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The Last Detail (1973)
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Overshadowed by his high-profile leads in such '70s landmarks as Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown, and One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Jack Nicholson's remarkably complex turn in this raucous yet ultimately somber road movie also remains his most underrated. As the snarling, hedonistic, but emotionally lost Navy lifer Billy Budduskey, Nicholson teams with fellow sailor "Mule" (Otis Young) on a seemingly simple duty of escorting a naive thief (Randy Quaid) from the Norfolk naval base to the brig in Massachusetts. Though polar opposites--Mule is hard-nosed Navy, while the first image of Budduskey shows him asleep in a chair,...
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The Last Detail Movie Review by B Movie Ben  (4/30/2007) |
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I just cannot imagine a Jack Nicholson film that is not worth two hours of my life. This was an excellent example of his acting ability. It's not just me that thinks so, as he was nominated for an Academy Award.
Randy Quaid and Otis Young were also superb. It even featured a cute Carol Kane as a prostitute.
This was a...
(complete The Last Detail review by B Movie Ben)
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