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Doc (1971)
Stacey Keach plays Doc Holiday
Dentist, gambler, and gun man this is the story of Doc Holiday and the gunfight in Tombstone, AZ. Stacy Keach does a good job in brining the historical character to life, and the movie does show him suffering from consumption (which is what he eventually died from). Faye Dunaway does an good job in bringing Kate Elder to life as Doc's lover. The movie does take some liberties though in the Kate knew and was a companion of John Holiday long before they arrived in Tombstone.
The main downfall of the movie is its some what slow pace, and glaring inaccuracies of the actual gunfight. For this reason I have down graded the movie.
Grade C
Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
A guilty pleasure
I admit this movie is a guilty pleasure of mine. Paul Hogan is back as Mick Dundee and still has all his charm an that character, teamed with Linda Kozlowski as Sue Charlton they have a great chemistry together. The Australasian ensemble was quite good and entertaining, I cannot say the same thing about the New York characters who I found just plain moronic (which is the main reason I do not give the movie a higher rating).
The movie is well paced and I was never bored watching it. The action is good and Paul Hogan is as good as any other of the action stars of his time. There are some great camera shots of the Northern Territories and the editing work is well done.
The movies plot is basically Sues ex is killed in Columbia taking photos of drug cartel activity and sends the film to Sue. The drug lords kidnap Sue trying to get the film back. Mick rescues Sue and off to Australia they go Mick being Sues bodyguard with the drug lord in hot pursuit.
This makes for a basic action flick. With Paul Hogans comic charm this movie is not that bad to sit through.
Grade B-
$ (1971)
A light and easy to watch comedic heist film
$ is a light comedic heist movie with some solid performances from its lead stars Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn. The film is set in Hamburg Grtmany and most of the film was filmed there.
The movie starts out with the crooks depositing there money in safe deposit boxes. While Joe Collins(Warren Beatty) is giving security tips to the banks manger. Dawn Devine (Goldie Hawn) is a hooker who seems to have a connection to some of the crooks and Joe. Joe conceives of a way to steal the crooks money because they cannot go to the police for protection. It ends with a fairly good chase scene and the rest plays out as you would expect.
The acting in this film is first rate from Beatty and Hawne down to many of the supporting actors. The film is fast paced and moves along at a good pace. I did not like so many dark night time scenes these are done much better now with digital cameras.
Overall an enjoyable light film that seems to go down well.
Grade C+