The grittiest, manly movie I ever saw
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I won't say it's the manliest movie I ever saw (lots compete for that title), but hot dang would I be hard pressed not to say that it's the grittiest movie I ever saw.
I love this film, and it's easily one of Friedkin's best. From start to finish it's just such a crazy thrillride, all done with practical effects and an amazing cast filled with unpredictable moments.
There's no doubt it's one of the most masculine films ever put to celluloid, though.
They literally do not make films like this anymore and I doubt they ever will.
Tru dat. I could not say it better myself.
sharethe dancing with that lady at the end may disqualify it from that title.
sharealthough he does get shot while doing that....so it may cancel that out! It's MANLY again!!
shareOnly in the revisionist blu-ray release supervised by Friedkin himself. Shooting him in the end in front of all those people just doesn't make sense.
shareWow, I have not seen that ending but I can tell you I dont like it. It obvious he fukked.
shareis there an ending that shows it? I only know about the faint gunshot you can hear right after the hitmen walk in and right before it cuts to black. it doesn't actually show it. You have to turn the audio up on some devices to hear it
so the gunshot sound wasn't there originally?
Its only the sound.
Yep, to my knowledge the gun sound was added for the bluray release.
oh interesting. that changes things.
wonder why he did it and why he wasn't happy with how it originally was
I don't know, but Friedkin is like George Lucas, he just can't let his movies be and almost always fiddling with them when its time to release them on some home video format. Cruising, The Exorcist and The French Connection got the treatment also.
shareRoad House is the manliest movie I ever saw. This might be a solid top 5 though.
shareA fine movie, and very manly indeed.
My vote for the most manly movie has to go to John Wayne in The Searchers (56).
Conan the Barbarian (82) being a close 2nd.
John Boorman's 1968 HELL IN THE PACIFIC with Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune!
shareJust watched it for the first time Steve, and I must say, it is a damn fine film indeed. It’s certainly one of the grittiest movies I’ve had the pleasure of watching.
shareGlad you liked it man. Dont you just love the experience of watching some old movie you have never seen and maybe never heard about and just being like, wow that was awesome?
shareAbsolutely, but more so, this movie had me floored. The anxiety I felt during the trucking scenes was palpable and I can not express how much I enjoyed the writing as well as acting. All of these individuals converging at the crossroads of their lives and the consequences of such, and to take on this harrowing mission together. And I kept thinking up until the shootout scene, that the hitman character was there to take out Roy Sheider’s character, from the church heist. And then to find out he’s simply running away from his past too, and to see the bond develop between the two when they’re laughing over getting laid, and he says “Do it for me!” In regards to two girls at the same time, you just want so badly for these guys to succeed.
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