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Release year: 2023

Storyline

Hell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a wanted man in the process while posing as a preacher in a small mining town that's been taken over by a notorious Land Baron.

Top credits

Directors

Michael Jai White

Writers

Cast

Michael Jai White — Outlaw Johnny Black
Anika Noni Rose — Jessie Lee
Erica Ash — Bessie Lee
Byron Minns — Reverend Percy

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Did you know

• In the final shot, the cast is shown toasting 2 older townspeople, played by 70's action film legends Jim Brown and Fred Williamson. Many of the Blaxploitation Westerns starred Fred Williamson and Johnny Black's outfit from this film was inspired by Williamson's film "Joshua".

• In a 2023 interview with Polygon, Michael Jai White addressed one of the running jokes of the movie, regarding the casting: "Well, it's about authenticity, isn't it? So being authentic to '70s moviemaking is, 'Well, how did they cast Native Americans?' This is a parody, making a joke of things, and making statements. If you notice that there might be someone who may not be Native American playing a Native American role, [it's] authentic to that time period. But we had plenty of real Native Americans in the movie, even during the same shot, who might be staring daggers at this Anglo playing Native American. [laughs] Because if I cast a Native American in that role, it would be inauthentic."

• The original proof of concept trailer released in 2018 featured Martin Kove as the villain Tom Sheally. However, he is played by Barry Bostwick in the final film.