The combination of kung-fu and blaxploitation elements seems like an obvious blending, seeing as that the two genres came to prominance in the U.S. at around the same time period (early to mid 70s) and both types of films had wide appeal to an urban audience. There were attempts to meld the two styles, particularly after the success of Enter The Dragon, but it would be expensive to fly your production to China, or to fly in Chinese talent, so generally homegrown talent (like Jim Kelly) was used instead. TNT Jackson is a low-rent version of Kelly’s Black Belt Jones,
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