Any Which Way You Can

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Any Which Way You Can

All the major cast members return in 'Any Which Way You Can (1980)', aside from perhaps the first picture's most crucial star. Manis the orangutan is here replaced by another (not named in the feature's credits) who just isn't quite as good. This shortcoming ricochets across the entire piece with most beats being revisited but never reaching the heights of the original. There's still irreverent fun to be had, though, and the inherent charm of a monkey sidekick still remains so, despite the fact that it retreads much of the same ground and actually retracts some of the character work done previously, this is still an entertaining flick that provides a few laughs along the way. 6/10

5.1 is right for this movie, interesting enough too watch on tv, but you would forget about this movie in a day. Lost in the 70's type of film, out of style. The biker gang gag fails in this one. Why would the guy go back with that horrid women from the first film. Well I liked the heavy Clint had to fight in this one.

Enjoyed the great acting of Clint Eastwood,(Philo Beddoe) in a very comical role along with an orangutan who is a companion and even goes to bed with Philo. However, when Sondra Locke,(Lynn Halsey-Taylor) makes an appearance in Philo's life, the orangutan is kick out of the bed. Lynn was an old girlfriend of Philo and they had a break up in their relationship and decided they really cared for each other and a romance started to bloom once again. Philo makes a living doing mechanical work on old cars and at the same time gets into fighting bouts with other guys for knuckle fights for money. Ruth Gordon (Senovia Ma Boggs) gives a great supporting role and will have you laughing in stitches. Very enjoyable film with great acting by the entire cast, especially the ORANGUTAN.

This movie was funny, it kept you interested, the acting was very good. So therefore it was definitely worth watching although it falls a little short of every which way but loose, they tried to give it a plot but it isn't that type of movie that needs one. I did enjoy it all the way through, but then again I do enjoy walker Texas ranger, so it is right up my alley. For those who say it is dated or over macho, in all honesty they should have known that before they watched it. If you like tough guy comedy, then it is a must watch. If you like foreign films with subtitles then I suggest you stay away from it. It is a straight forward easy to understand action comedy that should be fun for the entire family. I can't say out standing but I will say very good.

Any Which Way You Can is an excellent follow up to box office smash Every Which Way But Loose. I actually slightly prefer Any Which Way You Can to the original film, as this movie is tougher, faster paced and much of the romance is replaced with more bare knuckle brawling. Pretty much most of the cast from the 1st film returns and is fast, furious and funny. The story builds to a showdown between Philo and a east coast brawler Jack Wilson. The fight was set up by The Mob and before the big showdown the two fighter brodown and cancel the fight several times throughout the course of the film. The end fight sequence is totally bad ass. Clint Eastwood verses Conan's dad(William Smith) is about as classic as you can get. Any Which Way You Can is awesome and a nice follow up to Every Which Way But Loose which is also classic Clint.

Love it. No story, just fighting. Like the first one

This one has more of a plot than the first one, but I still like the first one a bit more. This time the Clint Eastwood character gets reunited with Sandra Locke. Why he takes her back and so quickly is anyone's guess. A mafia type group wants to set up a fight between Eastwood's character and this real tough guy. He accepts, but later declines when they learn that the guy he is going to fight once killed a guy. The mafia people don't like the fact he backs out and tries other ways to persuade him to fight. The biker gang returns as do many of the main characters. In the end, the fight takes to place, but man is it long. To long in fact, the ending fight just drags a bit too much. All in all though it is a pretty funny movie, but there is just something about the first I still like more.