Impasse

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To the person who commented on Reynolds acting "opposite Anne Margret in "Sam Whiskey" " - that never happened. The female lead in that movie was Angie Dickenson. Ann-Margret wasn't in it.

Ridiculously bad, this silly Burt Reynolds movie set in the Philippines has no real sense of direction, mainly thanks to an insipid screenplay and a ridiculous story that paints its characters as animated rather than real. It's all about the search for WWII gold stashed somewhere in the Philippines, and Reynolds is over there fighting some one note villains while dealing with a violent tempered Anne Francis. Then there's a Native American man dealing with his possessive wife when he leaves home to go to the Philippines, and entering a bordello finds that the Madam is an exact look-alike of her, storming out cautiously as she demands that he come back. So what was the motivation for having the female characters be also bile in this? There's a young hippy played by Joanne Dalsass who practically gets the lights knocked out of her for refusing to take a bath, having her top pulled off by Francis who then violently pushes her in the bathroom. The storyline takes a backseat to all these ridiculous moments oh, and just when you think you've seen it all, another ridiculous moment to overpower the previous ridiculous moment comes on. It's attractive looking with nice locations, but when you've got a ridiculous cartoonish storyline, it's easy to give up. Not really one of Burt's finest moments.

Look, I admit the hippie girl being accepted by her is a crazy subplot. It was the times in movies for crappy ideas like that (see my other reviews). But Francis shines brightly in every scene she is in. She was a pro who had been in films since like the early 50's. She and Burt Reynolds would later also work on his 'Dan August' series.

It must have been a frustrating time for Burt Reynolds!! A good role in"100 Rifles" and then the lead role opposite Anne Margaret in "Sam Whiskey" before he made this low budget flick. Plot In A Paragtaph: Pat Morrison (Burt Reynolds) leads of group of salvagers to hunt for some hidden gold before World War II. Blackmail and betrayal soon follow. Burt Reynolds makes the most of his role and shows great promise for more important roles. He emerges the movies real star "acting wise" and he is the best thing about this flick. So often the case during Reynolds early movies. Reynolds fast-moving performance adds the movies only real excitement, and there is a surprise ending, which Hollywood would probably never pull now.

This movie isn't the greatest Burt Reynolds movie but hey its brother Burt so how bad can it be? Bit boring but love Anne Francis so i stuck it out

During the late 1960s and into the 70s, the Philippines was the site of quite a few ultra-cheap movies....and some of the most famous were the 'girls in chains' exploitation films. But they were not restricted only to this cheesy genre....and "Impasse" is proof there were more movies made there than just exploitation. Burt Reynolds stars as Pat Morrison, the leader of a group of men who are in search of lost gold. It seems that as the country was falling to the Japanese in WWII, the US Army hid valuables...including gold. Well, a friend of Pat's knows where the gold might be...and so Pat organizes a group of men to help in retrieving it. This is a decent adventure film and in spite of its humble location, Reynolds has a decent cast supporting him. The script also isn't bad. Overall, one of Reynolds' better films.

Burt Reynolds plays a leader of a salvage team attempting to recover gold treasures in corregidor hidden by the Japanese in world war II. Now in modern day, the ex-soldiers are sent to the Philippines to assist Reynolds in finding the gold. A lot of setbacks, kidnapping, blackmail occurs. The movie was actually filmed in 1968 to be released the following January for a TV audience.

This movie isn't that bad as it is confusing. One wonders why three people were needed or why they didn't do it earlier in the first place. Do Indians really say "Ay Chihuahua?" This film doesn't even have the pleasures of a caper film, because of all the loose ends. The ending was pretty anti-climatic as well. I wonder why screenwriters allow these plots to be so flimsy. Watch only if you enjoy Far East scenery.

Burt Reynolds leads a group of vets, trying to find gold hidden on the island of Corregidor before WW II. Simple enough, Hollywood and Europe have made scores of these movies before 1968. So why did they screw up so badly on this one? First off Reynolds' girlfriend is the wife of his good friend who is essential to his plan. Another essential character gives racists and ugly Americans a bad name. And then there's the guy who has a bad heart. His daughter thinks he's dead so he has to sneak in to see her pro tennis game and he has a heart attack during the game. His daughter has a hippie fan who is stalking her. The daughter takes in this really annoying cliché hippie and mothers her. A disreputable reporter convinces her her father is alive but he wants money and sex before he will give her the details. She karates him out the door and this all happened in act one. In act two Reynolds learns the guy had a heart attack and disappeared. He falls for the daughter, Ann Francis and a lot of other character stuff happens and the young Burt Reynolds is the best actor in the group. In the entire 96 minute movie there's maybe 20 minutes of looking for the gold. AND... They get caught! Who thought this would sell? Who thought Ann Francis and Burt Reynolds had chemistry? Who ignored seventy years of movie making experience to invest in this piece of crap?