From the first fight scene where Whitman decides to go around and beat up a house full of transvestites for no other good reason than he is angry because his sister got murdered, you know your in for something special. Certainly outdated, and in many ways comes across as a comedy in the spirit of Naked Gun movies, except back in 76 this was a serious affair.
The fact he has taken on the case of his sisters murder, would be seen as a massive conflict of interest today, but back in 76 this was seemingly, again, not an issue.
It's very corny and predictable for the most part, but has all the signatures of various genres from this period we have come to love, such as poliziotteschi and giallo. Also a direct Dirty Harry rip-off to boot.
To finish things off Whitman single handily lures the suspect to a hospital where he nearly gets a patient the murderer already tried to kill, killed a second time. He then proceeds in endangering the entire hospital, including surgical procedures and a neonatal intensive care unit- before topping it off by blowing the suspect up in a helicopter over the hospital grounds with his 45 magnum.
If you were going to remake it, would you have it made any other way?
The fact he has taken on the case of his sisters murder, would be seen as a massive conflict of interest today, but back in 76 this was seemingly, again, not an issue.
It's very corny and predictable for the most part, but has all the signatures of various genres from this period we have come to love, such as poliziotteschi and giallo. Also a direct Dirty Harry rip-off to boot.
To finish things off Whitman single handily lures the suspect to a hospital where he nearly gets a patient the murderer already tried to kill, killed a second time. He then proceeds in endangering the entire hospital, including surgical procedures and a neonatal intensive care unit- before topping it off by blowing the suspect up in a helicopter over the hospital grounds with his 45 magnum.
If you were going to remake it, would you have it made any other way?