Hell Up in Harlem

1973

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 49% · 10 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 49% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 2042 2K

blaxploitation gangster blaxploitation cinema

Plot summary

A Harlem gangster must rescue his ex-wife, who's been kidnapped by the Mafia.

Director

Larry Cohen Photo
Larry Cohen

Top cast

William Wellman Jr. Photo
William Wellman Jr. as Alfred Coleman
Tony King Photo
Tony King as Zach
Margaret Avery Photo
Margaret Avery as Sister Jennifer
Gerald Gordon Photo
Gerald Gordon as Mr. DiAngelo
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871.16 MB
1280*692
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 5
1.58 GB
1920*1038
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
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4.26 GB
3840*2160
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by kevin_robbins 7 / 10

I would consider this a must see for fans of Blaxploitation films

Hell up in Harlem (2013) is a movie I recently rewatched for the first time in a long time on Tubi. The storyline follows Tommy Gibbs recovering from gang warfare allowing his father to take over the streets on his behalf. When his best friend is mad he wasn't chosen to lead the gang he joins Gibbs biggest rival, the district attorney, to try and bring down Gibbs and his father.This movie is directed by Larry Cohen (Black Caesar) and stars Fred Williamson (Dusk till Dawn), Julius Harris (Live and Let Die), Gloria Hendry (Black Belt Jones), Margaret Avery (The Color Purple), D'Urville Martin (Dolemite) and Mindi Miller (Caged Fury).There are some magnificent action scenes in this. There's a rooftop shootout and fight sequence that is legendary. They do a good job of selecting unique locations for their fight scenes (hospitals, beaches, mafia members houses, etc). They also did a great job incorporating various weapons into the fights. The karate fighting girls in this are an A+.Overall, there's enough good action scenes in this to make it enjoyable despite an average primary plot. I would consider this a must see for fans of Blaxploitation films and score it a 6.5-7/10.
Reviewed by preppy-3 5 / 10

Pretty terrible but never dull

**DEFINITE SPOILERS** This film is a direct sequel to "Black Caeser". The first 7 minutes show the ending of the first film in which Caeser (Fred Williamson) was being chased and then beaten to death. This movie conveniently ignores that he was killed and has his father rescuing him. He survives and kills all the people that double-crossed him. He then tries to go legit...but his past won't stay away. **END SPOILERS**The first movie was dull and stupid--it just had some violence and a good performance by Williamson to keep it going. This sequel was made quickly (it shows) and is REAL stupid--but it's never dull. The plot moves very fast and there's tons of violence and plenty of blood. All the violence is pretty funny--it's ineptly staged and obviously faked with some hilariously bad post dubbing. The acting is bad except for Williamson and this actually left room for another sequel (which thankfully never happened).This is a pretty bad movie but I was never bored--all the action and violence kept me entertained. If you liked the first you'll probably like this. I give it a 5.
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