Studio executives summary / pitch
|
| Jokey
slapstick about a bare knuckle fighter and his Orangutan.
|
Short plot
summary |
|
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. |
Rating |
| 12+.
Comic 'count
the inches of air between his fist and his chin'
violence,
moments of hairy, naked orangutans with, thankfully, discrete genitalia. |
What our
panel of critics thought |
|
"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?" |
Please
tell me the ending
|
| The
Eastwood character wins last fight. In a sub plot, an old woman gets her drivers
license. |
What
snack should I eat while watching this movie? |
| Anything
which could explode comically/violently when crunched. |
Could this
be made more cheaply? |
|
Not if you want
respected Dirty Harry star Clint Eastwood. Good
touch with the monkey, who must have brought the costs down significantly. |
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. |
How funny
is this film? |
|
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.) |
What
can I take from this movie to make me a better person?
|
| 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. |
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. |
If you were
kidnapped by Nazi's and told to summarize this movie in one word, vat vould zee
vord be? |
|
Dusty |
Other
comments |
|
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. |
Date
of this review |
| October
29 , 2002 |