Mr. Untouchable by K-Fleet

Humor: 2
Blood: photos of murders
Nudity: 1, topless chick in a photo
Minutes FF’ed thru: none
Overall rating: 4
Memorable quotes:

Barnes: “Hey Nick, you broken the Golden Rule. And I say, what good is a rule if the rule ain’t a jewel that’s fit for the crown of the king, if you goin take the rule and just use it to make bling and you goin say fuck the king, then the king goin sing.”

Nicky Barnes aka Mr. Untouchable was one of the most notorious drug lords in upstate New York in the 70’s. He went from a user to a kingpin, taking whatever he wanted by any means necessary. After years of growing and grooming his empire, and beating several cases, which is what labeled him Mr. Untouchable, he was caught and sentenced to life in prison. From the inside, he continued to run his organization, but with incompetent leaders, things started going bad. The final straw is when one of his boys started messing with his girl, so he decided the best revenge was to snitch and take the empire down. This resulted in 75 felony cases and after 21 years in prison, he was released under witness protection. He did have feelings of guilt for breaking the street code, but it was more about his family’s disrespect, and their failure to recognize their place, where they came from, and how they got there.

This was a pretty good documentary told through the narration of Barnes and people in the inner circle. If you like gangster docs, check out Gangster King: Raymond Lee Washington and Gang War: Bangin’ in Little Rock.