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THIS MOVIE IS SO STUPID!

posted 10 years ago by Chucktesta2574
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Sondra Locke stinks. So many Clint Eastwood movies, so many Clint Eastwood movies with Sondra Locke. Ugh, she stinks on ice!

So, the population of Phoenix in 1977 was less than 750,000 people, so why'd they have so many damn cops? There was at least 1,000 cops that made up The Gauntlet, right? Ridiculous!! Then the cops just allow Sandra Locke to shoot the Commish? They do NOTHING?? Nothing at all?? "Nag, nag, nag", and...roll credits. Left me so dissatisfuied.

Two bikers and an old lady are kicking his a$$, but stupid Locke takes her shirt off and the possibility for rape is just so intriguing that they completely ignore Eastwood and then get thrown off of the train. Again, STUPID!!!

Oh, stupid helicoptor hitmen can't kill them on a Harley? Really? Couldn't they just run him down?? Tilt the rotor so that he has blades coming out of his ass! Knock them down with the force of the down-wind pressure, land, shoot them both in the friggin head, DONE!

Best and only satisfying part is when the biker broad gets punched in the face by Clint and takes a lil' tumble right off the train.

To summarize, this movie is like 10lbs. of sh!t in a 5lb. bag.

[–] juanpide-1 10 years ago

It's funny but has many other stupid things
If they had shot to the wheels they would have destroyed them quickly.
In the final scene why didn't they take Clint's gun off his hands?
why didn't they take the boss' gun off his hands too or shot him?

[–] Anthropophobe 10 years ago

You're right! By far one of the most stupid movies I ever saw... and by far the worst done by Clint Eastwood...

[–] wmlopez 10 years ago

But super entertainment!

[–] rpartrid-2 10 years ago

stupid doesn't do it justice - what's a word meaning beyond stupid - idiotic imbecilic even those seem inadequate for this

[–] Chucktesta2574 10 years ago

You're right. How 'about this movie is so bad that by way of comparison, "Any Which Way You Can/But Loose" should've been nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture, respectively.

[–] rpartrid-2 10 years ago

perfect

[–] britika 9 years ago

You make some good points.

I think the "funniest" scene is where the bikers (who are beating up Shockley) just drop everything and go to Gus (who's just unbuttoned her top) with the intention of sexually assaulting her. Like they'd really do that...

But seriously, I really don't think this is *that bad* of a movie. I actually think that of the movies Clint and Sondra did together that this is the best one. You just have to take it for what it is -- accept it for all it's bad and just watch it!!!

[–] rascal67 9 years ago

In spite of some overkill in the action sequences, I find this late 70's Eastwood venture very enjoyable. I think this and SUDDEN IMPACT-83', is the best I have seen of Locke. She is very effective here. It was apparently a Streisand vehicle before she dropped out and Eastwood bought the script rights from her. Horses for courses; but the film was still a hit and perhaps Streisand should have stayed on board.

[–] Sidewindr 8 years ago

Oh, stupid helicoptor hitmen can't kill them on a Harley? Really? Couldn't they just run him down?? Tilt the rotor so that he has blades coming out of his ass! Knock them down with the force of the down-wind pressure, land, shoot them both in the friggin head, DONE!

You know nothing of helicopters or as you put it "helicoptors", your suggestions are just as farcical as some of the elements you are complaining about.

[–] king_cooler 8 years ago

It sure is. Awful.

[–] PenTheater 8 years ago

There are a lot of movies like this that were made, created by a world that grew up on comic books. The comic book world (anything can happen) turned into the film, real, world.
The point is the story, or the action, not the implausible details. We over think them now because we can.
Just enjoy it, then trade in for another one.

Ephemeron.