Clint's greatest film ever! No, wait, his worst, a real mess, especially by his standards....
Added 10/20/2008
In the annals of cinema history, Clint Eastwood is rightfully regarded as one of the greatest American filmmakers. He has made many great films, and will continue to do so.
This is not one of them.
This is Clint's worst film, one of his few real duds. It's a long movie at 121 minutes, but even if Clint had edited it down a bit, it still wouldn't be very good. I couldn't help but think that Clint didn't really care about this film too much, as he looks bored throughout, and while Bernadette Peters (I think this was the last starring role she had before she went full time on Broadway) tries to spice things up (and has good on screen chemistry with Clint), it's still a very poor film. There are major plot holes, the biggest of Clint's career. The tone of the film is rather jarring, switching from light comedy to crude one liners to harrowing gun fights with white supremacists. Basically, it's just a mess.
There are a few (just a few) good things. It's shot on location in the Sierras, there is a good chase scene at the end, Jim Carrey appears as an Elvis impersonator, and there is some funny situations at the beginning of the film (Clint's first arrest here is very funny). Clint didn't direct this film, but his production company produced it and Buddy Van Horn directed it. Van Horn is Clint's stunt coordinator and Clint surrogate, and has directed several Clint films (most notably The Dead Pool). So it's really Clint's film, and it's his worst. Most people agree that this film and The Rookie are Clint's worst, but The Rookie is a lot better than this one. If you are a fan of Clint, and you have to see everything he's done, watch this. If you aren't, avoid it.
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Out of gas
Added 2/16/2008
The first Clint Eastwood film not to be given a cinema release and go straight-to-video in most overseas territories is a lightweight but amiable enough star vehicle that casts him as a skip tracer tracking down Bernadette Peters, who has skipped bail and headed for Reno in her recidivist husband's pink Cadillac unaware that the boot contains $250,000 of his neo-Nazi friends' money. The presence of the star's green t-shirt and blue jeans outfit from Every Which Way But Loose clearly signposts it as one of his periodic redneck comedies, but unlike the superior Honkytonk Man and Bronco Billy, there's no depth of feeling here. It's all on the surface and ambles along predictably, but doesn't really have an ending, with action scenes that are decidedly tame and lame and a main villain who's decidely unthreatening (for all their posturing, the bad guys don't really do much more than waste their time on target practice).
A more restrained Peters than we're used to gives better than she gets from the script, but Clint is clearly having a whale of a time with a part that enables him to show a lot more range and extrovert good-humoured charm than much of the rest of his career put together. That said, some of his disguises are a bit hard to take - especially when he dons shades, spats, gold lame suit and Charlie Parker jive - although he does make a worryingly convincing inbred Southern gumby at one point. With the Malpaso stock company represented by Geoffrey Lewis (as a spaced-out hippy that really should have been played by Dennis Hopper), Bill McKinney and Mara Corday and with bit parts from Jim Carrey as a casino entertainer and James Cromwell as a none-too-bright desk clerk, this is clearly one for the money rather than one from the heart. If the script could have done with a tune up and the film benefited from tighter direction and a little pruning, this still just about passes as pleasant enough Saturday night fare for all that, though chances are the only thing about it you'll remember an hour later is the end title song.
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CLINT OH CLINT WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?
Added 4/17/2007
I cannot believe I have to give a movie that has the Man in it
one star,but if you go to buy this BEWARE! This is snore-bore
stage 101. And I love Eastwood films,even those bad ones that
are going thru your mind right now. This however is his worst
EVER! I mean while watching I defy you too not go a least once
ZZZZZ"HUH" WHAT,WHAT HAPPENED?Oh yeah thats right I have Pink
Crapillac on,yeah thats right..ZZZZZZZ=ZZZZZZZZ=ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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worth a try
Added 8/31/2006
Contrary to some of the other reviewers, I thought this movie was decent. Not a real gripping story, I like putting this one on before taking a nap. The scenery and soundtrack are relaxing. If you are new to Clint Eastwood movies, I would go with pale rider or magnum force before buying this one.
