Melinda

Surprisingly pleased at the plot, the leading characters performance and the rest of cast. Even has some funny scenes I just had to record on my phone to send to friends!

This is one in a long line of blaxploitation films made during the 70's that were designed as money making vehicles. Most of them are simply terrible, but Melinda is actually a cool one.

Its basically a revenge tale, but it is chock full of melodrama and excitement. The story is an overdone one, but the films' cheapness actually benefits it. The settings seem authentic and the movie actually manages to capture some street life in it.

Admittedly, the acting is not excellent, but somehow the film manages to be entertaining in a "ghetto" way. Don't go out of your way to see it, though.

In L. A., radio DJ Frankie J. Parker (Calvin Lockhart) learns karate from his friend Charles Atkins. He meets and has a fling with Melinda. When she's murdered, he's the prime suspect.

I don't like Frankie and it takes too long to get to the murder. It's also a missed opportunity to show the murder. It has many of the blaxploitation styles but to me, it's not strictly blaxploitation. It's just a murder conspiracy mystery. This is probably more notable for introducing black karate champion Jim Kelly. It's a year before his role in Enter the Dragon. There is opportunity to get bloodier into gory violence. It has some action. The fight action is fine although it could be staged better. I would like this much more if I actually like Frankie.

one of the few black films overlooked by the same studios that were saved by these so called blackploitation films.bad genre title,the only thing exploited were the actors who were not paid the money they deserved.lot of action,and dramatic acting.the late great miss cash should have won an Oscar for performance for her dual role in this film. a great introduction for Jim Kelley who should have had a great action film career as the great chuck Norris.these films in the early 1970s were just plain great fun and escapism.studios be aware there are millions to be made on forgotten films such as black belt Jones, three the hard way,trouble man,Melinda,abbey,hit-man,Gordon's war,sparkle and others that should be remastered to DVD.just check out the profits to already released titles

such as the mack,super fly,foxy brown and Corly high.please surprise us fans of a bygone and special era.

great action career as the great chuck Norris

I thought when you went to the drive-in to watch bl2cksploitation movies it was for cheap thrills.

Where's the entertainment here? The lead actor isn't suave or cool. He's just some vain, obnoxious jagov. The first 40 minutes are consumed with this guy meeting a fine lady, making out, and then finding her dead in his apartment. This should have taken less than 10 minutes.

The rest is hardly any better. Something about the mob. Some karate. And a lot of really terrible acting. The fight scenes, in particular, are laughably bad.

It's all so boring.