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Before The Wild Bunch, there was The Professionals,Richard Brooks's marvelous ode to friendship, loyalty, and disillusionment. It may not have the stylistic bravado or fatalistic doom of the legendary Sam Peckinpah film, but Brooks's storytelling is simple and steady and just as insightful. The difference is Brooks is a lot more optimistic. Lee Marvin and Burt Lancaster are buddies who have drifted into oblivion after fighting together in the Mexican Revolution. Marvin, the principled loyalist and munitions expert, lost his wife and his heart. Lancaster, the dynamite expert and unprincipled adventurer, keeps losing his pants. They team up with wrangler Robert Ryan and archer Woody Strode to rescue the beguiling Claudia Cardinale, who has been kidnapped by their old revolutionary buddie Jack Palance. So it's back into bloody Mexico they go on a "mission of mercy" for railroad tycoon Ralph Bellamy, who's paying handsomely for the return of his wife.

But nothing is what it seems in this exciting, existential adventure, which was beautifully shot by Conrad Hall. Sarcastic quips, philosophical musings, and heart-rending reversals underlie Brooks's humanistic sentiments. These are tired, world-weary men who somehow find the strength and the will to pull together for the sake of love and commitment. Through it all, Brooks seems to be lamenting a decline in professionalism much deeper than his story. He's decrying Hollywood and the society at large, anticipating Peckinpah's later strategy. --Bill Desowitz ... Read more

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A Mule For The Marquessa

I think I know where I was on November 2, 1966; in a theatre watching THE PROFESSIONALS, for that was its theatrical release date.The movie is based on a western written by Frank O'Rourke entitled "A Mule For The Marquessa." Having read the book I wanted to see the movie.

Most other reviews here give this movie a good rating and review, and understandably so.This western movie to me ranks as one of my possibly 12 best, in equal standing with Arrowhead, Stagecoach, Valdez Is Coming, Ulzanna' Raid, Tall In The Saddle, and several Randolph Scott westerns. You get the picture, I think this is a very good western movie, one that I can watch over and over without ever tiring.

Part of the success of this film for me comes not only from the cast which is superb, veteran actors all, but from the way everything fits and works together. There is some comedy, some suspense, and finally a sense of justice but though this movie has all these parts in equal amount, there is still a chemistry present that for me just makes this one of the best western films ever made.

I've read the novel several times and feel too that the movie surpasses even the book which spawned the movie.If you like excellent western movies, do not miss this one.

Best Closing Lines Ever

A first rate adventure/western with Burt Lancaster and Lee Marvin at their macho best. This film has the best closing lines ever. Ralph Bellamy says to Lee Marvin, 'You bastard.' Marvin replies 'Yes sir, in my case an accident of birth, but you are a self made man.'

Thinking Man's Western
Oil Baron (Ralph Bellamy) hires four specialists(Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode) to rescue his young Mexicana bride(Claudia Cardinale) out of the clutches of a revolutionary (Jack Palance) from behind the Mexican border.Sounds simple? Not in this complex film.Our heroes are flawed, disillusioned men and the bad guys aren't as bad as they seem.Credit director-screenwriter for crafting a western that stands the conventions of the form on it's head and keeps you guessing until the bitter end.Marvin and Lancaster are in top iconic form here.Cardinale adds a voluptuous mystique to her character.Palance contributes a complex reading to a character type that in previous films of this kind were cliched.This film also boasts gorgeous cinematography courtesy of the legendary Conrad Hall, a rollicking score by Maurice Jarre, and action sequences that are at the same time thrilling yet make sense.

Nice transfer, but a serious flaw!
One of my favorite Westerns, THE PROFESSIONALS fully deserved the special edition treatment it gets here.The picture has been improved and the soundtrack newly remixed in both 5.1 and 3.0 Dolby Digital.Also, the supplements are wonderful, especially if you saw this film when it was new and have loved it ever since.

I do though have one serious complaint though.Who was the dummy who thought the English translation subtitles for all the Spanish dialogue should appear on the screen without the option to turn it off?They go to all the trouble of a fine high definition remastering then impose subtitles over it?Makes no sense. While I, who doesn't understand Spanish, appreciate finally knowing what the Mexicans are saying in this picture, I don't appreciate not being able to watch the movie without the subtitles.They should have only been included as an option.Someone at Sony Home Entertainment goofed here.

