McClain (Jim Brown) is a tough character and expert on robberies. He assembles a group of crooks to work with him to pull a very audacious caper...to rob the LA Rams' box office during the game! Surprisingly, the crime comes off without a hitch*, though later a random variable is thrown into the equation...a random stranger steels the money and now the gang assumes McClain double-crossed them. Can McClain find the money and manage to survive the gang?
This movie was apparently the first rated-R film and compared to later R films, it's pretty tame. I think it received the rating for violence as well as some sexual content (though there is no nudity)....today it would probably be rated PG-13.
So is it any good? Yes but it's a mixed bag. Up through the heist it was excellent. However, the random stranger who steals the money seemed silly and hard to believe....as well as mega-creepy. There also was a sloppy fight scene between Ernest Borgnine and Brown that was poorly shot...due to the poor use of stunt doubles which were just too obvious. Additionally, HOW did Sutherland's character die this fast the way he did?! It made no sense. Overall, however, the good still outweighs the bad, though there are better caper films out there, such as "Rififi", "Grand Slam" and the original "Oceans 11".
This movie was apparently the first rated-R film and compared to later R films, it's pretty tame. I think it received the rating for violence as well as some sexual content (though there is no nudity)....today it would probably be rated PG-13.
So is it any good? Yes but it's a mixed bag. Up through the heist it was excellent. However, the random stranger who steals the money seemed silly and hard to believe....as well as mega-creepy. There also was a sloppy fight scene between Ernest Borgnine and Brown that was poorly shot...due to the poor use of stunt doubles which were just too obvious. Additionally, HOW did Sutherland's character die this fast the way he did?! It made no sense. Overall, however, the good still outweighs the bad, though there are better caper films out there, such as "Rififi", "Grand Slam" and the original "Oceans 11".