Dir. James Fargo
44/300
Alright, take Clint Eastwood, Geoffrey Lewis, a monkey, a gang of bikers, and a fist full of fist fights, and throw them all together. How can this movie go wrong? Plus, there's even a storyline with a bit of swindling and fun.
Of course, Clyde, the monkey is what's most amazing about this movie. As a filmmaker, having a monkey in the cast would be too much of a loose canon for me to take on. Maybe that's why I'll never make it big. But, Kyle came into the apartment about midway through my viewing of this movie, during a great scene between Eastwood's Character, Philo and Clyde where they are riding in the truck together. You can tell some of this scene had to be improv. Nonetheless, Clyde has his arms around Philo's neck, and Kyle says, "that monkey could kill him right now if he wanted to." And it's so true. That's a huge risk on everyone on set, but these were the good ol' days in moviemaking, where not everyone was out to sue everyone else over nothing.
Otherwise, if you're a Clint Eastwood fan, this is a very interesting movie in his filmography. One where he shows the lighterside of his character persona. A pretty enjoyable movie.
110 min +4626 = 4736
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