Rockers (1979)
Rockers is a quirky little story with a Robin Hood-influenced ending, set in 1970s Jamaica, where everybody and their brother are in a Reggae band. They are all recording their songs onto 45s and selling them through little shops.
Our hero, who goes by the nickname Horsemouth, plays drums in various bands, but he really wants to become a record dealer, buying them from the little pressing plants and selling them on to the shops. For this, he needs a motorbike, which he gets by borrowing and scraping together the money, only to have it stolen from him on his very first round.
He manages to steal it back from what turns out to be organized crime. They don’t like that and have him beaten up. For his revenge, he summons his friends with trucks, and together they not only raid the warehouse of stolen goods but also the Mafia boss’ home, taking everything from the kitchen equipement to what’s in the living room.
The movie ends with all the liberated goods being lined up along the poor neighbourhoods – TV sets, fridges, sofas, bikes, etc. – so that everybody can take what they need.
It takes a good 1:40 hours to tell that story and there’s lots of music, of course. Almost all the dialogue is in Patois, which is hard to understand even from the subtitles. Enough to follow the story, but you may want to watch the movie twice to be sure you get everything.