History Film / BlackRage

Though audience and critical reaction remains universally negative, the performance of actor Ted Cassidy, who plays the villainous plantation slave master chasing after the brothers, has been singled out for praise by viewers of the movie. Cassidy is better known for playing Lurch on ''Series/TheAddamsFamily''. Though Cassidy's performance is the only saving grace of the movie, with critics such as Creator/IsaacBaranoff identifying ''Black Rage'' as "[[https://www.facebook.com/TheCinemaSnob/photos/a.527409577293459.122218.237839496250470/870472209653859/?type=1&comment_id=870501376317609&offset=0&total_comments=36 A Blaxploitation movie so cheap that it can't afford to hire black people]]" and WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob featuring it on his show.

* PublicDomainFeatureFilms: The film's copyright ran out around the year 2000. But unlike other public domain features, this one never saw a home media re-release and bootlegs are rather hard to come by.

* BlackLikeMe: Sunshine, an "Albino" black man, is played by a white guy.

* EvilSoundsDeep: Striker, holy shit.

* WhiteLikeMe: Very late in the movie, Sunshine tells a white woman that he is white so she could let him and his brother into her house. No one who watched the movie understands why he didn't try this earlier in the movie, when he screams very loudly at racists that he is black, even though this would have sped up their journey greatly, especially since they are being chased by people who want to put them back in bondage and forced labor, and Sunshine pretending to be white would have helped the duo greatly to attain freedom and get the buried treasure.

* ButNotTooBlack: One of the major criticisms of the movie. The character of Sunshine was written as a sort of black militant, but they had a white guy playing him and to explain this away, they made him an "albino".

* AngryBlackMan: Except the man is barely angry and even less black.

* CorruptHick: The protagonists are chased by them.

* ContemptibleCover: The movie's VHS cover makes it look like ''Mandingo'' crossed with ''Film/DjangoUnchained''. The actual movie isn't so exciting.

''Black Rage'' is a {{Blaxploitation}} movie. Actually, the title is ''Catch The Black Sunshine'', but that title wasn't as catchy, so it was reissued under the more exploitative movie title ''Black Rage'', [[NeverTrustATrailer even though neither of the main characters are particularly enraged]]. The movie is about two brothers, both slaves, who escape from Striker, their cruel slave master (Ted Cassidy), to freedom while searching for buried treasure. The angrier of the duo is an "albino" black man named Sunshine played by a white actor named Chris Robinson who also wrote and directed the movie. This is just one of many criticisms directed toward this movie that have led to its reputation as one of the worst movies ever made. Other gripes people have with the movie are the generally bad acting, poor writing and slow pacing. Plot holes include the fact that the "albino" Sunshine repeatedly identifies as a slave, even though his complexion would allow him to pass for a white man, which would speed up their journey significantly.

* PublicDomainFeatureFilms: The movie appears to have fallen into this. But unlike other public domain titles, this one is notably hard to find on bootleg and home media.

* HeroicAlbino: Sunshine.

''Black Rage'' is a {{Blaxploitation}} movie. Actually, the title is ''Catch The Black Sunshine'', but that title wasn't as catchy, so it was reissued under the more exploitative movie title ''Black Rage'', [[NeverTrustATrailer even though neither of the main characters are particularly enraged]]. The movie is about two brothers, both slaves, who escape from their cruel slave master (Ted Cassidy) to freedom while searching for buried treasure. The angrier of the duo is an "albino" black man named Sunshine played by a white actor named Chris Robinson who also wrote and directed the movie. This is just one of many criticisms directed toward this movie that have led to its reputation as one of the worst movies ever made. Other gripes people have with the movie are the generally bad acting, poor writing and slow pacing. Plot holes include the fact that the "albino" Sunshine repeatedly identifies as a slave, even though his complexion would allow him to pass for a white man, which would speed up their journey significantly.

Though audience and critical reaction remains universally negative, the performance of actor Ted Cassidy, who plays the villainous plantation slave master chasing after the brothers, has been singled out for praise by viewers of the movie. Cassidy is better known for playing Lurch on ''Series/TheAddamsFamily''. Though Cassidy's performance is the only saving grace of the movie, with critics such as Creator/IsaacBaranoff identifying ''Black Rage'' as "[[https://www.facebook.com/TheCinemaSnob/photos/a.527409577293459.122218.237839496250470/870472209653859/?type=1&comment_id=870501376317609&offset=0&total_comments=36 A Blaxploitation movie so cheap that it can't afford to hire black people]]" and TheCinemaSnob featuring it on his show.

* SoBadItsGood: or So Bad It's Bad, Depending on who you ask about this movie.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Lurch]] is now an evil plantation master.

Though audience and critical reaction remains universally negative, the performance of actor Ted Cassidy, who plays the villainous plantation slave master chasing after the brothers, has been singled out for appraisal by viewers of the movie. Cassidy is better known for playing Lurch on ''Series/TheAddamsFamily''. Though Cassidy's performance is the only saving grace of the movie, with critics such as Creator/IsaacBaranoff identifying ''Black Rage'' as "[[https://www.facebook.com/TheCinemaSnob/photos/a.527409577293459.122218.237839496250470/870472209653859/?type=1&comment_id=870501376317609&offset=0&total_comments=36 A Blaxploitation movie so cheap that it can't afford to hire black people]]" and TheCinemaSnob featuring it on his show.

* Tropes for ''Black Rage'' include:

* NotTooBlack: One of the major criticisms of the movie. The character of Sunshine was written as a sort of black militant, but they had a white guy playing him and to explain this away, they made him an "albino".