After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.
The world Coffy inhabits is revealed as one where social, sexual and political exploitation are simply the norms.
– ,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
Grier, a statuesque actress with a body she doesn't hesitate to show, is strongly cast. Booker Bradshaw as a city politician and William Elliott as an honest cop score well.
– ,
Variety,
28 Mar 2007
rotten:
Coffy is slightly more serious and a little more inventive than it needs to be.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
rotten:
Leaves a viewer with the happy thought that she now can get back to nursing and away from films like Coffy.
– A.H. Weiler,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
fresh:
Jack Hill directs for maximal suspense, violence, and voyeuristic appeal (which Grier certainly embodies).