"The Professionals" gets a face lift in special edition
Henry Farden(Lee Marvin),Bill Dolworth (Burt Lancaster), Jake Sharp (Woody Strode)and Hans Ehrengard (Robert Ryan) are hired by the wealthy Joe Grant (Ralph Bellamy) to rescue his wife (Claudia Cardinale)who was recently kidnapped by Jesus Raza (Jack Palance) a revoltionary who served with Farden and his men under Pancho Villa and Zappa. As the wild west gradually disappears, these men get called on to do one last mission together. Richard Brooks'("Elmer Gantry", "Wrong is Right", In Cold Blood", "Lord Jim") well crafted movie bursts with sarcastic quips and brilliant action pieces.

Beautifully restored, there's a signficant amount of grain but that's not a surprise given the age of the negative and the type of film Brooks used to shoot the movie. There's not much in the way of dirt or debris execept during the opening titles. It adds to ruggedness and "authentic" feel of the film. Columbia-Tristar has sprung for all the extras for this special edition with the exception of a commentary track from a film historian or actress Claudia Cardinale (most of the cast and crew are dead)

Let's start with the good stuff first--should you upgrade to this edition from the previousone? Yep. this edition has a remixed 5.1 soundtrack taken from the original theatrical soundtrack elements. You also have the option of listening to it in 3.0 as well. This also was remastered in high definition so the picture quality is outstanding given the age of the film. King of the supplements Laurent Bouzereau produced three new featurettes for this edition. "The Professionals-A Classic" features director Martin Campbell, Kate Buford (who wrote a biography of Burt Lancaster), Claudia Cardinale Joanna Lancaster interviewed about this great western classic. There's a brief snipped of behind-the-scenes footage of Brooks on location (it's silent). Claudia Cardinale, Marie Gomez and cinematographer Conrad Hall give their memories of shooting the film illustrated with behind-the-scenes footage, stills shot for the film. At 23 minutes it's the longest of the extras included here. Joanna Lancaster takes the stage for a discussion about her father in "Burt Lancaster: A Portrait" sharing her memories of father and some of the movies he made during that time. Kate Buford also appears discussing both Brooks, Lancaster as well as the movie. Buford claims that Brooks and Lancaster looked at "The Professionals" as a metaphor for the what they did in the industry. Again, this a large amount of behind-the-scenes footage shot in 16mm. Joanna Lancaster makes a good point about the physicality of Lancaster's performances (much like Harrison Ford). I'd suggest not watching the extras before the film itself as they do give away some important plot points.

A brilliant leanly constructed western "The Professionals" tells as much story in its 117 minutes as some movies do in three hours. Columbia and Laurent Bouzerau have done a marvelous job of putting together this package.


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Where's Frankie And Annette When You Really Need Them?
I thought this would be a lighthearted comedy, in the tradition of the "Beach Blanket Bingo" movies, but I was wrong. This film is heavy on melodrama and light on comic relief. Three California surfing buddies travel to Hawaii to catch the ultimate waves at Waimea Bay. Naturally, the veteran surfers there resent them, but to such a degree that it borders on hatred. A wipeout causes damage to Fabian's surfboard, which later causes him to crash into another surfer, who is carried on to the beach with a bloody, broken nose. Another surfer gets drunk on New Year's Eve and dives off a steep waterfall, and ends up cracking some ribs. Frankie Avalon and his gang sometimes wiped out, but they never emerged from the ocean bloodied and battered. The final surfing showdown is an endurance test to determine who is the best surfer in the world. The competition goes on and on and on, becoming an endurance test for the viewer. I can sum up my feelings for this movie in two words - wipe out!

Ride, ride, ride... the wild cliche!
Dudes, babes, and fabulous footage of the north shore of Hawaii, plus the classic theme song co-written by Brian Wilson and sung by Jan & Dean. This is about as good as '60s beach movies get, partly a good impersonation, part pure Hollywood fantasy, of my own childhood backdrop of surfing action in southern California and Hawaii. Dig the scenes in which the "surfers" are waiting for their waves on perfectly calm blue water on what is probably a giant studio backlot wading pool! Thrill as their doubles paddle out to attack the scary gray curls of Waimea Bay "and conquer those waves 'most thirty feet high"! Shelley Fabares and Barbara Eden are among the girls on the beach.

