Dir. Christopher St. John
1972, USA, 90 min
Rated R
Written and directed by actor and filmmaker Christopher St. John (Shaft), Top of The Heap is a majestic melding of genre thrills, sociological rage, and psychedelic experimentation. George (St. John) is a cop in Washington, DC, and he’s proud to be one of the few Black officers on the force. Unfortunately, not everyone feels the same. When George is overlooked for a promotion, he loses his handhold on reality and launches a personal vendetta against street crime. That is, when he’s not visiting alternate galaxies as an astronaut in his tripped-out dreams.
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“A genre-bending, fantastical psychological thriller . . . that has more in common with a European arthouse movie than an American B-picture.” – The A/V Club
