Let's Do It Again is a 1975 American action crime comedy film, starring Sidney Poitier and co-starring Bill Cosby and Jimmie Walker[2] among an all-star black cast.

The film, directed by Poitier,[2] is about blue-collar workers who decide to rig a boxing match to raise money for their fraternal lodge.

[3] Two friends, Billy Foster and Clyde Williams, need to quickly find a way to raise funds for their fraternal lodge, the Sons and Daughters of Shaka.

After Billy convinces Clyde that it is their best and quickest option, they decide to bring back a successful money-making scheme, hence the title.

They use what's left of the lodge's budget to place their bets with local bookmakers, Kansas City Mack and Biggie Smalls.

Here, the lead officer tells the two bookmakers that if he ever hears they have harassed Billy and Clyde or if the two come up missing, they will be thrown in jail for a very long time.

Billy jokes that they should rig a fight involving heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali and entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.

When the film premiered, John Amos and Jimmie Walker were starring as father and son in the CBS sitcom Good Times.

George Foreman makes a cameo appearance as a factory worker who challenges Billy to a fight in the beginning of the film.

The DVD contains a commentary feature that includes Richard Wesley and New York Press film critic Armond White.

The film allowed Poitier to expand his now "distant" image and answer criticism from black militants and the younger generation.

Wesley also mentions that Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier were not the original lead actors he had in mind when writing the script.

In the DVD's commentary, film critic Armond White points out that the suits were worn by Kansas City Mack and co. to parody blaxploitation.

Cosby wears a flamboyant red and pink suit in an attempt to impress prominent bookmaker Kansas City Mack (John Amos).

Writer Chris Laverty went into more detail about clothing and their importance in a journal for Arts Illustrated: "In a sense it was social progression, the essence of the self-made man; readable entirely by what he wears.

Mayfield, also responsible for the highly-successful soundtrack in Super Fly (1972), wrote the music and The Staple Singers performed the songs.

[11] Gene Siskel also awarded 3 stars out of 4 and wrote: "After making Uptown Saturday Night, Cosby said that he wasn't satisfied with the picture even though it was selling well.

[12] Richard Eder of The New York Times wrote that the action "is familiar stuff, but some of it is pretty funny" and found Cosby in particular "hilarious".

[13] Variety wrote: "The gang from Uptown Saturday Night encores successfully in Let's Do It Again, a funny, free-form farcical revue reminiscent in substance of classic Hal Roach comedy".

[14] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times said: "At 112 minutes, Let's Do It Again is extraordinarily long for a comedy, yet its humor is sustained throughout, thanks to Wesley's ingenuity and to the fine ensemble playing of a large cast under Poitier's affectionate direction".

[15] Jonathan Rosenbaum of The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Despite a frankly nonsensical plot full of formula antics and an unnecessarily protracted running time, Let's Do It Again is a healthy reminder of the relative verve, energy and talent to be found nowadays in the so-called 'black exploitation' film—a somewhat loaded term considering the fact that no one ever speaks of 'white exploitation' and particularly inappropriate in relation to such a high-spirited yet unassuming entertainment as this".