It's cool, buddy boy.

Guaranteed to get sand in your shorts!
A group of handsome, well-built, "young" board heads take a Hawaiian vacation to ride the wild surf of Hawaii. The boys fall in love within ten minutes of meeting their bikini-clad, beautiful female groupies who reluctantly watch as surf bum beaus risk life and limb in the unpredictable waves. Never a swear word is uttered and everything has a happy ending. Barbara Eden plays the spunky "Augie Poole," the original party girl who brings lots of laughs to the show.

There is no doubt that this is that rare film that is fun for the whole family to watch. The scenic footage of the Hawaiian islands is beautiful. The scripts are corny and the acting enthusiastic, but overall a fun film to watch. Although the actors played the parts well, they seemed a little bit too old (thirty-something) to play the proverbial beach-boy-in-college scene. But ten minutes into the show, we're too caught up in the undertow to care about trivial things like time and age!

Ride, ride, ride, the wild surf...
Campy, campy, campy, campy, campy ! Great nostalgic film . Sometimes when I watch it I think, "man, this movie didn't age well " and then other times I think, "who cares! This is a fun movie !" Far better than most of the stuff that Hollywood has been trying to pawn off on us for years .

Ride The Wild Surf
In 1964 three friends went to the show to see a surf movie for the first time. We returned to see this movie over and over again, (7 times to be exact). Being young and impressionable we wanted to be like Fabian, Tab Hunter, and Peter Brown riding Big Waves in Hawaii and falling in "Love" with girls like Susan Hart, Shelley Fabares and Barbara Eden. This movie made our summer of '64 a fantasy summer, we went to the beach, tried to surf, listened to Jan & Dean, The Beach Boys and dreamt of the girls in "Ride the Wild Surf". By todays standards this movie seems "Hokie", but for three fourteen year old boy's in 1964 it was a movie and Summer to remember. ... Read more

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Before The Wild Bunch, there was The Professionals,Richard Brooks's marvelous ode to friendship, loyalty, and disillusionment. It may not have the stylistic bravado or fatalistic doom of the legendary Sam Peckinpah film, but Brooks's storytelling is simple and steady and just as insightful. The difference is Brooks is a lot more optimistic. Lee Marvin and Burt Lancaster are buddies who have drifted into oblivion after fighting together in the Mexican Revolution. Marvin, the principled loyalist and munitions expert, lost his wife and his heart. Lancaster, the dynamite expert and unprincipled adventurer, keeps losing his pants. They team up with wrangler Robert Ryan and archer Woody Strode to rescue the beguiling Claudia Cardinale, who has been kidnapped by their old revolutionary buddie Jack Palance. So it's back into bloody Mexico they go on a "mission of mercy" for railroad tycoon Ralph Bellamy, who's paying handsomely for the return of his wife.

But nothing is what it seems in this exciting, existential adventure, which was beautifully shot by Conrad Hall. Sarcastic quips, philosophical musings, and heart-rending reversals underlie Brooks's humanistic sentiments. These are tired, world-weary men who somehow find the strength and the will to pull together for the sake of love and commitment. Through it all, Brooks seems to be lamenting a decline in professionalism much deeper than his story. He's decrying Hollywood and the society at large, anticipating Peckinpah's later strategy. --Bill Desowitz ... Read more

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CLINT ' S SHADOW
In the sixties, Howard Hawks, Richard Brooks, Sam Peckinpah and a few other american directors tried to challenge the -spaghetti- westerns filmmakers who were following the steps of an inspired Sergio Leone. Richard Brooks's THE PROFESSIONALS is, in my opinion, one of the last masterpieces Hollywood has produced in this very peculiar genre : the Western.

With a legend of the screen, Burt Lancaster, three first-class actors of the Dream Factory's golden era, Robert Ryan, Jack Palance and Lee Marvin and, at last, an italian star, Claudia Cardinale, Richard Brooks had all the living material to build a solid western. And he did it.

THE PROFESSIONALS is not a lyric movie nor a nostalgic one. Robert Ryan and Lee Marvin don't regret their past, they only try to survive with their particular skills in the 1915-1920 America. They don't feel outcasted by the new century because they have something to believe in : friendship, respect and compassion.

