I can't believe that Ossie Davis directed the first movie. He really seemed to succumb to his financial backers. He made a movie filled with watermelons, Black face, and tap dancing....not to mention a weak storyline.Come Back Charleston Blue was a sequel that took this small franchise to the next level. While this movie was darker, it touched on something very real, especially during the time it was released. While there was another Black face scene, the storyline and performances were exceptional this time around. This movie comes highly recommended. It almost stands on its own.
DVD was received quickly. This movie is nostalgic from my youth. I have already watched it 4 times since receiving it.Thank you.
Family
It's a good movie and a fun sequel to "Cotton Comes to Harlem". The same two main actors playing the same roles as wiseacre cops in NYC, and an entertaining slice of 70's Black culture through the lens of the 'black action' (or 'blaxplotitation') genre.It's really unfortunate for fans that there is no official DVD release of this film, with at the least a solid transfer from the original film. This particular DVD is a 'rip' of a VHS tape, and as such has some issues: there's a black bar on the right side of the screen, the registration is slightly off so 'ghosting' appears and the detail is slightly fuzzy, there's a bar of distortion along the bottom of the frame (remember that fun aspect of VHS?), and in general the colors are a little faded and the contrast is pretty poor, and that's especially notable during the end credits. I think the person who ripped it applied a filter or two to the image in order to improve it (I'm guessing the VHS image was darker), and it shows.That said, it's the only option to see this anywhere at this time, unless you still own a VHS player and can find a copy of the film on tape. Hopefully someday this will see a proper transfer and release at least to streaming services (the "Brown Sugar" channel on Amazon Prime has TONS of other, even more obsure exploitation films already available, so it's a mystery why this one isn't available streaming), if not a proper DVD. I'm going to hazard a guess there are ownership and/or rights problems going on that's keeping it unreleased.
It was very bad quality for $30 dollars good movie but very, very, bad quality