![]() ![]() Critics reported that the characters were dry and lack dimension and the climax ended with a plot that seemed to lose its momentum. The film received very poor reviews overall. Ĭritics such as Roger Greenspun note that " Cool Breeze has rather a lot to say about sexy young girls, and about sex generally (much of it fairly brutal), and about whatever matters of practical philosophy happen to pass through the minds of its characters" (New York Times 1972). This is a common theme that can be noted in many black films in which "the sexual dimension of American racism is reflected in the motion picture portrayal of the black woman" as is stated by Edward Mapp in Black Women in Films (142). The director of the film very intentionally portrays the young women as sexy but lacking complexity. Gender and sexuality in the film have been highly critiqued by film critics who noted the characters mistreatment of women. Stewart Bradley as Captain Lloyd Harmon.Lincoln Kilpatrick as Lieutenant Brian Knowles.Unfortunately, after the successful robbery, the group finds themselves caught up in a string of unhappy accidents and double crosses. To accomplish the heist, Mercer and Jones assemble a group of men consisting of Travis Battle (‘the Muscle Man’) a well-known career criminal, Roy Harris (‘ the Box Man’) an expert safe-cracker transformed into a Christian minister, and John Battle (‘ the Driver’) an honest business man and half-brother of Travis. However, he agrees to provide the funds, but secretly plans to keep all the loot for himself. Unbeknownst to Jones, Mercer is having financial difficulty and has little money. Jones recommends using profits from the heist to start a community bank to support black-owned businesses, in addition the bank could be used to launder illegal business activities. Īfter his release, Jones returns to Los Angeles and proposes the idea to ‘the Money Man’ Bill Mercer and "Stretch" Finian, in hopes that Mercer would provide the $50,000 seed money needed to set up the heist. It motivates him to plan a heist to steal $3 million worth of diamonds from the largest diamond brokerage on the Pacific Coast. While imprisoned, he learns about the underworld diamond trade from reading and studying trade magazines. She was built to RINA (Registro Italiano Navale) classification society rules.Sidney Lord Jones is a convicted felon who is granted an early release by the parole board in San Quentin. Her water tanks store around 3,500 Litres of fresh water. Powered by twin diesel MAN (V8 1000) 1,000hp engines running at 2300rpm, she comfortably cruises at 12 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 16 knots with a range of up to 2,300 nautical miles from her 21,500 litre fuel tanks at 12 knots. ![]() Range & PerformanceĬool Breeze is built with a GRP hull and GRP superstructure, with teak decks. Her features include an elevator, deck jacuzzi, WiFi and air conditioning. She is also capable of carrying up to 6 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of Stefano Righini.Ĭool Breeze has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 10 guests in 5 suites. Her interior is styled by Italian designer design house Benetti and she was completed in 2014. Emuna) was built by Benetti in Italy at their Viareggio shipyard. The 32.92m/108' motor yacht 'Cool Breeze' (ex. ![]()
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