Treat-Williams Movie Reviews

Dated, by todays standards, but still compelling. First half is interesting, and you are glued to the screen trying to absord the information given by Coyote's character, yet hoping he turns out to be the good guy. Little by little we're given bits and pieces of what happened, but only through Coyote's character, who turns out to be a manipulating deceiver, cold and scary with his Manson like powers over less experienced people.The second half is confusing, and Coyote and Loggia are off screen for nearly forty minutes. In the ending court-room drama, we don't see a flashback or re-inactment of what "supposedly" happened to this female school teacher and her two children. I guess both Coyote's character, Bill Bradfield, and Loggia as Dr. Smith did commit the crime. But, we as viewers don't feel or see any concrete evidence, and this leaves something to be desired. Based on a true story that took place in 1979 in Pennsylvania, and a case that lasted seven years. Just too many questions left unanswered. Yet, Loggia is awesome, and scary (wait until you see those "eyes".) And it's always a pleasure to see Peter Coyote, a very under-rated actor. I don't know...maybe I should've read the book instead.

I currently attend Upper Merion Area High School. While the movie was certainly entertaining (well, the first half anyway), the portrayal of some of the teachers who still work at UM seemed over-dramatized, and not very true-to-life. Still, it was interesting to see actors portraying people I know, as they were twenty some years ago.

Coyote and Loggia are utterly compelling in their roles. One watches a nauseating conspiracy emerge tortuously and impossibly between these two apparently (largely)unconnected weirdos. The horror, when it appears, is all the more convincing for having been rendered implausible before.

Dated, by todays standards, but still compelling. First half is interesting, and you are glued to the screen trying to absord the information given by Coyote's character, yet hoping he turns out to be the good guy. Little by little we're given bits and pieces of what happened, but only through Coyote's character, who turns out to be a manipulating deceiver, cold and scary with his Manson like powers over less experienced people.The second half is confusing, and Coyote and Loggia are off screen for nearly forty minutes. In the ending court-room drama, we don't see a flashback or re-inactment of what "supposedly" happened to this female school teacher and her two children. I guess both Coyote's character, Bill Bradfield, and Loggia as Dr. Smith did commit the crime. But, we as viewers don't feel or see any concrete evidence, and this leaves something to be desired. Based on a true story that took place in 1979 in Pennsylvania, and a case that lasted seven years. Just too many questions left unanswered. Yet, Loggia is awesome, and scary (wait until you see those "eyes".) And it's always a pleasure to see Peter Coyote, a very under-rated actor. I don't know...maybe I should've read the book instead.

I currently attend Upper Merion Area High School. While the movie was certainly entertaining (well, the first half anyway), the portrayal of some of the teachers who still work at UM seemed over-dramatized, and not very true-to-life. Still, it was interesting to see actors portraying people I know, as they were twenty some years ago.

Coyote and Loggia are utterly compelling in their roles. One watches a nauseating conspiracy emerge tortuously and impossibly between these two apparently (largely)unconnected weirdos. The horror, when it appears, is all the more convincing for having been rendered implausible before.

Don't waste your time on this film, it dosen't deserve it. Taking all the dramatic brilliance of Tennessee Williams writing, and reducing it to typical Made-For-TV drama. Please, if you can find ANYTHING else to do with your time (nails under your finger nails, whatever)do that instead.

I saw this a few years ago at the urging of a friend who believed Ann-Margret's performance to be the ultimate Blanche. I didn't expect much, certainly nothing beyond credible where Ann-Margret was concerned. However, I not only believe this is the best of the Blanches (we should have gotten from Jessica Lange at Least what we expected - a disappointment) - I believe this is the best performance of any role by an actress on film or video. Depth and instinct of a great great actress. Heartbreaking and nuanced. No wonder Tennessee hand picked her for the role. It's hers. Why isn't this more well-known? Available?

Ann-Margret was a magnificent Blanche, and the production itself was astounding. It captures the sadness, melancholy, sensuality of its characters, New Orleans, and Mr. Williams' text.

