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TomServo

"You know what it means when someone like me gets off to a bad start? Not a goddamn thing!"

8 years 6 months ago

tomsalad

This movie's just good old fun with some awesome stunts, especially the helicopter stunts.

13 years 11 months ago

An extended chase through the countryside à la Vanishing Point, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry follows three characters as they race from a robbery, and while it has some nice dialog, it's still a little underwritten. We understand the motivations of Crazy Larry and his mechanic Deke (Peter Fonda and Adam Roarke respectively), but tag-along Dirty Mary (Susan George) is a bit of a mystery. Why is she so keen on following these boys? Similarly, the cop who's after them treats them like his White Whale, but there's no indication as to why other than some midlife crisis maybe. On the one hand, I want more. On the other, I do like the ambiguity. Some nice chase stuff, anti-heroes with spark (Susan George especially - they really should have reversed the epithets, frankly), but... that ending. No. It's very 70s, but no. It's insane to end it like that, and I don't think they earned it, even if it's presumably how the short story it's based on does it. Change it and my rating would improve, because I really did have fun until then.

7 months 3 weeks ago