Tough Guys
1986VOTE NOW
| Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: October 3, 1986 |
Starring:
Alexis Smith, Billy Barty, Burt Lancaster, Charles Durning, Dana Carvey, Darlanne Fluegel, Eli Wallach, Kirk Douglas, Monty Ash, Simmy Bow
Summary:
Two elderly gangsters are released from prison only to find they have trouble fitting in as old men who still take no guff from anyone.
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There are some good laughs and ironic twists in the story, along with a nagging vulgarity. Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas make a terrific team, and director Jeff Kanew gives them free rein to amuse us. [3 Oct 1986, p.23]
Moments of life intrude, particularly with the periodic appearance of Eli Wallach as a superannuated hitman, a truly bizarre performance (he's got a sawed-off shotgun but his eyes are so bad it doesn't matter). And there are times when the sheer vitality of the two stars -- particularly Lancaster, who has not lost a thing -- promises to lift the movie. But it's too flimsy, and we're left with two stars in search of a story. For a while, it's fun watching them hunt. Then it's just a chore. [3 Oct 1986, p.D2]
Regrettably, director Jeff Kanew has no use for touches like these. His
film is broad, flat and superficial. The first half is devoted to quick,
sketch-like scenes in which Douglas and Lancaster encounter various bizarre
phenomena of '80s life (punks, frozen yogurt, aerobic exercise) and look
surprised. The second half wanders into the standard "go for it" territory,
as the two stars decide to take another crack at the train they failed to rob
30 years ago. [3 Oct 1986, p.D]
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