Cleopatra Jones features Tamara Dobson, whole 6 feet 2 inches of her as a sassy government Special Agent burning down poppy fields in Turkey and going after drug traffickers like Mommy (Shelley Winters.)
When her boyfriend's (Bernie Casey) halfway house for recovering drug addicts is under threat from crooked cops, Cleopatra suspects Mommy is behind it all and decides to kick ass with her kung fu moves and driving her fast Corvette Stingray.
Tamara Dobson is certainly statuesque and glamorous as a blaxploitation female version of James Bond but Dobson lacks the screen sensuality and charisma of Pam Grier. However Shelley Winters more than compensates with a scenery chewing performance as the lesbian Mommy appearing with several different types of wigs and in one point clad in leather.
The plot is rather so-so but Warner Brothers certainly put some money in this movie as it benefits from better production values and has good pacing.
When her boyfriend's (Bernie Casey) halfway house for recovering drug addicts is under threat from crooked cops, Cleopatra suspects Mommy is behind it all and decides to kick ass with her kung fu moves and driving her fast Corvette Stingray.
Tamara Dobson is certainly statuesque and glamorous as a blaxploitation female version of James Bond but Dobson lacks the screen sensuality and charisma of Pam Grier. However Shelley Winters more than compensates with a scenery chewing performance as the lesbian Mommy appearing with several different types of wigs and in one point clad in leather.
The plot is rather so-so but Warner Brothers certainly put some money in this movie as it benefits from better production values and has good pacing.