First of all whats with this DVD including #1 and #3. What happened to the second movie. The best part of #3 is that apparently halfway through the movie changes who the bad guys are. I think the original script was used and after about 40 minutes the director realized there were only 2 pages of script left. So the last 1/2 of the movie was written and the 2 were badly stapled together - I mean come on whats with the voiceover at the

I'd like to give this 3 1/2 stars because it's better than Substitute 4 but not the first sequel. The first movie is great by the way. Anyhow, this second sequel is one of the more far fetched sequels. First, there wouldn't be kids in college that act that way - it's more like a high school. Kids throwing things around the room, etc..(this just struck me as funny)

This movie has more gratuitous nudity scenes: The wet t-shirt contest, then a threesome by one of the bad guys in a warehouse! That was funny. The fight scenes in this movie are really good, though. The beginning fight was good, the pizza place battle was good, the classroom fight was funny, and the end battle was good too. The movie did take a turn in the middle, where the football team took a backburner to the drug dealers - but that was OK. If you like the second movie you'll like this one.

these are great action film's,
the first is my favorite.
i find it strange they did not but number 2 on.
if you want an action film you dont have to think about then this is for you.
the fact that is 2 films for the very low price of one is great too.

First of all whats with this DVD including #1 and #3. What happened to the second movie. The best part of #3 is that apparently halfway through the movie changes who the bad guys are. I think the original script was used and after about 40 minutes the director realized there were only 2 pages of script left. So the last 1/2 of the movie was written and the 2 were badly stapled together - I mean come on whats with the voiceover at the

I'd like to give this 3 1/2 stars because it's better than Substitute 4 but not the first sequel. The first movie is great by the way. Anyhow, this second sequel is one of the more far fetched sequels. First, there wouldn't be kids in college that act that way - it's more like a high school. Kids throwing things around the room, etc..(this just struck me as funny)

This movie has more gratuitous nudity scenes: The wet t-shirt contest, then a threesome by one of the bad guys in a warehouse! That was funny. The fight scenes in this movie are really good, though. The beginning fight was good, the pizza place battle was good, the classroom fight was funny, and the end battle was good too. The movie did take a turn in the middle, where the football team took a backburner to the drug dealers - but that was OK. If you like the second movie you'll like this one.

these are great action film's,
the first is my favorite.
i find it strange they did not but number 2 on.
if you want an action film you dont have to think about then this is for you.
the fact that is 2 films for the very low price of one is great too.

There are so many aspects of Devil's Own that I really really like! But there are some really bad plot flaws that I desperately wish could be corrected. Firstly, the story begins introducing these characters (For instance, a member the British Intellegence unit who murders an IRA man) that end up having little sugniffiance to the story line. As it is, the whole plot is VERY unrealistic-- down right tacky in some places as it begins to slip into a typical Harrison Ford action flick. But if that can be over-looked (and let's face it, plot is pretty important to a film), it's a pretty good movie. The dialouge is absolutely marvolous-- lines which will stick with you all throughout your life. One in particular, I believe, sums up the whole movie: "Don't be looking for happy endings, Tom, it's not an American story, it's an Irish one."

Apart from the notoriously grating Ulster accent that Brad Pitt adopted for this movie, there are several things that drag the movie down.

A plot would have been nice for instance. Harrison Ford's character turns out in the end of have been totally skippable, perhaps something written only to inflate his screen time as the 20-million-per-film star. There's a whole dog and pony show with him questioning his own police career after a sour NYC cop incident, etc etc, but it's hard to see how this really made the tiniest dent in the story.

Brad Pitt can't get over his typical I'm-so-suave look that appeals to the middle aged ladies of the world. Simply scrambling your vowel sounds and saying "fook's seek" frequently doesn;t quite make you sound, what,Oirish! It does make you painfully insufferable though.

Thirdly, even more laughable than the accents are the action scenes, which are so poorly choreographed and edited, it's hard to believe the film is a Hollywood product. First there is Sean and Frankie's shootout with "half the fookin' army," which they predictably win -- with a shotgun. Then they escape because the British forget to watch the back door. Hmm. Then, there is the mysterious appearance of a vast forest in the middle of downtown Belfast, into which IRA terrorists can conveniently ease into when cornered. Next there is the shootout with Billy Burke, in which Frankie somehow manages to fire three rounds from a double-barrelled shotgun (taking out a sniper who, oddly enough, falls forward from the impact of a shot in the chest), retrieves his pistol and fires the same shot twice--hitting Billy Burke, who for some reason counted to ten before lunging for his own gun.

Long and short of it, this is a passable movie you could consider renting, but keep your expectations low. Nothing you'd be seen talking about I am sure.