The pathetic couple Jack Palance-Claudia Cardinale has the terrible task to symbolize the ineluctable destiny of all revolutions ; pure in their beginnings, they become soon the whore of all human lowest vices and passions. In this perspective, THE PROFESSIONALS is one of the most realistic movies I've had the opportunity to see. It's also clearly a very personal movie of director Richard Brooks, a director who should absolutely be rediscovered one of these days.

The choice between the wide-screen and the standard (beurk !) version, a trailer, different subtitles and rather extended filmographies as bonus features. Perfect sound and above-average images, even in the multiple night scenes.

A DVD for your library.

One Of The Greats
Can there be any better actors than Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode and Jack Palance. And then you throw in Ralph Bellamy and Claudia Cardinale and you have one of the great movies of all time. All these personalities create individual characters that work together as well as against each other in a rousing tale of intrigue, love, and deception. Keeps you interested from beginning to end as the characters and story unfold to a surprise ending. Some of the best one liners I've heard in a long time. A must for anyone who enjoys good acting, a tight script, and action -- all in one movie.

"In this desert, nothing's harmless until it's dead."
Given the credentials of the people involved in bringing The Professionals (1966) to the screen, written and directed by Richard Brooks, who also did The Killers (1946), Key Largo (1948), Elmer Gantry (1967), and In Cold Blood (1967), starring Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode, and Jack Palance (Believe it....or not!), you would have thought I would have heard about it before now, but I didn't, and there you go...

Anyway, the film begins with the assemblage of four men by a rich, Texas cattleman named Joe Grant, played by Ralph Bellamy (the old dude who wasn't Don Ameche in the John Landis/Eddie Murphy/Dan Aykroyd movie Trading Places), for the purpose of rescuing his young wife Maria, played by the voluptuous Claudia Cardinale, from the clutches of her kidnapper, a Mexican rebel bandit named Jesus Raza (Palance). Seems Raza has made off with the woman and is now demanding $100,000 for her safe return, an amount Mr. Grant would be willing to pay, except he fears that even after he pays the monies, Raza would still harm his wife. As the men come together with the offer of $10,000 apiece if they're successful, we learn of their particular talents. First there's Henry 'Rico' Fardan (Marvin), a master tactician and someone who actually knows Raza as they served together in the Mexican revolution, followed by Bill Dolworth (Lancaster), who also served with Fardan and Raza, and is an expert with explosives, Hans Ehrengard (Ryan), whose skills involve horse wrangling, and finally Jake Sharp (Strode), an expert with weapons, specifically guns and the bow and arrow, and also an experienced tracker. Given that Raza has a good number of men at his disposal, I'd say maybe close to 200, the task would seem highly unlikely, but the men also must deal with first getting to the camp, which involves trekking through the Mexican desert, where temperatures during the day could fry your face off, while the cold night after the sun drops is nearly enough to freeze your blood, but $10,000 is a lot of money, and the group, being men of honor, did give their word, fully aware of the dangers involved, and the probability of success.

While the story may not be highly original, the elements that make it up work very well to make this a highly enjoyable movie. Marvin is great as the brains behind the operation, carefully planning everything, knowing exactly what he has to work with and also having the confidence in the men to perform their tasks, keeping things simple, and avoiding complexities that would normally foul things up. He pulls off his character well, an intelligent man would understands the value in proper preparation especially when the odds are high. Lancaster is also wonderful, presenting a highly likeable character with color, one whose priorities seem simple enough in money and women, but who also exhibits more depth as the film unfolds. Ryan (a highly under-rated actor, in my opinion) and Strode are also quite good, despite the lack of character development given to Marvin and Lancaster, which isn't a negative as we are given just enough to endear the characters to the audience, but not so much to bog the film down, and all four displayed a level of credibility respective to the skills each possessed. Claudia Cardinale was certainly nice to look at, and she was capable, but if I had to choose a weak link in the film, it would probably be her, but given how well all the other elements of the film worked, this was entirely a minor issue. Now when I heard Jack Palance was going to be playing a Mexican, I had my doubts as I just couldn't see it, but he pulled it off. We didn't see much of him in the first half, but in the last half his character really came to life, giving us more than just a character motivated by greed, but one driven by his ideology, in doing what he has to to survive and further his cause. The expansive desert scenes throughout the film are really beautiful, giving a wonderful backdrop to the story, providing a realism you just can't get shooting on a studio backlot. There were a number of twists and turns within the story, as very little is as it seems, and while some of it was predictable, this did little to take away from the film. I also enjoyed the study of the motivations of the various characters, their questioning of the moralism in past and present actions. The film could have gotten mired within this element, but, as with other elements of the movie, there was just enough present to keep things interesting and add a bit of welcome diversity while not taking away from the overall story. The movie does run just under 2 hours, but rarely slows down, as the excellent direction by Brooks keeps things fairly balanced and moving along at a good pace.

