They Call Me Mr. Tibbs is the sequel to the the Academy Award winning film In the Heat of the Night. While star Sidney Poitier returns as detective Virgil Tibbs, the movie is nowhere near as good as it's predecessor. Even though the movie predates the blaxploitation explosion by a few years, it's style is very similar to those films. The biggest problem lies in the core plot. While Poitier is good and the supporting cast features some excellent actors (Martin Landau, Ed Asner), there just isn't enough story to keep a viewer interested for almost two hours. The side plots are even less interesting and what's left is an overlong and fairly boring detective tale. If you've never seen In the Heat of the Night, I highly recommend doing so but getting into it's sequels is not worth the time.
Rating: 2/5
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