ceejayred I picked up Coffy as part of a 2-movie set packaged with Friday Foster. I was pleasantly surprised with how much I liked Coffy.Pam Grier is a strong female lead during a time when strong female leads were rare, especially in the blaxploitation era. She plays a nurse named Coffy who goes out on a revenge-driven killing spree of any and all scumbags involved in the drug trade in her city. Her baby sister was a victim of drug pushers, setting off her rage. The violence is pretty standard for the genre, but there seems to be an undercurrent of sleaze, with women getting their tops torn off just for the hell of it. Director Jack Hill is a veteran of the genre and this is nothing new for one of his films. A solid plot without many logic gaps, good action, with actors such as Sid Haig and Robert Doqui to support Grier in her efforts to come off as heroine amongst the sleaze. Recommended for those who enjoy 70's styled sleazy action.

Paul Magne Haakonsen This movie is two years older than me, and still it is only now that I get to see it. And for a movie this old, it actually still holds up its own. It does, of course, show that it is from 1973 in every aspect, but still well-worth a watch.Story-wise then "Coffy" is a straight forward movie that offers no surprises or twists along the way. And while you already know exactly how the movie will end from the very beginning, then it does still prove entertaining enough.The story is rather simple; a nurse sets out to seek revenge as she has found her sister doped up and a friend left brain-damaged. While guns are deadly, Coffy makes use of her most dangerous weapon of all; her seductive sexuality.As for the acting, well, I will say that people were doing good jobs with their roles and characters. Pam Grier was, of course, the star of the movie. I was more than surprised to see a young Sid Haig on the screen, and he was as devious as always."Coffy" is not an overly impressive movie in itself, but it is interesting that it still passes as a movie worth watching alongside many other Hollywood productions today.

rooee Foxy Brown, the unofficial sequel to Coffy, might be slightly better known thanks to Quentin Tarantino's reference-tastic Jackie Brown (also starring Pam Grier), but it can't hold a candle to this Blaxploitation classic. Jack Hill's 1973 original is so spirited, passionate, and deliberately daft that it's impossible not to be persuaded by its cool and its convictions. Grier is the titular "wild cat from the tropical jungle", spitting her lines with thrilling viciousness, and wielding a gaze that promises pain. Yet Coffy isn't cold and immune, she's emotionally sensitive. Sentimental, even. She's also smart, confident, principled, and outrageously sexy. Choice theme lyric: "Coffee is the colour of your skin." Yes, the movie is fantastically dated; a true product of its era. It's lurid and ridiculous, yet boldly progressive. Other mainstream movies of the time might give us black pimps and junkies, but here we have black cops and surgeons, and it's the lascivious whites who run amok.Coffy is a nurse. She wants revenge on the perps responsible for her little sister's drug addiction. She starts with the pushers but gradually she finds the rot goes all the way to the top: to the politicians who want to keep the common man (and woman) down, and who are just in it for the "green". It's a conveyor belt of sin controlled by men. So Coffy preys on male vulnerability – specifically the sexuality of men, via her own seductive powers. In observing this sordid sacrifice, does the film indulge the very misogyny it purports to condemn? Here lies the essence of the exploitation genre: in exploiting, it explores, and in exploring, it exploits. Coffy isn't a complex or subtle film. For a start, it's laughably moralistic about drug abuse. Saying that, there is some simplistic wisdom in its depiction of the drugs hierarchy: the real problem is at the top, not on the streets. In Coffy's world, it's all about the System, and ultimately it's a System presided over by evil white men. One couldn't argue that a girl-fight in which every combatant has her top ripped off is clever satire; but at other times the satire does stick, such as when councilman Brunswick (Booker Bradshaw) slams the white patriarchy... and is immediately told off-camera by his honky PR man that he came off as "real convincing". This is a great sub-plot, wisely promoted to the main game by the final reel, leading to a tense final showdown which cautions as to the dangers of playing a System that itself corrupts its players. The ending is also a fitting moment of gender reassertion, before we're given a classic final shot. With fabulously far-fetched plotting married to a knowing sense of humour (Coffy's Jamaican act is a keeper), punctuated by tub-thumping speeches and spasms of deeply significant violence (thugs beating a black cop; a "lynching"; a shotgun castration), Coffy is a hugely enjoyable and meaning-packed movie, and a milestone in black cinema.

ManBehindTheMask63 The main reason to watch this film is to watch Pam Grier bare all in one of her best outings. Coffy is a mix of blaxploitation and exploitation that revolves around a nurse going undercover as a hooker to avenge her sister's drug addiction and abuse. The acting is sub par and the soundtrack is definitely a time capsule. But the main reason to enjoy this film is for all of Pam Grier's amazing nude scenes. This has to be Pam Grier's best nude film and possibly her best 70's film before falling into supporting roles in the 80's. Pam Grier's breasts are amazing! Easily the greatest pair of breasts put on celluloid. Some of the violence is over the top and there's plenty of gratuitous nude scenes to enjoy. Greir became a go to 70's exploitation queen after this film and for good reason too. Her jugs are the most beautiful and erotic breasts ever put on film. Watch this movie for a great 70's drive in flashback or if you just want to watch Pam Grier unleash her bazookas...trust me. Her breasts are to die for!!!!