Slob cop Baker has to keep tabs on reluctant heroin smuggler Balsam, while also trying to nab union boss Saxon for murder.
Pretty good 1970s cop flick will unfortunately never recover from it's MST3K treatment. While the Mystery Science Theater version is indeed funny, I will point out it's not really fair to mock a film for being incomprehensible when you remove one-third of the film for host segments (note Saxon disappears without explantion in the MST3K version). It's certainly not a great film, but as a 1970s B-movie, it's perfectly competent, and Baker makes a good anti-hero. And definitely undeserving of its 2.1 rating on IMDb. Were it not for the MST treatment, this film would be forgotten, but have the solid 5 or 6 out of 10 it deserves. Give it a chance.
-Dave W. |