iliketowatch

1.0 out of 5 stars Dated and dull

Reviewed in the United States on 3 July 2005

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Uncut magazine from England rated this 5 stars and DVD of the month. They also claimed the Coen Brothers paid tribute to it Big Lebowski. This was enough to make me shell out the bucks and buy it.

Imagine my dissapointment. The picture and sound quality were dire. Too much contrast in the video and the sound had to be turned up super loud to follow the dialogue.

The movie came across as just another viet vet/counter culture exploitation movie with a trite plot that hardly went anywhere and never engaged me or made me feel any suspense. Dialogue was dated and cliched.

I'll never trust an Uncut Reviewer again. Don't waste your money on this one.

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kari Pirhonen

3.0 out of 5 stars Walken is God

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 May 2025

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I love this movie with its story and actors but unfortunately the movie should be restored so that the picture can reach its full glory. After this

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I have loved this movie for decades and always wanted a copy. At last I have it. It went straight into the DVD player quality is good for an 80's movie and a disk that is not "mass produced". The signed copy was unexpected for me and struck me as cool. I originally saw " The American Success Co." version, as I remember it being called, on HBO(?) as a kid about 1980. I cannot recommend this film enough. Super fun to watch and surely one of Bridges best performances ever. Love the story.

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 agnes mackintosh

1.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase

big disappointment

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 May 2014

I looked forward to this dvd and was quite happy when it arrived promptly, as usual, so my disappointment had nothing to do with the merchants or suppliers - it was simply that it was a rubbish film, badly acted.

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 Dean Houghton

3.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 December 2022

Very disappointing what's the point in putting the tv cut on the 4k when it's not even been remastered?

TV cut isn't on the standard version of this movie .

Scream factory in the US included ba separate blu ray for that version of the movie

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 May 2021 Verified Purchase

This film. Is. Amazing. always considered myself an Arnie fan, but I'd never seen this one The film opens like a cheesey Hallmark TV movie of the week, with a softly-spoken voice-over delivering some opening exposition in the form of a letter written to Jeff Bridges' character, Craig. Spoiler alert: Craig is irredeemable trash in this film.

Just when you think you're settling in for a warm, fuzzy coming-of-age tale, the film shifts gears and becomes a gritty 70s exploitation film. For a bit. The tonal shifts in this movie will give you whip-lash. It's a drama, it's a comedy, it's a thriller, it's a sex-romp, it's a bit racist. If I'm lyin' I'm dyin'.

We are introduced to new characters, on average, every 30 seconds. They will have varying levels of importance throughout the film.

There's a new scene every 5 minutes. This film is great value for money as there is, conservatively, 3-4 films-worth of storylines crammed

into its 2-hour runtime.

Arnold delivers a surprisingly nuanced and philosophical performance as Joe 'Mr Austria" Santo, a man who is clearly a victim of human trafficking and debt bondage/indentured servitude, and gets a lot of screen time for a niche actor early in his career. Special mention to Arnold's mole. RIP,

There's an unnecessarily long scene with some hillbillies getting drunk in the woods. Arnold plays the fiddle. Jeff Bridges dances. It's perfect.

The final 5-10 minutes of this film really goes off the rails. won't spoil it, but it involves campy comedy and serious sexual assault. Don't think those things go together? You're are correct.

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 enrique vaxquez

5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase

fantastic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 March 2019

fantastic

 Nice_Lieutenant

1.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase

Hearts of the West

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 February 2015

Absolute rubbish

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Jeff M Reviewed in the United States on 13 February 2015

3.0 out of 5 stars Verified Purchase

My Dad loved this movie

My Dad loved this movie. Some of the humor is lost on me but to each his own. It was nice seeing Sam Waterson in something other than Law and Order.

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mr c gee

5 stars 2013

not well known but real.

saw this film when I was a kid , exciting, vice , a real trip.

theres no good films been released recently , so do yourself a favour, watch it.

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