I missed this movie entirely during its original release but recently caught in on late night cable. Must say I was pleasantly surprised. The coolest thing about this movie was how it foreshadowed actual crime events that would happen later at places like Ruby Ridge and Mt. Carmel. And of course it was hilarious to see Johnson get to reprise his tough guy problem child Sonny Crocket type role. My favorite scene was when he enlists the straight-laced probation officer to serve in lieu of a warrant. Hilarious trick - made me wonder if that really works in real life. And the puking ruled. The one downer in this movie is that the gun fighting scenes were not produced well enough to convey the true sense of fear and danger, and the tactics employed made them look more like actors than gunfighters. This is usually the sign of a limited budget, which this movie probably had.
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