tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post9124406064903585350..comments2024-03-24T14:03:33.932-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: Hickey & Boggs (1972)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-61231964599372756872020-06-16T19:44:01.600-07:002020-06-16T19:44:01.600-07:00“Al Hickey: [following the final shootout] Nobody ...“Al Hickey: [following the final shootout] Nobody came... nobody cares. It's still not about anything.<br />Frank Boggs: Yeah, you told me.” <br /><br />The heroes are not slick, perfect men (I know I got this from the movie poster). They aren't very good shots with their revolvers (a refreshing change of pace actually) and they more or less stumble onto many of the leads in the course of their investigation. When the story ends they haven't accomplished anything except to kill the three mob soldiers and a mid-level "manager" who dog them throughout the story. They save nobody, the mob remains untouched, and they might very well be looking at time in prison. At best they'll probably lose their private investigator licenses.<br /><br />This movie would never get made today. At least not as a mainstream movie. There is no satisfying conclusion. The villains continue to prosper with only a few low level "torpedoes" and a middle level manager dead. The female ,who at first one thinks might need to be helped by our intrepid P.I.'s, soon turns out to be as bad as everyone else.Jaded and cynical, but I liked this story. It was smartly written and had a bite to it that one doesn't find anymore.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772174583986120813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-82295804603233873142016-08-02T00:37:17.733-07:002016-08-02T00:37:17.733-07:00Admittedly hard to follow in places,this is still ...Admittedly hard to follow in places,this is still a favorite of mine. Maybe it's the effect of tarnishing the I SPY team(though the Cosby scandal has tarnished everything he ever did). The fact that in classic early 70s fashion,nobody cares,nothing means nothing. But if Culp's gay here,why does he keep going to the topless club to stare at and take abuse from his ex wife?Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050780812342957714noreply@blogger.com