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3.0 out of 5 stars
Violent gangster melodrama apparently intended as a black comedy; if so, as clumsy as its title...,
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This review is from: 99 and 44/100% Dead (DVD)
Basically, the film is the age-old theme of a struggle for power between two rival gangs, one led by Uncle Frank (Edmond O'Brien) and the other by Big Eddie (Bradford Dillman). Uncle Frank hires professional killer Harry Crown (Richard Harris), while Big Eddie sends for Marvin "Claw" Zuckerman (Chuck Connors).People get shot, dynamited, beaten up and blown sky-high... There's a whole bordello full of beautiful gir1s called "Dolly's Incorporated" and plenty of fighting between Harris and Connors... The mixture as before? Well, yes, except that Frankenheimer has tended to film this as a satire on gangsters... The gangster film has changed, because gangsters themselves have changed... Al Capone is long dead... The Godfather, Scarface, The Last Don, The Untouchables have taken his place... Edward G. Robinson has gone and Cagney too... But the gangster film will continue. "Get this, pal - it'll kill you." It sure will... |
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99 and 44/100% Dead [VHS] by John Frankenheimer (VHS Tape)
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