Hickey & Boggs

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Ma B Jan 23 Starts off really badly, and gradually gets worse. See more Mark W 08/26/2024 Poorly written script with a confusing plot. Day player acting outside of the two leads. Robert Culp should have stuck to acting as his directing here is woeful. The action beats are OK hence one star. See more camille l 04/06/2015 Pour ce qui est de l'atmosphère, de la mise en scène et de l'esthétique d'Hickey & Boggs, Robert Culp a tout bon. Tantôt étouffant, tantôt désespérant, Hickey & Boggs a tout pour être un bon film noir bien ancré dans ses 70's. C'est alors extrêmement dommage que le scénario soit absolument incompréhensible passée la première demi-heure et que le nombre de personnages soit aussi important, surtout quand il est impossible de comprendre leurs enjeux dramatiques. Robert Culp et Bill Cosby sont bons, mais c'est plutôt Vincent Gardenia qui brille. A noter la présence d'un jeune James Woods. See more 12/31/2014 Action and suspense films from the early 1970s have a distinctive period flavor to them. The surprisingly effective Hickey and Boggs - co-star Robert Culp's sole directorial effort - embodies that disillusioned and dissolute era of movie making. The rough and choppy editing, the oddly cropped shots keep the viewer on edge; so do the less than pristine cinematography and the cacophonous sound track, with dialogue overlaid on a constant, dull background roar of ambient noise. Often this proved to be a recipe for pretentious but empty disasters and cynical exploitation films; here, it all works to keep the level of unease - of menace - uncomfortably high--Action and suspense films from the early 1970s have a distinctive period flavor to them. The surprisingly effective Hickey and Boggs - co-star Robert Culp's sole directorial effort - embodies that disillusioned and dissolute era of movie making. The rough and choppy editing, the oddly cropped shots keep the viewer on edge; so do the less than pristine cinematography and the cacophonous sound track, with dialogue overlaid on a constant, dull background roar of ambient noise. Often this proved to be a recipe for pretentious but empty disasters and cynical exploitation films; here, it all works to keep the level of unease - of menace - uncomfortably high--A Potent Dose of 70's L. A. downbeat neo-noir!! See more 08/15/2014 Gave it a spin off the TiVo and a cable recording after reading a friend's blog reviews of it, and I have to say that I was pretty impressed. Cosby and Culp manage a nicely bleak feeling from start to finish. Well worth a rental. See more 09/23/2013 One of those defeatist 70's neo-noir movies that has a charm, but it moves painfully slow in parts and is so devoid of humanity that it's kind of a downer, (which I get is the point, but that still doesn't mean you enjoy the time spent in the dark). See more Read all reviews

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