Luke Cage: Power ManGenre: Action/Superhero
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Writers: Jimmy Ellis & Dwight Gallo
Based on Marvel Comics characters
Cast: Omari Hardwick, Chris Tucker, Olivia Munn, Nathalie Emmanuel, Sharon Leal, Fred Williamson, Colman Domingo, Meagan Good, Martin Short
Budget: $68,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $120,000,905
Foreign Box Office: $87,184,917
Total Profit: $59,308,406
Reaction: While not a monster hit at the box office, the studio is pleased with the solid profits and decent gross considering the R-rating the film received.
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"Luke Cage: Power Man serves as a loving and entertaining homage to black cinema of the 1960's and 70's. It probably doesn't have enough big action sequence to satisfy most audiences of today - and I admittedly was left wanting more in that department." - Charlie Sage, HBC-TV
"Taking Luke Cage and bringing him to his blaxploitation comic roots was a genius move from writers Ellis and Gallo. If this was made in that era, it would have starred Jim Brown or Fred Williamson (who has a nice supporting role here as the title character's father). As Cage, Omari Hardwick brings confidence and swagger to the part. Really the entire cast feels just right, as Goldilocks would say." - Chrissy Lane, Manhattan Mercury
"You can't help but appreciate what the cast and crew have done here. A fairly straightforward blaxploitation homage with an electric soundtrack, killer cameos, and steamy romantic chemistry between the three leads. Even if the end battle felt a little anticlimactic (or "stay tuned next time"), I'd be lying if I said I wasn't already eagerly anticipating whatever comes next." - Cal Crowe, Washington Globe
Rated R for violence, drug content, language and sexual content/nudity
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