J.D.'s Revenge is a supernatural blaxploitation revenge thriller set in 1970s New Orleans. In 1942 young hoodlum J D Walker is shot by Elija Bliss (Lou Gossett) who thinks Walker killed his woman, Betty Joe who is also JD's sister. We earlier see another person slashing Betty Joe.
In the present day, 1976. Ike (Glynn Turman) is a taxi driver and law student who during an hypnotism act gets possessed by the spirit of J.D. When he gets taken over he gets cruel and violent towards his girlfriend. He injures a passenger in his cab.
Ike starts to stalk Elija Bliss who is now a preacher and comes close to exposing the truth as he uncovers the person who really did kill his sister.
It is nicely acted by Turman who gets to play a Jekyll and Hyde type character. Gossett has a scene stealing turn as a preacher who is rather modelled on Muhammad Ali as he shadow boxes during his sermons.
The film treads the path of other blaxploitation films of that era with violence. blood and nudity. It is though less cheesy though but it is also rather uneven, with a slow pace and an undeveloped plot.
In the present day, 1976. Ike (Glynn Turman) is a taxi driver and law student who during an hypnotism act gets possessed by the spirit of J.D. When he gets taken over he gets cruel and violent towards his girlfriend. He injures a passenger in his cab.
Ike starts to stalk Elija Bliss who is now a preacher and comes close to exposing the truth as he uncovers the person who really did kill his sister.
It is nicely acted by Turman who gets to play a Jekyll and Hyde type character. Gossett has a scene stealing turn as a preacher who is rather modelled on Muhammad Ali as he shadow boxes during his sermons.
The film treads the path of other blaxploitation films of that era with violence. blood and nudity. It is though less cheesy though but it is also rather uneven, with a slow pace and an undeveloped plot.