1980's Afterschool Special
November 27, 2015 4:59 PM   Subscribe

What was the name of movie set in early eighties about a bully and old black man in project building. The bully antagonizes all of the elderly residents. At the final boss scene, the old black man - the protagonist - creates some locking arm braces. He fights the bully and defeats him with a bear hug and locks the braces together. Then the cops come. And this kid about 8 years old started banging his forearms together like the old bully used to do. It was an afterschool special type thing.
posted by Dr_Feelgood to Media & Arts (4 answers total) 4 users marked this as a favorite
 
I remember this. I don't think it was an after school special; I think it was an evening movie. IIRC, it may have been about a black man who was terrorizing elderly (white? Jewish?) residents. After the one old guy does the thing with the bracelets and the police cart the bully away, there was a little black kid on the street chanting "KING! BOOM ... boom-boom ... boom" and doing some kind of repetitive hand gestures. Another old person turns to the bracelet guy and says something like "He's just a kid."

I seem to recall watching it at my grandfather's house, after my grandmother had died ... Which would place it in the mid- to late-70's.

That's all I remember.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 5:22 PM on November 27, 2015


Here ya go, Doctor ...

Siege (1978)
posted by ZenMasterThis at 5:32 PM on November 27, 2015 [6 favorites]


... and for extra credit, here's the trailer.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 5:41 PM on November 27, 2015 [4 favorites]


Wow, this has been bothering me for at least 30 years.
posted by AndrewStephens at 3:09 AM on November 28, 2015 [1 favorite]


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