Film What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[Luigi]

Sisu: Road to Revenge

Stephen Lang just can't help himself when it comes to reigniting feuds with old foes. Doubles down on the absurdity and throws physics out the window to entertaining results. However, I did feel that it peaked early with the appropriately called "Motor Mayhem" chapter.

7/10

Rental Family

Predictable but also heartwarming slice of life type of film. Almost wish it was longer, would have loved to have spent more time with these characters. Brendan Fraser understood the assignment perfectly.

7.5/10

 

[Frodo]

THE HUNTED LADY ( 1977)




Years before she became a nighttime soap icon Knots Landing ,Donna Mills starred in the thriller Telefilm , The Hunted Lady , as a wrongly accused cop on the run from the Law ,and The Mob.

As it turns out , the film, like The Norliss Tapes, was intended as a 2 hour pilot , in which her character would roam the country as a fugitive, helping people along the way.

It's pretty clearly modeled off of The Fugitive TV series , and in this first adventure, she flees to Nevada where she ends up caught in a land dispute between a Baron, and Native Peoples.

Robert Reed of The Brady Bunch and Will Sampson of One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, both put in good performances, while Donna Mills makes a charming and charismatic lead of a potential new series.

The film is pretty good, though , I could see how if you came to it cold ,in 1977 ,and there's this side story which deviates from the narrative , and there's no resolution to her plight , in the film , you may have scratched your head , and move onto the next thing.

According to Wikipedia, the series was made in the context of hits like Charlies Angels and The Bionic Woman , when Network execs saw a profit in Female lead action themed tv shows.

Mills is very much in the Lindsay Wagner school in this film .

It's too bad it didn't catch on in 1977 , but , with so many choices back then , I could see how it could get lost in the shuffle.

But nevertheless, I liked it as a one off .


Airing on November 28, 1977, In the top ten was a country ballad by Crystal Gale .

 

[blueharvest]