Tough Guys

Trailer—Tough Guys

I thought this movie was very funny and who can forget ** Spoiler ALERT ** Kirk Douglass in spandex! It was great to see the two actors at it again and work so well together. Yes the plot may be a bit cheesy, but who cares! You watching this to see these two great actors work together in perhaps their last movie together and enjoy their chemistry and the situations they get into. It was one of the best movies I have seen with them in it and it was so good to see them together again and work so well together. I have watched it many times and wish I could get it on DVD now as I would love to see it again many more times. A must see for old fans and new!

So it wasn't their best performances nor was it a movie worthy of Oscar nominations. But I'm a purest and I love Lancaster and Douglas in anything they starred in. Actors who came from a period when men were men, this feature gave them an opportunity to look back and laugh. I personally loved the movie. And Eli Wallach as Leon B Little was thoroughly entertaining. I'm reluctant to admit Millennials and Gen X viewers likely won't care for this offering, but I do. Long live Harry and Archie.

Watched it again on late night TV. Still funny after all these years. You could still see the occasional flashes of the old Kirk D, chilling look etc and Burt still has the movement of an athlete even at age 73, and his trade mark mirthless laugh but it was Eli Wallach who stole the film, absolutely brilliant. I think his character was stolen by the writers of a BBC TV comedy called "Last of the Summer Wine" which has a very short sighted character called Eli. So many scenes were so good that it makes it difficult to pick the best but I think the scene outside the old folks home is excellent when Leon B. Little picks himself up using the Zimmer frame, cruel but funny. The ending was a bit of an anticlimax (same comment applies to "The Blues Brothers".

This is one of my favourite films. I've watched it many times and what's more my grand-daughters enjoy it too, and they don't even know the two stars like I do. It's funny, with a good pacey script. It has something to make you think about - getting older, not fitting in and being a geriatric rebel. It's got action, a bank robbery , a fist fight with some great dialogue. It's got comedy (see Kirk trying on "hot" clothes taking advice from a CCTV shop assistant) and also it has some touching scenes of Burt in the old people's home, where he's forced to live. The supporting cast has class - Eli Wallach, Dana Carvey, Charles Durning and Alexis Smith. And to top it all there's a terrific train chase finale. Besides which Burt and Kirk were made for this film. It brought back a lot of good memories for me and I can thoroughly recommend it. Enjoy, as they say....