L'arme au poing

Titre original : Firepower

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Sophia Loren, James Coburn, and O.J. Simpson in L'arme au poing (1979)

Caper Action Adventure Crime Drama Thriller

Un mercenaire est engagé par le F.B.I. pour traquer un puissant criminel reclus. Une femme essaie également de le traquer pour sa vendetta personnelle.Un mercenaire est engagé par le F.B.I. pour traquer un puissant criminel reclus. Une femme essaie également de le traquer pour sa vendetta personnelle.Un mercenaire est engagé par le F.B.I. pour traquer un puissant criminel reclus. Une femme essaie également de le traquer pour sa vendetta personnelle.

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6/10

Ridiculously twisted Winner movie

Michael Winner's films aren't complete without a lot of blood, and this one has enough to fill a bucket or two.

James Coburn is the retired hitman who comes back in to kidnap a certain Karl Stegner, a mysterious and very wealthy man wanted by the IRS and various other federal agencies.

Coburn teams up mainly with OJ Simpson, with some dubious assistance from Sophia Loren, and we have a 70s high-tech sort of caper. Lots of gadgetry, most of it explosive, large quantities of double-crossing and shooting, plenty of pretty shots of the Caribbean from floating gin palaces, and a plot of such ludicrous over-complexity that it's silly.

It was obviously immense fun to make: several very large houses get burned down, bulldozed and otherwise trashed. As do various means of transportation. With lots of explosions and shooting.

It's implausible and it's almost impossible to understand why anyone would do what these people do, but apparently this is what they do. Bullets fly and things blow up.

There is an awful lot of frenetic activity, constantly accompanied by the sound of gunfire with regular scenes of conflagration.

Did I mention that there's a lot of shooting and explosions in this? In case I didn't, there is, as well as a very confusing plot.

It's not a very good movie.

Penfold-13
12 déc. 1999
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Anecdotes
Charles Bronson was considered for the role of Jerry Fanon. Rumors had it that Bronson turned this movie down because the producers had refused to write in a role for his wife, Jill Ireland. With much of the pre-production crew already on-location in the Caribbean, Sir Lew Grade wanted to shut down the production when Bronson pulled out. Realizing how much money he had already sunk into a movie that had not properly secured its star actors and actresses, Grade saved face by moving ahead using James Coburn as a replacement for Bronson.

Gaffes
During the first meeting with Sophia Loren and Vincent Gardenia in his D.C. office.

Citations
Leo Gelhorn: The only virtue of the stupid is that they don't live long.

Versions alternatives
The film was originally released theatrically in the UK with an uncut 'AA' (15) certificate and later reissued as an 'A' (PG) with cuts to some of the bloodier shootings, shots of men on fire, a wire strangling and a brief shot of a topless woman. The 1986 video was upgraded to a 15 certificate and restored the later cinema edits though 15 secs were cut from a cockfighting scene.