The Gauntlet |
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List Price: $12.98
Our Price: $4.47
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Product Description
Eastwood stars as a Phoenix cop sent to Las Vegas to bring back a hooker whom everyone is trying to kill as a witness.
Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: R
Street Date: 11/02/04
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language: ENGLISH
Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve
Amazon.com
Clint Eastwood is a down-and-out cop who is sent on a routine mission to pick up a witness and deliver her to the Phoenix courthouse. Sounds easy until he realizes he's been set up by the man who gave him this simple assignment. The interplay between Eastwood and the witness, a clever prostitute played by the actor's former girlfriend, Sondra Locke, is tough and playful. They obviously had strong chemistry. The story is highly implausible at times, but the action sequences are satisfying. Eastwood directs The Gauntlet very much in the style of his Academy Award-winning Western Unforgiven. Although the body count is surprisingly low for an Eastwood action film, a house, several cars, and a large bus get shot through with more holes than a big wheel of Swiss cheese. For Eastwood fans, this is the laconic hero at his prime. --Richard Natale
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Great Blu-ray transfer, 2010-02-22
I usually don't comment on movies, but this one is especially noteworthy for Eastwood fans. For a movie that was shot in 1977, the Blu-ray picture transfer on this movie is excellent. Since there was no such thing as DTS Master Audio in 1977, or even digital audio for that matter, the sound quality is therefore mediocre at best but it's still watchable. Unless it's under $10 bucks, I generally never buy Blu-ray movies that were not originally shot on HD equipment. These old transfers are kind of like handing a mechanic a blow torch and telling them to turn an old Volkswagen into a Ferrari. Anything before 2006 will never be a true 100% Blu-ray quality movie, but if you like The Gauntlet it's worth buying the Blu-ray version.
Gauntlet, 2010-01-30
The movie came in a short time and we enjoyed it. The price was good also.
Over the top fun- 70's style!, 2009-07-26
I watched this last night for the first time since seeing it on HBO in the early 1980's. I love about every Clint Eastwood movie I've ever seen, and this is no exception! Sure, as others have pointed out, you have to suspend belief (like any other action movie today) and the end is a bit over the top- but it's just a fun, action packed thrill ride. There are actualy some very good performances and the characters are interesting. Just sit back and enjoy a good time action flick- 70's style!
Hokey fun, 2009-07-20
The Bottom Line:
As long as you don't approach The Gauntlet with anything close to a literal mindset you'll probably have a good time: Clint is in top form as Clint the Cop (back before he could play anyone else) escorting a prisoner back to Arizona when all heck breaks loose, and the movie is stupidly enjoyable from start to finish.
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Over the top and entertaining, 2009-04-15
In the 1970s when star/director Clint Eastwood was at the top of his game, I guess he still is, he made a cop movie, The Gauntlet, that poked fun at his super-cop mystique he created in the Dirty Harry movies. Eastwood is Ben Shockley, a Phoenix police officer who joined the force for all the right reasons but he's been beaten down over the years as he waits for his big case. He seems to get a shot at it with orders to extradite a prisoner from Vegas, Gus Mally who happens to be a prostitute testifying in a low-level trial. Things aren't as they seem though as Shockley and Gus discover that the mob and maybe even the police are gunning for them. Can they make it back to Vegas before they're finished off? There's plot holes here and the last 10 minutes is as ridiculous and over the top as you can get, but that's the appeal of the movie. It's entertaining from start to finish as the storyline unravels and some twists are revealed.
Taking some jabs at Harry Callahan, Eastwood as Phoenix police officer Ben Shockley is a good if not great performance. As Shockley discovers he was picked for the job for all the wrong reasons, the veteran officer regains some of the drive and motivation he'd lost over the years. Sondra Locke gives one of her best performance as Augustina "Gus" Mally, a prostitute expected to testify in a mob trial. Locke shows she can handle her own against Eastwood with a role so few movies have, a strong and smart woman. Pat Hingle leads the supporting cast as Josephson, Shockley's old partner who may be the only straight cop around. William Prince is just the opposite as Blakelock, the police commissioner looking out for No. 1. Bill McKinney gives a memorable turn as a country constable Shockley and Mally run across with Michael Cavanaugh playing Feyderspiel, the assistant DA who seems too perfect.
Along with a good if not great widescreen presentation, the DVD has a trailer and cast and crew info which is really just an Eastwood filmography. Still, it's a good price at under $10. The Gauntlet isn't Eastwood's best film, but it is still entertaining with Eastwood and Locke going toe to toe. Give The Gauntlet a try!
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WEA
EAN: 9780790738710
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, HiFi Sound, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790738716
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 1999-03-30
Running Time: 109
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1977-12-21 |
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