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PRIME CUT has to be the best movie ever made about mobsters and wholesale meat packing. That's not really saying a lot. Lee Marvin plays a Kansas City bag-man matching wits with crooked meatpacking baron Gene Hackman. It's a terrific pairing, but the film is not very good. Hackman's character is named Mary Ann and he chews the scenery while Marvin gives his typically low-key performance. Things go south when Marvin realizes that Hackman is running a white slave ring. Several bloodbaths ensue. Hackman's prized piece of merchandise is played perfectly by Sissy Spacek. She has a certain blankness that makes you believe she's been around the block a few times but hasn't gotten anywhere. The direction by Michael Ritchie is surprisingly bland.
score 4/10
JasparLamarCrabb 10 January 2006
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