Mandingo USED *SEE NOTE* Monte Hellman but Philip Kaufman's brilliant update

but Philip Kaufman's brilliant update of the 1956 classic is a rare and memorable exception

Combining Hung's hard-hitting choreography with the Mo Lei Tau style of humor that was increasing in popularity at the time

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

With plenty of twists and turns and some nifty detective work

Ron Reynaldi (Spike of Bensonhurst)

Mandingo USED *SEE NOTE* Monte Hellman but Philip Kaufman's brilliant update*CASE HAS SOME SCUFFS There'll be a hot time in the old South tonight, as an 1840s plantation owner (James Mason) delights in buying and breeding slaves: men to fight as bare knuckle boxers and women to service him and his son (Perry King) sexually. The sordid goings on reach a fever pitch when the son falls for a female slave (Brenda Sykes) while his wife (Susan George) is drawn to a newly purchased fighter (Ken Norton). 127 min. Widescreen;