One of the most awaited World Premiere debuts at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival is Eddie Murphy’s a longtime passion project of his about the late comedian Rudy Ray Moore who created an alter ego by the name of Dolemite and gained cult status as a kung fu fighting action star. A standup comedian and perhaps the first to incorporate rap in his act, Moore became a surprising star and significant influence during the blaxploitation explosion in the 70’s.
Bringing back to life a figure who was Idolized by a younger generation of black comics, Murphy plays a real person for the first time. Having seen the movie, I can say he nails it. This is a full blown return to the kind of screen charisma that made Murphy a superstar. The film was directed by Craig Brewer
and written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, the screenwriting team with a penchant for offbeat movie biopics like
electraphonic That still sells Eddie as Rudy in a way I had not anticipated.
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