Silver Streak
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Movie Reviews of Silver Streak
Movie Review: Silver Streak
Summary: 5 Stars
Excited to get this video - very happy with price and DVD. This is a favorite of ours.Movie Review: Great!
Summary: 5 Stars
My husband loves this movie! Received in a timely fashion and in good condition!Movie Review: Pryor Jumpstarts Comedy-Thriller
Summary: 4 Stars
"Silver Streak" is an important film in the sense that it is the first film that "mainstreamed" Richard Pryor. Previously, Pryor was best known for his work on comedy albums, concerts, and "blaxploitation" films. I was thirteen when this film came out and it was an impetus for me to seek out Pryor's other rawer, more verboten body of work. Needless to say this was the first film to team Pryor with Gene Wilder and the chemistry they had was priceless. As for the film, the mixture of thriller and comedy is for the most part sucessful. Once Pryor enters the fray at the film's halfway mark it's like a shot of adrenaline. I attribute the film's sluggish first half to mediocre director Arthur Hiller. Patrick McGoohan's suave villainy is also a major plus here. A good supporting cast (Ned Beatty, Ray Walston, Scatman Crothers, Richard Kiel) is on hand here. Jill Clayburgh, who proved to be an able actress in subsequent films, is basically just on hand here as eye candy.Movie Review: An extremely entertaining comedy/thriller
Summary: 4 Stars
Gene Wilder's first foray into comedy\thrillers is a pure delight as the film is quick paced, funny and extremely enjoyable. Wilder's comic style has always been an acquired taste, but those who give him the time could ultimately discover that the man is an underrated comic genius, period. This film utilizes his charm and hysterics in equal measures to good effect as his character comes across assasins, hillbillys and moronic cops. And just when you think it is not going to get any better, the hilarious Richard Pryor comes along to give the film another dose of zesty comedy which showed for the first time the immense comedic chemistry between Wilder and Pryor that would later become a classic comedy pairing in the likes of "Stir Crazy" and "See no evil, Hear no evil". *Fans of Hitchcock will also enjoy this even more as the film is a pardoy\homage of many of Hitchcock's motifs*.Movie Review: A watchable blast from the past.
Summary: 4 Stars
It's a decent little movie with solid directing, cinematography, big budget crash effects and good performances by the actors. The girl who plays Wilder's new love is a 1976 honey. It may not come up to par with entertainment standards of today but it all depends on what you compare it too. While everything was solid, and the actors are from the golden age of the mid-70s, it was a bit too by-the-numbers for me to call it a 5 star movie, though I wouldn't give some of Hitchcock's thrillers 5 stars either. In spite of it's comic stars, it is not so much a comedy, as a murder on a train "thriller". As a piece of history or nostalgia you may enjoy it. It's a solid movie, no doubt about it, but it doesn't cross into the realm of clever genius that I'd reserve for 5-star movies.