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Sharky's Machine (1981)
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Burt Reynolds was getting restless with the good ol' boy screen image he cultivated in Smokey & the Bandit and numerous car-chase flicks of the mid-to-late 1970s, and this brutal 1981 thriller presented the actor with an interesting change of pace. Reynolds directed the film as well, and there was a lot at stake for him both personally and professionally, so Sharky's Machine--based on a gutsy novel by William Diehl--has an urgent, no-nonsense quality that lifts it above most comparably sleazy thrillers. The plot may be sordid, but Reynolds's handling of it is not. This adds another element of freshness to the story of a demoted...
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Taking a break from Christmas shows (I think I have seen 11 this month), and popping in a good police picture.
I like Burt Reynolds (Boogie Nights) playing a cop, and he didn't do too bad as a director here either.
He had a great supporting cast of cops and criminals: Vittorio Gassman makes a great crime boss; Henry...
(complete Sharky's Machine review by Movie Addict)
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