Never rooted more in a movie than this one when Bridges finally stands up to kick ass against these sadistic creeps.. which is also saying props to Tony Musante and Sheen for their manic performances as well. A neglected,stark, gut wrenching masterpiece of film making.
shareEven though they must be on the longest running local train in NY histroy going 30 minutes between stops, it is a great movie. So well acted.
shareIndeed. I first saw this film many years ago and was quite surprised at what a fine actor Ed McMahon was. Check him out as "The Man" in Slaughter's Big Rip-Off!
shareI love the ending with Beau Bridges opening up a ten gallon drum of vicious whup-ass on Tony Musante's ass. It's one of the most exciting and realistic fight scenes I have ever seen in a film. Moreover, I loved the moment when Bridges asks his soldier buddy Bob Bannard where he was when Beau made his stand against the thugs.
Nobody does W.C. Fields singing "Mama Told Me Not to Come" better than Paul Frees.
I think I'm repeating myself from another discussion on this movie, but whatever. There are two instances in this movie that show how courage can be found in unlikely places. 1. A soldier with a broken arm putting up a fight 2. The old lady turning around and slapping the Tony Musante character. Sad that the greaser, and the other soldier do NOTHING!
shareFunny how these "tough guys" dropped like a house of cards when the one-armed Beau Bridges character finally fought back. Notice how the one was crying like a school girl when it was all over. So it is with bullies.
It really made me mad that the cops automatically assumed that the Arnold Robinson character was the perpetrator at first though.
"So it is with bullies"
Only in movies and boys' stories.
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