Ford and Pitt do great things together in this movie. While watching, you sort of wonder how much of the film made the cutting floor... perhaps scenes that might have cleared a few things up. Pitt has a knack for selecting scripts so I have to think the script was better than what ended up being the film. but, it's not a horrid film by any stretch. Not as good as I was expecting, but still worth watching.

There are so many aspects of Devil's Own that I really really like! But there are some really bad plot flaws that I desperately wish could be corrected. Firstly, the story begins introducing these characters (For instance, a member the British Intellegence unit who murders an IRA man) that end up having little sugniffiance to the story line. As it is, the whole plot is VERY unrealistic-- down right tacky in some places as it begins to slip into a typical Harrison Ford action flick. But if that can be over-looked (and let's face it, plot is pretty important to a film), it's a pretty good movie. The dialouge is absolutely marvolous-- lines which will stick with you all throughout your life. One in particular, I believe, sums up the whole movie: "Don't be looking for happy endings, Tom, it's not an American story, it's an Irish one."

Apart from the notoriously grating Ulster accent that Brad Pitt adopted for this movie, there are several things that drag the movie down.

A plot would have been nice for instance. Harrison Ford's character turns out in the end of have been totally skippable, perhaps something written only to inflate his screen time as the 20-million-per-film star. There's a whole dog and pony show with him questioning his own police career after a sour NYC cop incident, etc etc, but it's hard to see how this really made the tiniest dent in the story.

Brad Pitt can't get over his typical I'm-so-suave look that appeals to the middle aged ladies of the world. Simply scrambling your vowel sounds and saying "fook's seek" frequently doesn;t quite make you sound, what,Oirish! It does make you painfully insufferable though.

Thirdly, even more laughable than the accents are the action scenes, which are so poorly choreographed and edited, it's hard to believe the film is a Hollywood product. First there is Sean and Frankie's shootout with "half the fookin' army," which they predictably win -- with a shotgun. Then they escape because the British forget to watch the back door. Hmm. Then, there is the mysterious appearance of a vast forest in the middle of downtown Belfast, into which IRA terrorists can conveniently ease into when cornered. Next there is the shootout with Billy Burke, in which Frankie somehow manages to fire three rounds from a double-barrelled shotgun (taking out a sniper who, oddly enough, falls forward from the impact of a shot in the chest), retrieves his pistol and fires the same shot twice--hitting Billy Burke, who for some reason counted to ten before lunging for his own gun.

Long and short of it, this is a passable movie you could consider renting, but keep your expectations low. Nothing you'd be seen talking about I am sure.

Ford and Pitt do great things together in this movie. While watching, you sort of wonder how much of the film made the cutting floor... perhaps scenes that might have cleared a few things up. Pitt has a knack for selecting scripts so I have to think the script was better than what ended up being the film. but, it's not a horrid film by any stretch. Not as good as I was expecting, but still worth watching.

There are so many aspects of Devil's Own that I really really like! But there are some really bad plot flaws that I desperately wish could be corrected. Firstly, the story begins introducing these characters (For instance, a member the British Intellegence unit who murders an IRA man) that end up having little sugniffiance to the story line. As it is, the whole plot is VERY unrealistic-- down right tacky in some places as it begins to slip into a typical Harrison Ford action flick. But if that can be over-looked (and let's face it, plot is pretty important to a film), it's a pretty good movie. The dialouge is absolutely marvolous-- lines which will stick with you all throughout your life. One in particular, I believe, sums up the whole movie: "Don't be looking for happy endings, Tom, it's not an American story, it's an Irish one."

Apart from the notoriously grating Ulster accent that Brad Pitt adopted for this movie, there are several things that drag the movie down.

A plot would have been nice for instance. Harrison Ford's character turns out in the end of have been totally skippable, perhaps something written only to inflate his screen time as the 20-million-per-film star. There's a whole dog and pony show with him questioning his own police career after a sour NYC cop incident, etc etc, but it's hard to see how this really made the tiniest dent in the story.

Brad Pitt can't get over his typical I'm-so-suave look that appeals to the middle aged ladies of the world. Simply scrambling your vowel sounds and saying "fook's seek" frequently doesn;t quite make you sound, what,Oirish! It does make you painfully insufferable though.