The digitally remastered picture here looks amazing, available in both wide screen and full screen formats, and I thought the audio was also very good, being very crisp and clear. With regards to special features, there is any number of subtitles (including English) available, along with an original theatrical trailer and somewhat comprehensive, yet concise, biographies of the talent, including selected filmographies. Also included on the insert in the DVD case are production notes which detail the people involved, the locations the film was shot, along with information about the original release date and the various awards nominations the film received. All in all an excellent film, maybe not the quintessential western of Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969), but certainly required viewing for fans of western films and certainly worth looking into for anyone just interested in a good film in general.

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The Dirty Who?
Look...let me cut right to the chase on this film.
It's an ignored classic.
Why...?...I do not know.
I even looked up Lee Marvin under Ask Jeeves and there was a Bio... very detailed... that I pulled up that did not even mention this film.
I think it to be Marvin's best.
Yes...better that the Dirty Dozen which has become a Mantra title for some Marvin fans.
The performances of Marvin and Lancaster are impeccable and charged with a timeless charisma that is also exhibited by Woody Strode and Robert Ryan as well.
I have seen this movie now several times now and could sit down and watch it again and still enjoy it.
Everything about this movie works at just the right time and in just the right way.
This is one of the great films to ever come out of the 1960's and certainly a "have to own" item for any Lancaster, Marvin, Strode or Ryan fan.
Oddly...few people, who love westerns, admire Marvin, Lancaster, Strode or Ryan...have ever heard of it.
Pass the word.....

Wild Bunch I
Ever since Sam Peckinpah made The Wild Bunch in 1969, he has received credit for creating a unique, poetic western masterpiece about the passing of a certain time (the late 19th century), place (the "West," specifically the American Southwest and Mexico), and type of man (a criminal or gunslinger with a code of honor). And The Wild Bunch IS a masterpiece - but it is not unique.

Its ballet of slow-motion blood came from Arthur Penn's 1967 instant classic, Bonnie and Clyde. And much, much more, in terms of story, place, and atmosphere - hard men hired to go on a violent mission to Mexico - came from this 1966 movie, which Richard Brooks directed and wrote, based on Frank O'Rourke's novel, A Mule for the Marquesa. An honest assessment of either movie requires that one discuss the other. Of The Wild Bunch, because it owes so much to The Professionals; of The Professionals, because it has largely, and unfairly, been relegated to obscurity, due to the legendary status of The Wild Bunch.

The Professionals has a dream cast - the four men of the title are played by Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan and Woody Strode. But there's so much more - in those politically incorrect days, Italian star Claudia Cardinale could play a Mexican spitfire ("Maria Grant"), while Jack Palance could portray a Mexican revolutionary ("Raza"). Ralph Bellamy plays railroad tycoon "J.W. Grant," whose Mexican wife, Maria, has been kidnapped, and Marie Gomez plays yet another spitfire ("Chiquita"). (Note that the spitfires are both handy with six-shooters.) The story unfolds ca. 1920, under the shadow of Pancho Villa and the recently concluded Mexican Revolution.

The four men of the title - experts in explosives (Lancaster, as "Bill Dolworth"), weapons (Marvin, as leader "Rico Fardan"), horses (Ryan, as "Hans Ehrengard"), and tracking and using a bow and arrow (Strode, as "Jacob Sharpe") - are hired to rescue the tycoon's wife, whose captor demands $100,000 ransom. The tycoon will pay the men $10,000 each, should they successfully complete their mission. But they must brave the searing heat of the Mexican desert going in and returning, and best a gang that outnumbers them over 30-1. Note that Dolworth and Fardan were expressly chosen for the mission, because they had long fought alongside Raza, for Pancho Villa.