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Good Movie
Added 4/19/2006
I like this movie, I don't like bad movies, for example, Dead Man Walking, or anything starring Kevin Bacon. Thus, these other raters are all stupid and worse than Genghis Khan. Yeah go ahead click unhelpful but what I said is true.
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Clint's greatest film ever! No, wait, his worst, a real mess, especially by his standards....
Added 10/20/2008
In the annals of cinema history, Clint Eastwood is rightfully regarded as one of the greatest American filmmakers. He has made many great films, and will continue to do so.
This is not one of them.
This is Clint's worst film, one of his few real duds. It's a long movie at 121 minutes, but even if Clint had edited it down a bit, it still wouldn't be very good. I couldn't help but think that Clint didn't really care about this film too much, as he looks bored throughout, and while Bernadette Peters (I think this was the last starring role she had before she went full time on Broadway) tries to spice things up (and has good on screen chemistry with Clint), it's still a very poor film. There are major plot holes, the biggest of Clint's career. The tone of the film is rather jarring, switching from light comedy to crude one liners to harrowing gun fights with white supremacists. Basically, it's just a mess.
There are a few (just a few) good things. It's shot on location in the Sierras, there is a good chase scene at the end, Jim Carrey appears as an Elvis impersonator, and there is some funny situations at the beginning of the film (Clint's first arrest here is very funny). Clint didn't direct this film, but his production company produced it and Buddy Van Horn directed it. Van Horn is Clint's stunt coordinator and Clint surrogate, and has directed several Clint films (most notably The Dead Pool). So it's really Clint's film, and it's his worst. Most people agree that this film and The Rookie are Clint's worst, but The Rookie is a lot better than this one. If you are a fan of Clint, and you have to see everything he's done, watch this. If you aren't, avoid it.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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Out of gas
Added 2/16/2008
The first Clint Eastwood film not to be given a cinema release and go straight-to-video in most overseas territories is a lightweight but amiable enough star vehicle that casts him as a skip tracer tracking down Bernadette Peters, who has skipped bail and headed for Reno in her recidivist husband's pink Cadillac unaware that the boot contains $250,000 of his neo-Nazi friends' money. The presence of the star's green t-shirt and blue jeans outfit from Every Which Way But Loose clearly signposts it as one of his periodic redneck comedies, but unlike the superior Honkytonk Man and Bronco Billy, there's no depth of feeling here. It's all on the surface and ambles along predictably, but doesn't really have an ending, with action scenes that are decidedly tame and lame and a main villain who's decidely unthreatening (for all their posturing, the bad guys don't really do much more than waste their time on target practice).
A more restrained Peters than we're used to gives better than she gets from the script, but Clint is clearly having a whale of a time with a part that enables him to show a lot more range and extrovert good-humoured charm than much of the rest of his career put together. That said, some of his disguises are a bit hard to take - especially when he dons shades, spats, gold lame suit and Charlie Parker jive - although he does make a worryingly convincing inbred Southern gumby at one point. With the Malpaso stock company represented by Geoffrey Lewis (as a spaced-out hippy that really should have been played by Dennis Hopper), Bill McKinney and Mara Corday and with bit parts from Jim Carrey as a casino entertainer and James Cromwell as a none-too-bright desk clerk, this is clearly one for the money rather than one from the heart. If the script could have done with a tune up and the film benefited from tighter direction and a little pruning, this still just about passes as pleasant enough Saturday night fare for all that, though chances are the only thing about it you'll remember an hour later is the end title song.
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CLINT OH CLINT WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?
Added 4/17/2007
I cannot believe I have to give a movie that has the Man in it
one star,but if you go to buy this BEWARE! This is snore-bore
stage 101. And I love Eastwood films,even those bad ones that
are going thru your mind right now. This however is his worst
EVER! I mean while watching I defy you too not go a least once
ZZZZZ"HUH" WHAT,WHAT HAPPENED?Oh yeah thats right I have Pink
Crapillac on,yeah thats right..ZZZZZZZ=ZZZZZZZZ=ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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