An American comedy drama; A story about a retired bank robber who escapes a gunman with the aid of a young car thief. T ogether they go in search of the loot from the former crook's last job but someone is on their tail.
Michael Cimino's screenplay and debut as a director is a back-road road movie and heist caper underpinned by a light-hearted relationship of bonding and joshing between two men. Eastwood and Bridges have good onscreen chemistry and the film in the first act is light of foot in the chase. The tone turns darker when an eleborate bank robbery plan is hatched which brings a convincingly brutal George Kennedy into the fray. Although the build up is dynamic it is arguably too long even when the dialogue is amusingly vulgar at times. Bridges' fun-loving grifter pitched against the more world-wise criminality of Eastwood and an unforgiving Kennedy makes for good contrast.
Review of Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
