Typical Charles Bronson film with psychopath included

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A psychopatic series killer(Carrie Snodgress) executes a criminal rampage(among others Laurence Tierney) and a police named Newman(Charles Bronson) is accused for killing .Also his ex-wife, a stripper(Angel Tompkins)is murdered and Newman is sent to the jail.He breaks out from the prison shackled to a thief adolescent girl named Arabella(Kathleen Wilhoite).Both early are coping with mutual hatred for different character and age as they run from the police although later they team up.They gather together escape prison handcuffed leading a chase that involves a helicopter and numerous shootouts. Meanwhile he asks the help a friend police(Robert F Lyons)and the killer goes to murder a friend of him and the newspaper publishes: Escaped cop kills again.

The film is an action packed formulaic tale of two escaped convicts,one tough and one rebel,foul mouthed young ,they flee from the authority and confront nasties mobsters(Richard Romanus).Here there isn't ¨Death Wish¨story but it's a plot utilized in previous films as ¨The Defiants:version 1958,1986;The Gauntlet;48 hours,and Fled¨all of which are quite better movies.The picture is produced by Cannon production,Menahen Golan,Yoran Globus, in their splendor time. The motion picture is regularly directed by the veteran and recently deceased J.Lee Thompson,a successful director although in his last period he only directed various violent Charles Bronson vehicles,like this one.Rating : Average though sometimes is a little entertained.The picture is exclusively for Charles Bronson hardcore devotees.

score 5/10

ma-cortes 23 November 2006

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