this time capsule frame the the end of an era that we can all look back to . one can also learn what it mean to be an oppressed black man and a junior mobster or a tired nyc detective in that late sixty era . insight to the working of the black harlem underground of the day and the viciousness of the italian mafia by night . so believable and the writer have to have live some part of this classic . unlike any movie before and i root for every character depict . anthony quinns determination and yaphets silence both show the past and future of the entity be play out . the bathroom scene between the two cop be a highlight for me . this be not a blaxploitation movie it be a nyc movie . this movie be a treasure and i thank god it have not be remake .