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Summary: One of Arnold's Better Movies
Review: John Irvin directed this standard mob-action film that had a decent plot and good action sequences. Not one of Arnold's best movies but certainly above average compared to the many flops he contributed to over the years as an action star.
The film is a standard mob-action plot where Schwarzenegger plays Joseph Brenner, a former FBI agent who lost his job and whose son was killed by mobsters. Brenner now works as a sheriff in some rural town and is approached by an old FBI pal named Max Keller (Robert Davi) who comes to him with an offer to reinstate him into the FBI if he helps bring down two big mafia leaders named Patrovita (Sam Wannamaker) and Rocca (Paul Shenar): the same leaders who were responsible for killing his son. Going undercover, Joseph Brenner gets the mobsters to fight each other until the final showdown.
I don't understand why other reviewers have such a low opinion of this film: it's actually quite good. In my mind, there are many other Arnold films that would fall into the below-average category of 2 or less stars long before this one; films such as 'Commando', 'Conan the Destroyer', and 'Red Sonja', to name a few. If anyone thinks that 'Raw Deal' is on par or lower in quality than the latter films, then they should really study some film basics before writing any more reviews.
In conclusion, I think this is one of Arnold's better movies and is worthy of either purchase or rental. It has a decent screenplay with a good script as well as good action sequences. Check it out!
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Summary: The worst Arnold Movie ever, and a terrible film overall
Review: Let me put it this way - what are the odds two 19-year-old guys are going to walk out of a just-released Arnold Schwatzneger movie and want their money back? This is exactly how me and my best friend felt in 1986. We thought it was the most aptly named film ever.In general, a film isnt necessarily good because it has AS in it. Its usually great because it is directed by James Cameron (T1, T2, True Lies) , Ivan Reitman (Twins, Kindergarten Cop), or John Tiernan (Predator, Last Action Hero). The rest of Arnold's movies are generally video fare of varying quality, and this film specifically should be destroyed.
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Summary: Save the World, Arnie
Review: One of the earlier movies for Arnie, in that it's a formula for him. Things happen in this life that are negative, and he has to right the wrongs. So he gets a ton of weapons and goes after the bad guys and the world's okay again. It gets kind of boring.
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Summary: Save the World, Arnie
Review: One of the earlier movies for Arnie, in that it's a formula for him. Things happen in this life that are negative, and he has to right the wrongs. So he gets a ton of weapons and goes after the bad guys and the world's okay again. It gets kind of boring.
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Summary: undercover gangster arnie
Review: raw deal is a great film,if you don't really like arnie movie's or think it's okay well this is much different it isn't one of his mad shooting film's it's more of a story killing shooting action film,arnie is stuck as a cop with marrage problems because of what he does so then he goes for his mission with the help of an old friend called harry,he becomes an undercover gangster spreading information to the other police until he has kill his gangster enemies
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Summary: The movie is a Raw Deal until the end!
Review: RAW DEAL is one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's earlier performances, where he plays a 'cop', Kaminski. And basically, when Arnold plays a 'cop' in movies- and its an older action film, you can already tell the plot. MY REVIEW: "This elderly Arnold flick never really picks up until the end. I don't want to spoil it for you, but most of the film is boring until the action packed end! That's where the three stars come in! So fast forward those VCR/DVD players to the last fifteen minutes, and you'll be guaranteed an action packed, explosive ending sequence!"- MJV & the Movies.
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Summary: This Movie is BAD
Review: Raw Deal is the perfect example of a action packed dud. I am a huge Arnold Schwarzenegger fan, but i have to say he is halarious when hes trying to be serious. This film is the weakest link out of Schwarzenegger's long list of films. Raw Deal is a really bad movie.
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Summary: Not one of Arnold's better Efforts
Review: Raw Deal was one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's earliest movies and it shows. He was particularly stiff and didn't seem entire comfortable or believable in his role as an Ex-FBI agent brought back in by his old boss (Darren McGavin) to take down a mob boss in Chicago. Built from the same cookie cutter formula as Commando, Raw Deal is unapologetic brain-in-neutral action cheese. The acting is irrelevant; the dialogue is irrelevant... all that matters is the action, translated as the fact of a fistfight, chase sequence, and/or gun battle every few minutes. It doesn't even really matter why everyone's fighting, just as long as they do in fact fight and the audience is able to tell the good guys from the bad guys. Robert Davi plays the mob boss' second in command and as usual, brings a strong villianous edge to his role. He doesn't trust Arnold who is undercover as an up and coming Mob hood. Schwarzenegger is truly in his element here, falling easily into the generic stereotype role that can best be described as "another muscular hero played by Arnold". He wears the part like a glove, and he's smart enough to know that the movie he's making is "B" grade cheese, a fact that he runs with when delivering his dialogue with an implied wink. One scene in particular comes to mind where he's about to drive a tow truck into a restaurant window, and he politely asks the people standing near the truck "Excuse me, but could you move to the side a little bit?" His method of delivery is dead on; it's plain to see that Arnold has a full grasp on the comedic elements afforded by the script and that he's having a good time. "You should not drink and bake" is another wonderfully delivered side-splitter, though nothing tops the tip o' the hat query of "Who do you think I look like? Dirty Harry?" All in all, pretty mindless, but harmless popcorn fun.
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Summary: Not one of Arnold's better Efforts
Review: Raw Deal was one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's earliest movies and it shows. He was particularly stiff and didn't seem entire comfortable or believable in his role as an Ex-FBI agent brought back in by his old boss (Darren McGavin) to take down a mob boss in Chicago. Built from the same cookie cutter formula as Commando, Raw Deal is unapologetic brain-in-neutral action cheese. The acting is irrelevant; the dialogue is irrelevant... all that matters is the action, translated as the fact of a fistfight, chase sequence, and/or gun battle every few minutes. It doesn't even really matter why everyone's fighting, just as long as they do in fact fight and the audience is able to tell the good guys from the bad guys. Robert Davi plays the mob boss' second in command and as usual, brings a strong villianous edge to his role. He doesn't trust Arnold who is undercover as an up and coming Mob hood. Schwarzenegger is truly in his element here, falling easily into the generic stereotype role that can best be described as "another muscular hero played by Arnold". He wears the part like a glove, and he's smart enough to know that the movie he's making is "B" grade cheese, a fact that he runs with when delivering his dialogue with an implied wink. One scene in particular comes to mind where he's about to drive a tow truck into a restaurant window, and he politely asks the people standing near the truck "Excuse me, but could you move to the side a little bit?" His method of delivery is dead on; it's plain to see that Arnold has a full grasp on the comedic elements afforded by the script and that he's having a good time. "You should not drink and bake" is another wonderfully delivered side-splitter, though nothing tops the tip o' the hat query of "Who do you think I look like? Dirty Harry?" All in all, pretty mindless, but harmless popcorn fun.
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Summary: Raw
Review: Sold entirely on the strength of being an Arnold Schwarzenegger film, 'Raw Deal' isn't actually bad, as such, it's just very dull - although, bizarrely, highbrow film critic Pauline Kael gave it an extremely good review at the time. With strange echoes of the later 'Eraser', Arnie is an FBI agent, and once you have stopped laughing and accepted this you can pay attention to the rest of the film, which is essentially a mid-80's 'war against drugs' telefilm but with more gunplay. And Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's not much fun to watch (a bit like 'Eraser' again, actually), and you'd be better off with 'Commando'.
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