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Movie Reviews of Tank
Movie Review: Never hack off a Sgt. Maj., especially one with his own tank
Summary: 4 Stars
This film will never be remembered as great cinematic art. It will never ever be remembered as great comedy. As drama, it is fairly hokey. That doesn't matter, though. It is fun.
The story is of a Sergeant Major who accepts his last post outside a small southern town. This SGM, however has his own Sherman tank that he and his son restored. The problem is that the town and the entire county is run by a corrupt sherrif who is into liquor, prostitution and bribery. The SGM makes the mistake of hacking of this sherrif so the sherrif arrests the son on a bogus drug charge and sends him to a hellhole of a prison camp. It seems that nothing the SGM can do will help his son so he takes matters into his own hands, fires up the tank and rides to the rescue. From there, is is a chase to the state line.
Most of the elements of this movie are extremely predictable. Stereotypes abound. You almost know what is going to happen before it happens. That does not detract too much from the fun of seeing it happen, though. Some of the antics are so patently absurd as to be unworkable but they work in this movie, whether or not they would ever work in the real world. Its just silly fun.
James Garner is extremely likable as the sarge. This is by no means his greatest work but it looks like it was fun to make. Shirley Jones plays his wife and C. Thomas Howell is the wronged kid. So too are their performances less that stellar but they get the job done.
The good guys win. So does the viewer. Don't expect high art, just the fairly frequent laugh.
Movie Review: I do believe we have a winner here!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a delightful movie for any occasion. James Garner is at his (Maverick-Rockford) best giving a great comedic as well as dramatic performance. Shirley Jones is great too as she gets to play a contemporary role and C. Thomas Howell complements his role as the son, Billy. G.D. Spradlin seems to be type cast as a redneck sheriff; a character at which he excels.
This movie was previously avalable from Goodtimes Home Video in Full Screen Format. As this release is from Universal Studios we could only hope it would have been released in it's Original Aspect Ratio but no soap. Although not a heavy hitter, this film will complement anyones collection and also has a delightful ending.
Movie Review: Tank
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a very good movie. Of course, most any movie James Garner plays a role in is always good. The only negative issue I have with TANK is some of the language used throughout was very distastful. Otherwise, I could have easily given it 5 stars.Movie Review: Tank
Summary: 4 Stars
Happy this movie is finally available on DVD! Great movie, good action, excellent choice of actors and actresses...Enjoyed seeing it again after many years since original VHS releaseMovie Review: SHLOCKEY HOKUM FUN
Summary: 3 Stars
Tank is not to be taken real seriously. It's a ridiculously plotted movie that has every cliche available (evil sheriff, dumb deputy, down on her luck prostitute, etc...) but the actors are good enough to lend it some entertainment value.
James GArner plays Sergeant Major Zack Carey, a career military man. When he sees a deputy Baker (james Cromwell) slapping around a prostitute (Jennilee Harrison) he steps in and saves her but now he's run afoul of the evil town Sheriff played by G.D. Spradlin. The Sheriff puts Zack's son (C. Thomas Howell) in Jail on a false drug charge. With nowhere to turn, Zack steals a tank, rescues his son and goes about demolishing the sheriffs town.
Zack will only surrender to the Sheriff in the next town and when the tank is bogged down in mud, the townfolk, who look at Zack as a folk hero, actually pull the tank though the mud and across the country or city line...
Yeah..it's all pretty 1980's cheese but the actors are so enjoyable in it, even if they are two-dimensional. It's good little escapist fun. Garner plays a much different role than the usual more suave characters were used to seeing and Spradlin always handles the role of the villian very well.