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OUTLAW JOHNNY BLACK MOVIE REVIEW
In 2009, Michael Jai White gave cinema one of the best homages and genre sendups of all-time with Black Dynamite. It wasn’t just a great comedy, it was an outstanding film, which at every step was elevated by the committed performance (and jacked physique) of co-writer and lead Michael Jai White. White is a dedicated martial artist, and he brought that energy to the ass-kicking and booty-getting Black Dynamite. Fans have been waiting 14 years for Michael to offer up another parody action comedy, and that day has come with Outlaw Johnny Black. Hell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a wanted man in the process while posing as a preacher in a small mining town that’s been taken over by a notorious land baron. Blending the spaghetti western and black western genres, with all their tropes and cliches, and watching the trailer for this insane flick, the hope is that MJW has brought cinephiles another asskicking action comedy. Spider-Mike, Ryan, and T.C. hit the open range and gather around the campfire to discuss whether or not this movie succeeds or fails.
DIRECTED BY: Michael Jai White
STARRING: Michael Jai White, Anika Noni Rose, Erica Ash, Byron Minns, Chris Browning, Barry Bostwick, Randy Couture, Kevin Chapman, Kym Whitley, Tommy Davidson, Buddy Lewis, Gary Anthony Williams, Tony Baker, Eme Ikwuakor, Jalyn Hall, Donald Cerrone, Jill Scott, Roger Yuan, Tomm Voss, Michael Madsen, Josh Barnett, Jimmy Walker Jr., Michael Bearden, Glynn Turman, Paul Sloan, Tyler Bryan, Heath Freeman, Ross Francis, Billy Grandy, Kyle Rezzarday, Lauren Albo, Edwin Modlin II, Reggie Currelley, Kewon Vines, Robert Allen Mukes, Russell Peters, Peter Sherayko, Rigan Machado, Paul Logan, Robert Goldman, Noah Harrison, Matthew Godbey, Damon Standifer, Michael Colyar, Wendy Davis, Kalon Jackson, Joe Harris, Bob Bauer, Chris Stanley, Tag Groat, John Marrs
YOUR REVIEWERS
T.C. De Witt (Screener Squad)
T.C. De Witt is a multi-awarded writer/director originally from Wisconsin and now based in Los Angeles. His life has been devoted to the arts since he was a child. He’s been a stage performer, playwright, stand-up comic, film and television actor, radio DJ, podcaster published author, recorded musician, and comic writer/illustrator. He is now a professional screenwriter and has been thriving for the past decade, regularly offering his talents to production studios in LA, Chicago, Milwaukee, and internationally in Sydney and Poland. He’s provided content for Amazon Prime, Netflix, and several YouTube partners. His films have screened internationally, and his stageplays have been performed across the country. In the last ten years, he has directed 57 films, 23 episodes of his series The One Minute Rewatch, 300+ episodes of podcasts, and his multi-award-winning short film Screen: Righter screened at the Festival de Cannes in 2016. He has released two feature films, The Princess Knight and A Christmas Sunset. He thrives on collaboration and the thrill of sharing stories in all forms.
Michael Riojas (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)
The man with the ever-changing nicknames. Born in Austin, Riojas was rocketed to Del Rio, Texas, a literal small ville. In his youth, he was bitten by a radioactive… okay, look. Mike is not very good at this whole “talking about himself” thing. But he has been so obsessed with comics, video games, and anime since childhood- that if one has to choose between listening to Joe Quesada or Mike over any obscure Spider-Man trivia, they go to him (or, at least Martin Thomas once said so). He is also a big fan of “Ghostbusters” (he even owns his own jumpsuit and two, that’s right, TWO proton packs!), collects toys and video games, and will defend “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace” if provoked. He lives in Austin with his beloved Dachshund-Maltese and trusted sidekick, Dean. He can also be heard on RageSelect. He can be found on Twitter and Instagram.
Ryan Aleck Hill (Screener Squad, Video and Audio editor)
Ryan is a Washington D.C. based filmmaker & video editor who loves watching and talking about movies more than just about anything. He currently works at a creative agency as a director of photography/video editor, and does freelance video editing for Anthony Fantano/TheNeedleDrop. He also has a YouTube channel (Downhill Media) where he works on a weirdo art explainer series called “Artsplained” with his partner Michelle. He was a part of the Spill.com community way back in the day, where he was cursed with an obsession for movies. In an effort to break the curse, he shows up on the Screener Squad podcast every once in a while and edits for One Of Us. Chris Cox claims that this is the only way it can be broken. You can follow him on Twitter but you’ll probably regret it.
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