Brooks, a onetime newspaperman and novelist who had an eclectic, successful career writing, helming, and sometimes producing social dramas (Blackboard Jungle, Something of Value, Elmer Gantry), westerns (The Last Hunt, Bite the Bullet), psychological stories (Lord Jim, In Cold Blood) and female-centered pictures, particularly based on Tennessee Williams plays (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Sweet Bird of Youth, Looking for Mr. Goodbar), packs enough movie into The Professionals for two and a half hours, rather than the hour-fifty it runs. (I expect that he was under strict instructions regarding length.) The story opens by deftly sketching each character in about thirty seconds, has several excellent action set-pieces -- Lancaster insisted on doing all his own stunts -- and yet, leaves time for irony, for wistfulness, for gallows humor.

At one point, Burt Lancaster's Bill Dolworth muses, "Maybe there's only been one revolution since the beginning - the good guys versus the bad guys. The question is - who are the good guys?" (...)

The Professionals has several surprises, some humorous and some poignant, and a simpatico, South-of-the-Border-style score by Maurice Jarre. And some great lines(...)

The acting by the four "professionals" is wonderfully natural (especially Marvin's line readings), the work by Palance and Gomez wonderfully over the top.

Like most great movies, particularly westerns, this movie could not be made today. Hispanic ethnic hustlers would demand that mediocre Hispanic actors play the Cardinale and Palance roles. And no black actor today would play the Woody Strode role as written, and no white director would have the nerve to make him do it. Too realistic. At the height of Jim Crow, the railroad tycoon asks Fardan, "Do you have any problem working with a Negro?" And while whites usually address Jacob Sharpe by his first name, he always addresses white men as "Mister," as in "Mr. D," and "Mr. Sheriff." You can hate it all you want, but that's the way it was.

Raza : How do you come to this dirty business?
Dolworth: The usual -- money.
Raza: Everything is as usual. I need guns and bullets -- as usual. The war goes badly -- as usual. Only you -- you are not as usual.

The Wild Bunch cannot be properly measured, without taking into consideration the standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants factor. And even if one should still conclude that The Wild Bunch is more powerful than The Professionals, in the way that Peckinpah is poetry to Brooks' prose, one still must give Richard Brooks his due.

(The DVD offers both full-screen and widescreen versions, cast information, the theatrical trailer, and scene selections. The sound and color resolution are excellent. Considering the lack of extras, the DVD is pricey ... yet it is worth every cent.)

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A Typical 80s Shatner movie
As part of a look at the portrayl of the President throughout the decades, I took a look at Kidnapping. Compared to the other movies I watched, State of the Union (1948), Seven Days in May (1964), and The American President (1995), this is by far the worst. With its nonsenical plot in which Shatner gives the President to the terrorist to ultimate victory by a herotic Shatner, this movie is mundane, dull, and pointless. Typical non-Star Trek Shatner in the 80s. A definate "Don't Buy" unless you're researching a project.

Hey Shatner punched me!
Forget that Shatner is at his hammiest best, forget that Hal Holbrook is the President we'd all like to have, forget the Police Chief of Toronto is played by the "Nabob Coffee Guy," what you want to take away from this video is that I was in this movie and Shatner punched me in the gut just before the President gets handcuffed to the guy with the dynamite-now THAT'S action!

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A Typical 80s Shatner movie
As part of a look at the portrayl of the President throughout the decades, I took a look at Kidnapping. Compared to the other movies I watched, State of the Union (1948), Seven Days in May (1964), and The American President (1995), this is by far the worst. With its nonsenical plot in which Shatner gives the President to the terrorist to ultimate victory by a herotic Shatner, this movie is mundane, dull, and pointless. Typical non-Star Trek Shatner in the 80s. A definate "Don't Buy" unless you're researching a project.

Hey Shatner punched me!
Forget that Shatner is at his hammiest best, forget that Hal Holbrook is the President we'd all like to have, forget the Police Chief of Toronto is played by the "Nabob Coffee Guy," what you want to take away from this video is that I was in this movie and Shatner punched me in the gut just before the President gets handcuffed to the guy with the dynamite-now THAT'S action!

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