dan_nash

I saw this movie well over ten years ago - very late at night. I had no idea what it was nor have I seen it since, but it has always stayed in my memory. I only found it here after running numerous internet searches on the sketchy information I remembered from the film. A painstakingly long process (especially when memory tells you that the tribesman was Yaphet Kotto ?! and you spend half an afternoon trawling through every picture he has ever been a part of - but not so bad as an antidote to the boredom of another Monday at work! Now that I know what it is I will certainly be looking to add it to my movie collection. A film that has stuck with me for this long has to be good, no? I've marked it 10 on that basis...

"Reynolds should have hung up his boots after Smokey and the Bandit II" - Fiction

"Reynolds has still got what it takes as an action hero" - Fact

What a movie! Mindblowing! To see an actor of Burts calibre still diving about (performing his own Slow-mo stunts, no less) really brings a tear to my eye.

Keith Carradine is the perfect foil to our hero as Reynolds' toughest movie opponent since Jackie Gleason (may god rest his soul) last chased him 'eastbound and down' Charles Durning puts in a wonderful turn as burts seemingly inept former partner but looks can be deceiving there's life in the old boy yet! All in all a wonderful film that i can highly recommend to anyone Go Burt!