SunnyHello Nice effects though.

Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

soulexpress Start with a trite script, add a no-talent cast, mix in a white director who clearly did not understand Blaxploitation, and you have THE BLACK 6. Or as I call it, "The Anti-Shaft."Eddie Daniels is a Black high school senior with a white girlfriend. When her brother Moose (yes, Moose) and his biker pals beat Eddie to death, his brother Bubba (yes, Bubba) comes to town with his own biker pals. Bubba's there mainly to see his mother and sister but takes the law into his own hands when the police show no interest in solving the murder.The title characters were all played by NFL stars. As actors, they were great football players. Not that the rest of the cast is any better--especially the nice old lady who hires the men as temporary farm workers, and the hysterical white woman whose diner they trash when its racist clientele insults them. Then there's Bubba's humorless, militant sister with an Afro that would have embarrassed Angela Davis. Or as one of the Black 6 puts it, "Man, you got one heavy little sister." (She's not fat.) And Bubba's old girlfriend, who's now a hooker, delivers a monologue that's beyond belief.Finally, the ending doesn't make a damned bit of sense. I watched the final scene three times but still couldn't figure out what happened. At first, I thought the Black 6 had all been killed, but then a message appears on-screen: HONKY...LOOK OUT...HASSLE A BROTHER...AND THE BLACK 6 WILL RETURN!!! All I know is, the cataclysm entailed chains, flares, explosions, dozens of loud motorcycles, and a whole lot of dead bikers. And yet, the cops never show up. Must have been their night off.

Michael_Elliott The Black 6 (1973) ** (out of 4) Blaxploitation flick about a black kid who is killed by a white motorcycle gang after they catch him with a white woman. Soon after his brother Bubba (Gene Washington) shows up with his five friends to get to the bottom of the crime and soon realize that they're going to have to take down quite a few honky's. THE BLACK 6 isn't a classic movie in the same field as THE DEFIANT ONES but who in their right mind is going to come into this thing expecting greatness? If you're looking for an ultra-cheap, silly and poorly made film that at least keeps you entertained then this here offers that. Again, there's no question that the film doesn't offer up anything of real quality but if that's what you're expecting then it's best to just stay away to begin with. The film's big point to get people to watch it is that the six black guys are all played by NFL players with the two biggest names being Joe Greene and Mercury Morris who most people will know from being on ESPN each year whenever the last undefeated team finally loses a game and protects his Dolphins only perfect season. None of the six NFL players can act but this really doesn't take anything away from the picture. The other motorcycle gang really can't act either so I guess you could say that everyone is on a level playing field. I really thought the story here was pretty predictable and it's certainly nothing we haven't seen before yet it kept me interested in the characters and there's no doubt that the six bikers were fun to watch. There's a very funny sequence towards the start of the picture where the six black guys are taking care of an elderly white woman, which I'm sure was meant to show that they didn't hate white people, just the ones that harmed them. This is followed up by another funny scene where a racist couple refuses to serve them so they literally tear down the building. THE BLACK 6 isn't as bad as its reputation as long as you go into it not expecting it to be something it's not.

garko-1 BUT for that very reason, i highly recommend it to anyone who is sick of quality. oh sure, film can attain the poetic. yeah yeah. but then a movie like this will be made, humbling all high-flown notions about the heights film can attain. all-around horrifically bad acting (note the "cracker" jogging for his life from flora's diner), crappy background music (someone wake up the trumpeter and tell him to read the sheet music, huh?), poor film stock (but alas, it looks like the DVD releasing company color-corrected the 70s pink out of it), corny framing (note the waving American flag as Bubba gives his heartfelt soliloquy on the steps of the trailer post office.) it's high camp for those starved for poor taste. like me.i'm giving it a '1' because it deserves it and connoisseurs of the bad would do likewise. but we LOVE crap like this, so a '1' in our books means #1!!! even though it really is awful and you'd be a sucker to watch it. but a lucky sucker indeed.

eardini The black six is a standard blacksploitation movie enhanced by the cast of all star football players. The black six mentioned in the title are a rough gang of bikers just back from vietnam looking for nothing but a good time and brotherly love. Yet, they are met with strife and problems. It seems that everywhere they go they are judged because of the color of their skin. The leader of the groups brother is killed and they have finally had enough of the oppression so they finally fight back. The black six are succesful in defeating their foes and the oppression ends. Mysteriously, the movie ends with them fighting and the screen sends an ominous message out to all of those that are thinking about bullying around others in the future "look out honky, hassle a brother and the black six will return."