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C. Thomas Howell, G.D. Spradlin, James Garner

This enjoyable nonsense stars James Garner as a career military man (and private owner of a Sherman tank) who ends up on the wrong side of a redneck sheriff (G.D. Spradlin) by interfering in a bu...( read more  read more... )llying deputy's treatment of a prostitute. The corrupt lawman gets his revenge by arresting Garner's teenage son (C. Thomas Howell) on a phony drug charge and locking him away on a brutal prison farm. After taking some lumps there, the poor kid's dad decides to haul out his prized tank and do a little rearranging of the terrain. While the plot sounds like some antiauthority potboiler from the early '70s and the characters are all stick figures, Garner's golden warmth gives this movie some nice dimension. Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky (Victory at Entebbe). --Tom Keogh

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Directed by: Marvin J. Chomsky

Release Date: March 16, 1984

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DVD Release Date: June 15, 1998

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  • lavenderfawn
    June 2, 2007
    lavenderfawn
    My dad always made me watch this movie with him. I guess because it's "more" than an action film...it's the touching, albeit violent, story about a man and his son. (sarcasm, in case you can't tell)
  • stanleyphillips
    April 30, 2009
    stanleyphillips
    Another one for times like this
  • jazzmonk
    April 27, 2008
    jazzmonk
    It's got a couple of very good scenes in it. Rather silly.
  • snowmaverick
    March 24, 2008
    snowmaverick
    I loved to watch this movie when I was a kid.
  • MECreviews
    March 21, 2008
    MECreviews
    This movie is ok. Nothing that spectacular though.
  • gmen68
    November 4, 2007
    gmen68
    Old school, but still good.
  • thereeldeal
    August 23, 2007
    thereeldeal
    I think I saw this. I think it was silly, but with a bit of heart thanks to a decent cast.
  • 1980sgirl
    July 23, 2007
    1980sgirl
    I haven't seen this forever! If you loved C Thomas in the 80s this one is for you.

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