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Summary: A Thin satire
Review: Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood play a PI (former cop) and police detective respectively seeking to bring down "snotball" bad guys in a 1930's genre gangster movie. While not normally a fan of satire, it has an entirely different flavor when actors are poking fun at themselves rather than someone else. It is fun to watch Reynolds and Eastwood play highly exaggerated stereotypes of their signature characters - a little like watching Jackie Chan outtakes. Unfortunately, the satire rapidly wears a little thin like the same joke being repeated over and over again for an hour and a half. The ending is especially lame; as if they just got tired of making the movie and slapped something together so they could all go home. Is it worth watching? Yes, if someone is in the right mood and doesn't expect too much.
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Summary: Eastwood and Reynolds try Abbott and Costello.
Review: I must take exception to Mr. Maltins' review of this one. At no time during the viewing of this film (my copy at least) do the stars "pour gasoline on a guy and set him on fire...". There is a scene where a gangster becomes soaked with gasoline from a ruptured gas tank. There is a subsequent fire but I saw no one being burned. In another scene our heroes threaten to ignite the posterior of another guy after saturating it with alcohol but no ignation takes place. All in all a good time killer with some pretty good sight gags. The gun fight in the garage is close to being a classic. Give us a break Len, it's escapism and worth a look.
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Summary: Eastwood and Reynolds try Abbott and Costello.
Review: I must take exception to Mr. Maltins' review of this one. At no time during the viewing of this film (my copy at least) do the stars "pour gasoline on a guy and set him on fire...". There is a scene where a gangster becomes soaked with gasoline from a ruptured gas tank. There is a subsequent fire but I saw no one being burned. In another scene our heroes threaten to ignite the posterior of another guy after saturating it with alcohol but no ignation takes place. All in all a good time killer with some pretty good sight gags. The gun fight in the garage is close to being a classic. Give us a break Len, it's escapism and worth a look.
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Summary: Mindless Fun
Review: Mindlessly funny in some parts - if you don't expect too much. Missing is the scene where Clint explains to his girlfriend that he shot his wife when he found her in bed with his best friend. When asked about the friend, he replies, "He was my best friend," indicating he didn't shoot him.
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Summary: Not a great one*
Review: Sorry, but it's not a good one... & I love most Clint movies... sorry to have to give this one a bad review.
To sum up- alot of fighting- but boring!
Rating:
Summary: Not a great one*
Review: Sorry, but it's not a good one... & I love most Clint movies... sorry to have to give this one a bad review.
To sum up- alot of fighting- but boring!
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Summary: Screw The Critics This is A Funny Movie
Review: Watching Clint Eastwood & Burt Reynolds work together is fun, They are old friends and have a natural sense of comedy timing. Also Shaft himself Richard Roundtree appears.
Rating:
Summary: Mindless Fun
Review: Watching Clint Eastwood & Burt Reynolds work together is fun, They are old friends and have a natural sense of comedy timing. Also Shaft himself Richard Roundtree appears.
Rating:
Summary: Screw The Critics This is A Funny Movie
Review: Watching Clint Eastwood & Burt Reynolds work together is fun, They are old friends and have a natural sense of comedy timing. Also Shaft himself Richard Roundtree appears.
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