+4
Joe (Avildsen, 1970)
Not a fan of this one, though Peter Boyle was real good and his character interesting. This seemed like one of those cheesy 1970s black exploitation films, only it's more like hippie exploitation. I thought the first 30 minutes with the silly caricature dope dealer was meant to be comical. He was kind of funny, reminded me of Huggy Bear from the old Starsky and Hutch TV show.
The production was low budget, but far worse was some of the actors were horrible. You can literally hear them reading their lines, they're that flat.
I had to laugh when the two nice blonde girls are buying heroin from the jive talking drug dealer....and they're so upbeat about it! I liked their negotiation skills! Actually that might have been the best part of the movie.