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Which Way But Loose |
Studio executives summary / pitch
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| Jokey slapstick about a bare knuckle fighter and his Orangutan. |
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Short plot
summary |
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Loner trucker (Clint Eastwood) (who loves the ladies) gets into some scrapes with his 'partner', an Orangutan. Trucker bare-knuckle fights to make money, and sometimes to settle bar room scores about peanuts. Eastwood goes defiantly down market. |
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Rating |
| 12+. Comic 'count the inches of air between his fist and his chin' violence, moments of hairy, naked orangutans with, thankfully, discrete genitalia. |
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What our
panel of critics thought |
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"At the time of its release Clint Eastwood was given much stick for dumbing down like this. It is time we started the assault all over again: Has everything including the fart jokes. Pppfft!" "A live action comic strip flick." "Is this based on a comic strip? Or is he really that tall?" "It's one of those everyone-knows-it facts that Clint Eastwood is tall. If it ever came out that this is a conspiracy I think I will go to the mountains and shack up with a moose." "A nicely chiseled Clint who never had a particularly attractive upper body, but he always managed to give the impression he could kick ass efficiently and to budget." "One of those movies which has that ever-present danger that someone is about to start singing 'tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree'. The movie is nothing if not twangy." "A country and western heaven. Everything, including a guest appearance from Charlie Rich." "So, we got BJ and the Bear and the Dukes of Hazzard out of this movie?" |
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Please
tell me the ending
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| The Eastwood character wins last fight. In a sub plot, an old woman gets her drivers license. |
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What
snack should I eat while watching this movie? |
| Anything which could explode comically/violently when crunched. |
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Could this
be made more cheaply? |
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Not if you want respected Dirty Harry star Clint Eastwood. Good touch with the monkey, who must have brought the costs down significantly. |
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Is there
enough bare knuckle fighting in this movie? |
| It is a very comic strip affair. Slightly less convincing that Claud Van Damme's worst. Has dated now that Fight Club is the standard, the fight scenes are very pro-wrestleresque. |
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How funny
is this film? |
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There are moments of impressive ape acrobatics (note the bit where Clint points two fingers at the monkey, says "bang" and the monkey drops to the ground.) |
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What
can I take from this movie to make me a better person?
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| Always make sure someone you have offered to fight outside is much shorter and thinner than you are, to avoid embarrassment. AND NEVER PICK A FIGHT WITH CLINT EASTWOOD. |
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How much
would you pay for a copy of this movie in goods. |
| Directions to an underground bare knuckle boxing session, with free box of popcorn. |
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If you were
kidnapped by Nazi's and told to summarize this movie in one word, vat vould zee
vord be? |
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Dusty |
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Other
comments |
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Is very much a lesser Clint Eastwood movie, although in its time very popular. Did this lead on to BJ and the Bear? Certainly has the comic character 'baddy' feel of Dukes of Hazzard too. |
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Date
of this review |
| October 29 , 2002 |
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