This movie starts out with a bang up massacre on a San Francisco bus. Blood and guts all over the place. With that kind of start, I had high hopes, even though this isn't normally my kind of movie. (What a bummer). It degenerates into some convoluted mess that wanders all over the screen. Pimps, Black Panthers, deranged Viet Nam vets, etc. No story, but it is somehow all tied up with an unsolved case involving a kinky ex-college student.
Walter Matthau plays the lead dick, haunted by the unsolved dead girls murder. Bruce Dern, in a standout role plays his cynical partner who always manages to tick everybody off. The rest of the cast is rounded out by folks who graduated from 2nd string support roles to guest appearances on TV crime dramas. Old pros like Val Avery, Paul Koslo, Anthony Zerbe.
San Francisco looks as good as ever, but this flick is really dated. Hari Krishnas, big Afros, big ties. (Can you dig it man?) This one aged somehow in a way that Dirty Harry never did.
If you can stand the wide lapels and the tight pants - the short shorts and the headbands - watch it. It's not (heavy), but I wouldn't call it lightweight either.
Walter Matthau plays the lead dick, haunted by the unsolved dead girls murder. Bruce Dern, in a standout role plays his cynical partner who always manages to tick everybody off. The rest of the cast is rounded out by folks who graduated from 2nd string support roles to guest appearances on TV crime dramas. Old pros like Val Avery, Paul Koslo, Anthony Zerbe.
San Francisco looks as good as ever, but this flick is really dated. Hari Krishnas, big Afros, big ties. (Can you dig it man?) This one aged somehow in a way that Dirty Harry never did.
If you can stand the wide lapels and the tight pants - the short shorts and the headbands - watch it. It's not (heavy), but I wouldn't call it lightweight either.