Go Down Death (1944)

★★★★★ · Another time and place · Brian Pinette · 2009-05-14

WRITTEN, PRODUCED, DIRECTED BY BLACKS ... If you see BOTH films by this indie film maker ... and remember the time and place it was produced and written and ... at ANY time, indie writers/producers have a hard time getting ANYTHING "Out There" ... I have great respect and admiration for his time and talents. HE CHOSE a hard road and SAW his vision into fruition. For good or bad, I suspect he was proud of his efforts. Being a black (under-rated) actor of his day, he took great steps and perhaps even condemnation for going out of the system. Anyway, just an observance. I am an indie WHITE dude…

★★★★ · You know what I hate? · Meatpies · 2010-04-22

When reviewers will use items to do their own soapboxing, like Comeintoit did. Look, just review the film, not the site, not the message you think you heard, just the film, okay? Here's why I hesitate to say that this is a bad film. I have no idea what it's like to be a black person in the 40s. I don't know what black film studios had access to as far as equipment and budget. I do know that it was not "top of the line" as the larger, major studios. But, I do give kudos because instead of sitting back and saying "The MAN is trying to keep us down", they did what they could with what they had…

★★★★ · Not too bad... · The_Emperor_Of_Television · 2012-10-20

The direction is a bit questionable at times (such as the use of stock footage), but I still enjoyed it....and I'm not even a Christian. It's a very watchable tale of good vs evil....

★★★ · Interesting use of images from Dante's Hell · reen1 · 2008-12-30

Good period piece worth watching. Most interesting are the images of Dante's Hell near the end of the film. Included are characters resembling Virgil and Dante.

★ · What Agony · malary · 2009-05-12

Wow, this is one of the worst films I've ever seen. The acting is unbearably bad; maybe they had trouble getting good black actors for this obviously low-budget movie. I guess if you're a fan of anything with a 'black gospel' plot, you might find this film almost endurable (note though that most of the gospel messages in this film are biblically inaccurate; not sure if they meant for it to be that way or not). Anyway, it's horrible but I'll give it '1 star' for effort...at least they tried.

★ · slow and amateurish · Oscar Laurens Schrover · 2006-10-19

This picture betrays amateurism; superficial story and not very good acting. Some scenes are very documentary-like and these are really the best. Natural pictures of black life in the forties. The rest is.. well of historical value to say the best. No aesthetical value whatsoever alas. Calvanistic gospelmovie.