The Escape of Prisoner 614

Despite some massive inconsistencies in the logistics of the plot and some amateurish acting the absurd premise does deliver a kind of Disney comic appeal. I guess 'the historical setting' allows the use of the 'n word', which in a more contemporary setting would be frowned upon by the largely disenfranchised classes. Maybe some people in the theaters would suck in their breath while others would just snigger and pop popcorn. The main character played deadpan by George Sample III gets seventh billing in the credits. So, what's new? Marla, played by Sondra James is the real star, with some great lines.

REVIEW - THE ESCAPE OF PRISONER 614

I've been meaning to watch this film for a while and finally got around to doing so.

I saw the trailer while waiting for another movie to start and I must admit I was very pleasantly surprised.

The trailer makes the film seem to be one genre of film but upon watching the film itself you quickly realise that it's actually both, again I'm not going to give too much away, but needless to say I thoroughly enjoyed this.

It's slow, as its set in a small town where nothing ever happens, this fact is true to the whole essence of the story, the film and the location.

Personally I really enjoyed this but I'm aware that others may not.

Acting is excellent, story excellent, just an interesting bit of fun for a Sunday evening.

Rating 8 out of 10

Are you gonna take your badges or guns?

If you like conversation between 2 guys who can't tell how dumb they are this is for you.

20 minutes is enough for me... Hey, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

This movie must have been funded by tobacco companies. The dude's are lighting up in virtually every scene. Jeez, enough with the cigarette smoke already. Why does Hollywood continue with this when the coolness of smoking has been dead twenty years? Beats me, but Hollywood sure still loves it. I guess they will continue to love it as long as the bucks from tobacco companies keep rolling in. Hollywood continues to be so phony and out of tune, it's really irritating. The Marlboro man would have been in the front row watching this if he wouldn't have croaked from lung cancer. If it wasn't for the ridiculous inhaling of fumes, I would probably have given this a 4 (cause the acting wasn't bad when they were acting and not smoking) but with all the unimaginative tobacco partaking, I lowered it to a 1. Guess now after watching this cloud of carcinogens movie, I need to head over to the local liquor store and grab me a pack of smokes.

I dont mind a slowburning comedy, but I DO mind a tedious comedy.

The bad: this "comedy" is an "in your face" comedy, whose jokes are right in my face: THIS is a joke (now laugh), THAT is a joke (now laugh again). NO subtleties whatsoever. It's a sort of a farce, but without being actually funny. THAT's a problem, when wanting to make a comedy.

All bad? Nope. The supporting actors are good, although nothing out of the ordinary, but the problem is that the 2 main leading actors definitely arent that funny.

The story: 2 nitwit cops in rural america, who are too afraid to even fire their own guns, are in pursuit of an escaped prisoner. They find him. They loose him. They find him again bla bla bla

Not all bad, but a bit tedious and lacking in cracking laughs...