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Robert Hooks kicks a**

posted 14 years ago by treshon
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Robert Hooks was awesome in this, and proves why he should have had more leading roles like he did as a badazz mofo in 'Trouble Man'.

One thing that bothered me about Lynn Redgrave was her flippin' teeth.

Maybe it was the type of film used, the lighting, or maybe just make up etc., but her teeth were so YELLOW, it was very hard to NOT look at her teeth every time she was on screen. Not sure what that was about, as Coburn and Hooks had white teeth.

I'm not sure why it was originally rated 'X' except for maybe one scene between Hooks and some lady sitting...er...on top of him - both naked. But other than that, not sure.

I also don't want to forget the sweaty funk music that broke out in the last quarter of the film. Made sense after I remembered that Quincy Jones did the soundtrack.

[–] zurichpoet 14 years ago

It's something. That's for sure. Lumet, Tennessee, Vidal. I couldn't say no!

James Coburn gets that look down of the man, eyes dazed and dulled and wild from years of healthy consumption. And they've consumed more than just food. Ha ha!

[–] movieman-227 8 years ago

How this earned an "X" rating--even back in the day when the MPAA was "X" crazy--is truly mind-boggling.
Was it the mere suggestion of miscegenation and bisexuality?
"The Wild Bunch" (released the previous year) and "The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart" (released later that year) would have seemed more deserving candidates for an "X."
The film is definitely better than its reputation, and might have actually been pretty good with someone than than Redgrave as Myrtle. She's egregiously miscast, and it's quite possibly the single worst performance of her career.
Coburn and (especially) Hooks are both fine, however.

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