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Anybody out there seen this?


If so any good?

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It’s really bad. Cynical post-Viet Nam spy flick in which USSR characters are portrayed sympathetically while CIA brass are criminals specializing in extortion and murdering innocent people. Burt Lancaster is old and overweight and not believable. The writing and acting is typical Hollywood pretentious drivel. In one scene, Lancaster is in full on blackface and costumed as a hip African minister. It’s pretty cringeworthy when the director focuses on the fake pigmentation of his hand as he smiles and waves like a buffoon to some Black children. Oh, and the script is littered with lines like this: “You’re beautiful Jean. But sometimes you have the bad breath of priests.” WTF?

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I've seen it now and thought it was just alright, had some good action but not very good overall.

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I saw it in the movie theater when I was 11. Didn't think much of it, but I was also 11. Not much action.

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