Thirdly, even more laughable than the accents are the action scenes, which are so poorly choreographed and edited, it's hard to believe the film is a Hollywood product. First there is Sean and Frankie's shootout with "half the fookin' army," which they predictably win -- with a shotgun. Then they escape because the British forget to watch the back door. Hmm. Then, there is the mysterious appearance of a vast forest in the middle of downtown Belfast, into which IRA terrorists can conveniently ease into when cornered. Next there is the shootout with Billy Burke, in which Frankie somehow manages to fire three rounds from a double-barrelled shotgun (taking out a sniper who, oddly enough, falls forward from the impact of a shot in the chest), retrieves his pistol and fires the same shot twice--hitting Billy Burke, who for some reason counted to ten before lunging for his own gun.

Long and short of it, this is a passable movie you could consider renting, but keep your expectations low. Nothing you'd be seen talking about I am sure.

Ford and Pitt do great things together in this movie. While watching, you sort of wonder how much of the film made the cutting floor... perhaps scenes that might have cleared a few things up. Pitt has a knack for selecting scripts so I have to think the script was better than what ended up being the film. but, it's not a horrid film by any stretch. Not as good as I was expecting, but still worth watching.

Ahh, the splendor of reanimated Chinese chicken, violently screeching to life, as Joe Piscopo and Treat Williams die, die, and die again...all this movie needs is Jeffrey Combs in a dress! Vincent Price's mere prescence anoints this rollicking joyride cop/horror crossbreed that will cannibalize your attention span as it presents the universal truth that all heterosexual males wish to be "reincarnated as the seat on a girl's bicycle." God bless you, Joe and Treat, and a Happy Death Day to you both! "Dead Heat" will smoke your sausage.

I would love to add this film to my collection on DVD. With Anchor Bay restoring all of our old B-Movie horror classics this can't be skipped. I can't understand why there are so many poor reviews (recent too) of a film that hasn't had an available copy in print for almost ten years.(VHS included) Perhaps if there was a better transfer released and it was restored to the hilt people would reconsider. Remember though.....Amazon doesn't recommend things that are out of stock. If people came to this page to write a review then they where at least interested. They couldn't have happened on this movie by accident, and if they have enough free time on thier hands to just slam random films on Amazon then please go to the new Star Wars prequels and slam away.

Widescreen a must, Dolby 5.1 sound and DTS (thinking of my fellow horror fans of the Dolby Theater sound persuasion), deleted scenes, etc.

Edit:
I have actually found this film on DVD, poor transfer.........but cheap. Oh well, better than VHS.

It's one of my favourites, but I missed 30 minutes. I think it's very good acting and a lot of jokes. I laughed a houndred of times. Very funny, very cool, much action, not scary at all (if I can say it myself). I think you should see it. Awsome!!!!!! Treat Williams coolest movie (as far as I can see... haven't seen them all)

Ahh, the splendor of reanimated Chinese chicken, violently screeching to life, as Joe Piscopo and Treat Williams die, die, and die again...all this movie needs is Jeffrey Combs in a dress! Vincent Price's mere prescence anoints this rollicking joyride cop/horror crossbreed that will cannibalize your attention span as it presents the universal truth that all heterosexual males wish to be "reincarnated as the seat on a girl's bicycle." God bless you, Joe and Treat, and a Happy Death Day to you both! "Dead Heat" will smoke your sausage.

I would love to add this film to my collection on DVD. With Anchor Bay restoring all of our old B-Movie horror classics this can't be skipped. I can't understand why there are so many poor reviews (recent too) of a film that hasn't had an available copy in print for almost ten years.(VHS included) Perhaps if there was a better transfer released and it was restored to the hilt people would reconsider. Remember though.....Amazon doesn't recommend things that are out of stock. If people came to this page to write a review then they where at least interested. They couldn't have happened on this movie by accident, and if they have enough free time on thier hands to just slam random films on Amazon then please go to the new Star Wars prequels and slam away.

Widescreen a must, Dolby 5.1 sound and DTS (thinking of my fellow horror fans of the Dolby Theater sound persuasion), deleted scenes, etc.

Edit:
I have actually found this film on DVD, poor transfer.........but cheap. Oh well, better than VHS.

It's one of my favourites, but I missed 30 minutes. I think it's very good acting and a lot of jokes. I laughed a houndred of times. Very funny, very cool, much action, not scary at all (if I can say it myself). I think you should see it. Awsome!!!!!! Treat Williams coolest movie (as far as I can see... haven't seen them all)