The Gauntlet
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Brand: Warner BrothersDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, HiFi Sound, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 109 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-03-30
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Gauntlet
Movie Review: Over the top and entertaining
Summary: 4 Stars
In the 1970s when star/director Clint Eastwood was at the top of his game, I guess he still is, he made a cop movie, The Gauntlet, that poked fun at his super-cop mystique he created in the Dirty Harry movies. Eastwood is Ben Shockley, a Phoenix police officer who joined the force for all the right reasons but he's been beaten down over the years as he waits for his big case. He seems to get a shot at it with orders to extradite a prisoner from Vegas, Gus Mally who happens to be a prostitute testifying in a low-level trial. Things aren't as they seem though as Shockley and Gus discover that the mob and maybe even the police are gunning for them. Can they make it back to Vegas before they're finished off? There's plot holes here and the last 10 minutes is as ridiculous and over the top as you can get, but that's the appeal of the movie. It's entertaining from start to finish as the storyline unravels and some twists are revealed.
Taking some jabs at Harry Callahan, Eastwood as Phoenix police officer Ben Shockley is a good if not great performance. As Shockley discovers he was picked for the job for all the wrong reasons, the veteran officer regains some of the drive and motivation he'd lost over the years. Sondra Locke gives one of her best performance as Augustina "Gus" Mally, a prostitute expected to testify in a mob trial. Locke shows she can handle her own against Eastwood with a role so few movies have, a strong and smart woman. Pat Hingle leads the supporting cast as Josephson, Shockley's old partner who may be the only straight cop around. William Prince is just the opposite as Blakelock, the police commissioner looking out for No. 1. Bill McKinney gives a memorable turn as a country constable Shockley and Mally run across with Michael Cavanaugh playing Feyderspiel, the assistant DA who seems too perfect.
Along with a good if not great widescreen presentation, the DVD has a trailer and cast and crew info which is really just an Eastwood filmography. Still, it's a good price at under $10. The Gauntlet isn't Eastwood's best film, but it is still entertaining with Eastwood and Locke going toe to toe. Give The Gauntlet a try!
Summary of The Gauntlet
A tough cop protects a witness from both side of the law and get her to the courthouse for the trial of a lifetime. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/02/2004 Starring: Clint Eastwood Sondra Locke Run time: 111 minutes Rating: R Director: Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood is a down-and-out cop who is sent on a routine mission to pick up a witness and deliver her to the Phoenix courthouse. Sounds easy until he realizes he's been set up by the man who gave him this simple assignment. The interplay between Eastwood and the witness, a clever prostitute played by the actor's former girlfriend, Sondra Locke, is tough and playful. They obviously had strong chemistry. The story is highly implausible at times, but the action sequences are satisfying. Eastwood directs The Gauntlet very much in the style of his Academy Award-winning Western Unforgiven. Although the body count is surprisingly low for an Eastwood action film, a house, several cars, and a large bus get shot through with more holes than a big wheel of Swiss cheese. For Eastwood fans, this is the laconic hero at his prime. --Richard Natale
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