The Mack
Cinerama Releasing | Release Date: April 4, 1973 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
1
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
The A.V. ClubAlex McLevy
From its inception, The Mack had more on its mind than delivering a blaxploitation film, a label director Michael Campus always resisted. He shouldn’t have. His film is one of the finest examples of the genre, a smartly executed and deeply ambitious story of crime, corruption, and prostitution, shot on location in Oakland, California. Read full review
80
Village VoiceMichael Kerbel
It is almost perfect as escapist entertainment -- as a carefully schematized synthesis of fantasies for black audiences. [03 May 1973, p.81]
75
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
The Mack certainly wasn't the first film to invite audiences to identify with a gleefully transgressive antihero, but its combustible take on sex, class, capitalism, and race made it an important touchstone not only for black film, but also for hip-hop culture. Read full review
70
The Observer (UK)Jim Mcclellan
Incoherent, idiotic and exhilarating. [28 Apr 1996, p.16]
60
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
The Mack is lacking in narrative drive and logic, but offers an entertainingly exploitative portrait of a self-made gangster. Read full review
30
The New York TimesVincent Canby
Even as action melodrama of a Shaft sort, the film is inept, so confused that occasionally it seems surreal. Read full review
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