Raw Deal

De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | Release Date: June 6, 1986

6.6	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 19 Ratings

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gracjanskiApr 1, 2020

The first 2 thirds are very good: The story has more importance and the action scenes are realistic. But in the end the action is getting more and more dumb until it gets ridiculous. Commando from 1985 was similar btw..
The characters...The first 2 thirds are very good: The story has more importance and the action scenes are realistic. But in the end the action is getting more and more dumb until it gets ridiculous. Commando from 1985 was similar btw..
The characters... There are some things I dont understand. The wife of Arnie is horrible and selfish. This was unacceptable and Arnie was supporting this. So stupid. And what about the other woman Monique? Alcohol problem, a slut and a spy. And Arnie was buying her expensive clothes and gave her a quarter million dollar in the end. and even didnt sleep with her Ridiculous, I would enjoy her great body and kick her butt after that. Who wrote these characters? Feminists?
So the beginning and the middle were good: 8/10, but the end was miserable 3/10.… Expand

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kyle20ellisMar 28, 2022

'Raw Deal' is for me somewhat of a tough film to rate and review. It is not a great, or even a good, film and is as close to ridiculous as Arnold Schwarznegger films get. At the same time, it's difficult to be too hard on 'Raw Deal' because'Raw Deal' is for me somewhat of a tough film to rate and review. It is not a great, or even a good, film and is as close to ridiculous as Arnold Schwarznegger films get. At the same time, it's difficult to be too hard on 'Raw Deal' because there is some entertainment value.

Let's start with the good things. Schwarznegger is not the greatest of actors and never has been, but he has always had a hugely charismatic screen presence, a larger-than-life likability and a knack for action sequences. One gets all of this from his performance in 'Raw Deal', even with some expressionless and moments where he does struggle with lines he is immensely watchable and it is very vintage Schwarznegger. Generally it is the cast that come off best. Robert Davi is a rightly hiss-able bad guy and Kathryn Harrold has charm and sass. Sam Wanamaker and Paul Shenar make much of relatively little, they bring colourful menace to their stereotypical roles despite (particularly Shenar) being underused.

There are a few fun one-liners here and there and some excitement in the action. Can't say that on the whole as individual components the script and action were great, but the entertainment was there. The soundtrack is cool too and the scenery has atmosphere.

On the other hand, the story is not just ridiculous (even by Schwarznegger film standards) and generic but has too many scenes that feel like filler and either drag the story out or confuse it. A few nice one-liners here and there, but the script is quite weak and there is a lot of unintentional humour and next to no care developing the characters in a film littered with stereotypes (only Kaminski has any kind of development).

Action-wise, 'Raw Deal' is hardly amateurish and has some exciting moments but too much of it is too routine and a huge amount of suspension of disbelief is needed. Although the ending is certainly memorable, more so than most of the stuff before it, it's for all the wrong reasons. Visually, it has a low-budget made-for-TV-production-like look to it. Ed Lauter is pretty wasted and while the direction is competent it's never more than that.

In conclusion, watchable but doesn't feel cooked all the way through. 5/10 Bethany Cox… Expand

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MglovesfunApr 7, 2020

Undoubtedly a bad movie. But pretty watchable. Arnie's charismatic if typical performance saves the movie from being an absolute snooze-fest.

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