The Persuaders!, Set 1
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Movie Reviews of The Persuaders!, Set 1
Movie Review: Very Corny - but a good theme song
Summary: 3 Stars
That is what I remember, the main theme song, which is very cool. The series, however, is very corny. The rest of the music used in the show is laughable 70's Hollywood interpretations of real 70's pop music. The outfits these guys wear made me laugh too, yeah - people really wore stuff like lime green ascots with green shirts in the 70's. Curtis' gloves were one of show's trademarks.
The plots are very simple: two rich playboys chase some woman around and get into big trouble for their efforts.
What is really amazing is how television has'nt changed that much. The Persuaders is fun to watch, Curtis and Moore work well together and the corny dialog is better than what passes for good dialog on cop shows today.
Its worth a look at least once.
Movie Review: Great Show!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
As a long time Roger Moore fan, i enjoy most of his work. I had seen some of the Saint episodes many years ago, but became very happy when BBC-America began broadcasting them; in fact, I enjoyed them so much I purchased the Megaset(which contains all the color episodes from 1966-'69). I have also began purchasing the early episodes(the B&W episodes from 1962-'65) available from only selected distributors of which, sadly, Amazon is not. Anyway, I've never seen the Persuaders before, but since I like R. Moore and Tony Curtis, and since many user reviews were very positive, I decide to go for it. What a great choice!!! Excellent show. Top- notch writing, excellent direction, and gorgeous vistas make this a show not to be missed. If you like R. Moore, The Saint, and/or Tony Curtis, you'll love this. The cammraderie of Moore and Curtis is great. The back and forth stlye and bantering plays out a lot like Redford and Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Absolutely wonderful. Buy it with confidence; you will NOT be disappointed.Movie Review: Hugely enjoyable series
Summary: 5 Stars
I first encountered "The Persuaders!" on a cable channel that showed episodes from the series as part of its "Mystery Friday" offerings. In a way it was a "missing link" in the transition from the great spy shows of the 1960s and the detective dramas of the 1970s, with elements from the former and foreshadowings of the latter. I was soon hooked, partly by the concept of two ridiculously wealthy men who had the freedom to stand up to the various crooks and murders they encountered, and partly by the interplay between Moore and Curtis (it's obvious that the two liked each other and had great fun doing the show).
Now A&E has released the first set of DVDs from the series' single-season run. Containing 13 episodes, they show Moore and Curtis resolving all sorts of wrongdoing as they jet set across Europe. The stories themselves are of uneven quality (everybody who enjoys the show will have their favorites; mine are "Take Seven," "Greensleeves", and "The Time and the Place"), but all of them run on the Moore-Curtis chemistry, as well as the uniformly strong performances of the other actors. As other reviewers have noted, fans of the two actors will enjoy this set, as well as those who like classic British action series from the 1960s like "The Avengers" and Moore's earlier show "The Saint," (especially since writers from both of these shows contributed scripts for this series).
Movie Review: Another botched A&E audio transfer
Summary: 4 Stars
This series is very entertaining but is marred by an out of sync audio transfer. Once again A&E has released a DVD title without doing any kind of quality control check before going to market. Too bad. I quite enjoyed the show, but the out of sync audio will relegate this title to the rental only queue.Movie Review: Chance purchase yields great entertainment!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this series based on the two listed stars. I had never seen any of the episodes and was completely unaware that it ever existed. Now having been brought up during the Golden Age of Television Detectives (Columbo, Kojack, Streets of San Francisco, Banacek, etc.) I would have expected a rip-off of some sort. To my delight, this exceeded my expectations by miles! Roger Moore and Tony Curtis are great together. They are somewhat hammy but this series has a charm that can't be explained that make all of it fun. It is not cheap! They have on location adventures in some of the most fascinating places in Europe. It is a colorful work of art. A true 70's "Austin Powers" atmosphere and seems to be a cross between that and 'The Avengers' without the English eccentrics bent on taking over the world. There is occasional camp, but it is funny! Roger Moore wore his own line of clothes in this series and now I know where he got the idea of the Safari jacket. Tony Curtis is an American in exile (as an Actor) and filled in his time while in England with Moore in this series and he is older but still has that "Great Leslie" personality (from 'The Great Race") to carry him through awkward moments. The story writers do a good job here and the character of "the Judge" is our old friend "Argus" , the builder of the ship Argo from "Jason and the Argonauts". There is a lot of Psychedelic lunacy included and plots revolving around interesting things. This is well worth your time and attention and I look forward to the next DVD set! It was only on for one season but you have a full 26 episodes in Volumes I & II together.