The Stone Killer (1973)
I always try to see other actors’ auditions for The Godfather, since there were so many other men who could have done a better job in the title role than Marlon Brando. Martin Balsam, who fell in love with Italy and retired there (I have affectionately nicknamed him Martini Balsamic), would have undoubtedly wanted the part. Instead, he got stuck with The Stone Killer and Counsellor at Law. In both, he plays a Sicilian mob boss, but neither one was successful nor remembered throughout the years.
Unfortunately for me, Martin was hardly in the movie. Charles Bronson is the lead, a Los Angeles policeman who tries to stop the terrible crime spree and solve the connection to the Italian mafia. I didn’t have the highest expectations for this typical ’70s cop movie, but it was still disappointing. It’s one giant shoot-em-up fest with every typical 1970s trick in the book. Lousy music, awkward zooms, boxy cars, long sideburns, bad acting, and ketchup-dressed bullet wounds. There’s even a whole unnecessary sequence at a hippie commune festival, and Charles tries to interrogate a witness amidst flowing scarves, drug-induced flamboyance, and animal rituals. What were they thinking? Oh, right; it was 1973 so that type of behavior was supposed to be commonplace.
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Unfortunately for me, Martin was hardly in the movie. Charles Bronson is the lead, a Los Angeles policeman who tries to stop the terrible crime spree and solve the connection to the Italian mafia. I didn’t have the highest expectations for this typical ’70s cop movie, but it was still disappointing. It’s one giant shoot-em-up fest with every typical 1970s trick in the book. Lousy music, awkward zooms, boxy cars, long sideburns, bad acting, and ketchup-dressed bullet wounds. There’s even a whole unnecessary sequence at a hippie commune festival, and Charles tries to interrogate a witness amidst flowing scarves, drug-induced flamboyance, and animal rituals. What were they thinking? Oh, right; it was 1973 so that type of behavior was supposed to be commonplace.
Want to watch it? Click here to see it on ok.ru and thanks "The Projection Room" for posting!
More Martin Balsam movies here!