fast & Furious. I mean yea its fast cars, hot ladies, and trash talking drivers, but the stakes are raced when every racial background is entered into the competition. For the white peeps we got Racer Rex, and for the homies we got muthfuckin’ Black Dynamite!! He enters the race with a truly hot rod complete with a talk box akin to Knight Rider and it goes by the name of Kit and she and Black have a history.

During the course of the race we get pretty much a Twisted Metal inspired episode where all the cars are fitted with a number of weapons including machine guns, bombs, oil slicks, and more. However, Black soon finds out that his car is equipped with extra accouterments in the style of vials of Menthol! Essentially, its a chemical that is being used by big tobacco companies to make cigs extra addictive, but with all the companies based in NYC, Dr. Wu had set up the race and fixed the outcome so that Black Dynamite can win and at the same time transport the chemicals while not tipping off the feds. When Black tries to stop his car, Kit takes over and races the car to the finish line but not before Black presses the eject button and ends up taking first place minus his car which is in the depths of the NY water supply.

Have you ever seen the movie, Death Race?? Or how about the direct to DVD prequel Death Race 2?? No?? Oh, yea don’t worry I’ve never seen those pieces of shit either, but judging by the trailers this episode of Black Dynamite was far and away better. Notable scenes had to have included the almost sex scene between Black and Kit which was put together very well and I thought was funny. Also, I think this episode might have broken some sort of record with the number of racial epithets thrown around and yea it was funny but man oh man they sure went nuts on this one! The episode was very funny, but race episodes have a tendency to be somewhat monotonous and predictable especially when it comes to when the winner is decided. That said, its not so much the destination as it is the journey and this week’s episode of Black sure does deliver!

(8.0 out of 10)