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Summary: All in good fun....
Review: This is a decent to good movie that certainly has it's moments but you can do much better in a eastwood flick. The story is simple, eastwood plays a cop who just has to bring a witness from vegas to pheonix. The witness a blonde cuttie callgirl(sondra locke) proves to be a handful but eventually she's the least of his problems. You see he's been set up and now there are hundreds of cops trying to kill them. Plausable? No not at all and you never have reason to take the movie seriously. In the meantime there is plenty of hair raising action with plenty of bullets flying all over the place. All in good fun but there are a few scenes that are just too outrageous. One that comes to mind takes place in the box car of a moving train. Two toughs and a she devel have clint tied to a wall and are beating the stuffing out of him. Suddenly his blonde companion suggestively invites the two men over and they start placing 100% of their attention on her while clint amazingly is able to untie himself, grab a gun off the ground and in true wwf fashion rises from near death to kick some butt sending each of the three antagonists off the train. Come on! Of course in the end clint completes his objective, gets the girl and gets the bad guys.Overall this is a fun film but there are at least 15 eastwood films that are better so untill you own all of them don't bother buying this one. The character eastwood plays just doesn't have that intensity that you see in the dirty harry seris. This version of the eastwood cop just seems less surly and more sensitive. I just don't see that same rage in this. ..........socks
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Summary: One of the 10 worst movies of all time IT REALLY STINKS
Review: This movie stunk, stinks, and is just plain BAD. It truley is not worth the time it takes to write this review, but hopefully I can save some others from a bad plot, bad acting (Sandra Locke really stinks the place up), and situations that would not happen (a crazed woman with a gun in the middle of a couple of hundred police officers and non of them are 1. running for cover or tring to dodge a bullet and 2. trying to stop her or take the gun away). DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR YOUR MONEY WITH THIS MOVIE IN ANY WAY.
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Summary: The Cop and The Pro....
Review: This review refers to the Warner Bros. DVD edition of "The Gauntlet".... From the moment Ben Shockley(Clint Eastwood)steps out of his car and an empty booze bottle falls out, we know this is not the usual "Dirty Harry" character we'd been used to up to now. Ben is a cop who's chances for greatness seem to be fading with him.
Eastwood directs as well as stars in this film and we see his brillant directoral style taking hold here. The Phoenix P.D. seem to be scraping the bottom of the barrel when they assign Shockley the job of escorting Gus Malley, a seemingly unimportant witness from Las Vegas back to Phoenix for a trial. Ben's been looking for his big break on a big case and it doesn't look like this will be it with this guy. Upon arriving in Las Vegas, Ben discovers that Gus is no guy. Gus Malley(Sondra Locke), is a local prostitute and unwilling partcipant in the journey back as well. This is not "a hooker with a heart story" though, this pro is as hard edged as they come, but she does have a brain! The action starts as soon as they leave the jail. Someone is going to make sure that these two never make it to trial. Vegas is even giving odds against them. Everyone's after them..the mob, the cops, they even made the mistake of angering a group of bikers along the route and they're out for revenge as well. They hardly know who to trust, as they get shot at from all angles, cars blow up, they are set up and beat up. What Gus knows can cost them their lives, but Shockley is now determined to bring his prisoner in at all costs and rises to the occassion and must break through an impassable barrier set-up to keep him at bay. It's edge of your seat drama, thrills, and fun, as Gus and Ben trade quips and get in a little romance(we couldn't expect any different with Eastwood and Locke)along the way.As usual Clint surrounds himself with the finest talent. Pat Hingle, William Prince, and Bill Mckinney turn in excellent performances as well as Eastwood and Locke. There's also a terrific jazzy score by Jerry Fielding. The film made in 1977 looks great on this DVD transfer. It is in a widescreen on a dual layer format. The picture looks good. Clear and sharp with good color. There was occasionally a little purplish tint in places, but it didn't take away from the enjoyment of the film. The soundtrack remastered in the 5.1 Dolby Stereo was also good. The music sounded great and the dialouge always crisp. Not too much in the way of bonus material if that's what you're looking for, there's a filmography on Eastwood(his was the only one I was able to access) and a theatrical trailer. It may be viewed in French(Mono) and also has subtitles in English and French as well. You can bet on this one! 5 stars to a great Eastwood action film that can be watched again and again. Get the Popcorn ready for this one and enjoy.....Laurie
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Summary: A Solid Eastwood Vehicle
Review: Though it gets lost in the "Dirty Harry" shuffle, "The Gauntlet" (1977) is an underrated action drama with more emphasis on characterization than bullets. In a change-of-pace role, Clint Eastwood plays a down-and-out Phoenix cop who faces seemingly impossible odds -- and endless corruption -- when he is assigned to escort a Las Vegas prostitute (Sondra Locke) to trial. Needless to say, Clint's slimy boss (William Prince) wants to make sure he doesn't get the job done. Stylishly directed by Eastwood, the film moves at a fast clip and benefits from strong performances. Interestingly, Eastwood's character fires his gun only twice and never kills anyone. The elaborate climax is a bit ludicrous (why don't the Phoenix officers shoot out the bus tires?), yet "The Gauntlet" remains on-target most of the way. A must-see for Eastwood fans.
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Summary: Pure, Eastwood Entertainment!
Review: Unlike some of the other reviewers who seem to enjoy spending their time tearing a movie apart for its accuracy rather than for what it is... Pure entertainment! Who cares if no cop wants to grab the gun from a "crazy" woman, it's the humorous fact that they're letting her get away with it. Just remember, He's got the gun, the badge, and the love of Jesus in his pretty green eyes. What more could a viewer want?
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Summary: The best of its kind !
Review: What critics fail to understand (thus enjoy it) is that this is a comic-book like movie.It takes place in a (maybe) kind-of-futuristic America - cronogically speaking ,where laws are relative and corruption is widespread.The movie wants to tell us that someone in authority can really do whatever he pleases and still get away with it.In my country we see similar cases every day.Governors ,military personnel and politicians,for instance,who were/are directly involved in crimes and slaughter of landless/homeless people were/are never punished by the law.After watching a great movie like this it is not difficult to see it is not as farfetched as it may seem.Clint is a fine example of an intelligent accomplished actor-director who earned his place in History.He'll always makes our day and gets his job properly done !All his movies are in my collection.Why?Because he's the best ,so are his movies!
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