coffeepro

I'm sure everyone has read the plot which is very simple. I just want to comment on the last 45 minutes which I will also put simply: sweat inducing, edge of the seat, exciting and in my opinion completely unmatched in car chase scenes, before or after. Ronin, Vanishing Point, Eat My Dust, and many others can not come close to this. After a slowish start, buckle your seat belts..... you are in for the ride of your life! Forget about the bad acting. This is not about acting, it's about the great muscle cars of the early 70's, and in particular an awe inspiring 1973 Mustang. I have seen the remake of this movie and in no way can the two be compared. This is far superior.

Right off the bat I noticed the same thing another reader mentions... the longish, styled 70's haircut the lead detective is sporting. NO police force allowed hair like that in 1965! Also annoying is the fact it is set in Boston, yet I hear ZERO Boston dialect! If you listen carefully there are a lot of phrases that didn't come into vogue until at least the 90's. I realize this is being nitpicky.. but c'mon these were obvious and very easy fixes. Who writes this junk anyway? The frequent night shots of the Boston skyline (same shot repeated over and over) were also annoying. If the set pieces matched the actual time frame I might have boosted this up a notch.