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Overall Rank: 29307
Average Rating: 2/4
# of Ratings: 5
Theatrical Release Date: 02/27/1974
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: Elliott Gould, Robert Blake, Allen Garfield, Antonio Fargas, Michael Lerner, Sid Haig
Plot: L.A. cops Gould and Blake get in over their heads when they don't heed orders from above and go after a big crime boss.
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"Busting" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 04/09/2012
A pair of disillusioned vice cops relentlessly pursue a criminal kingpin after being sidelined by a complacent and corrupt police department. This early 70s cop thriller from Peter Hyams has a nice "feel" to it; it has a suitably seedy atmosphere that's soaked in the suitable kitsch plus the Elliot Gould/Robert Blake partnership displays decent chemistry. There are a few funny lines and a couple of good action sequences but the main problem with the film is that the plot is a little too thin to be considered a gritty thriller and there isn't enough humour to carry off the buddy cop formula so it tends to fall between two stools. The result is a sort of "blaxploitation lite" that reminded me a lot of the superior Coogan's Bluff. Hyams virtually remade the film in the 80s as Running Scared …
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