Hooper

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Bryan B One of my favorite 70's Burt movies. Lots of fun, jokes & stunts. Impossible not to like the movie with always likable Burt. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/17/23 Full Review Audience Member The creators of Smokey and the Bandit return with the late Burt Reynolds and Sally Field Reynolds is Hooper, the most successful stuntman in Hollywood He risks life and limb doing what he does The bigger the stunt the bigger the pay But he's facing new competition from a younger more experienced player named Ski using more advanced technological-oriented stunt methods Gwen his girlfriend is also concerned for Hooper's well-being taking pills and worrying about how much longer he can take the physical abuse on set Can he pull off one last stunt involving a rocket engine or face being crippled possibly death? Quite the film that has so much energy and Reynolds is having so much fun There will always be a new wave of stuntmen whom are younger, stronger relying on machines The thrill, danger and physical toll on stuntmen is present throughout even directors can be viewed as megalomaniacs clashing with actors And yes the stunts in the movie itself are impressive well worth the viewing between car crashes and explosions It could dig deeper into its Hollywood subject but cleverly mocks the idea of everything being fake on film One of Reynolds' more likable pictures Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/14/23 Full Review mike g Most people have no idea Smokey and the Bandit was the 2nd highest grosding film of 1977 (only to be beat by a dysfunctional family in a galaxy far, far away). Burt was the biggest star in the world for the rest of the 70s and very early 80s. His good friend and stuntman Hal Needham fell on tough financial times and lived at Burts home. He wrote Hooper and Burt made sure it was turned into a movie. I saw it first in the cinema as a kid and then a few times later as an adult. It's vintage Burt. From the wise cracks, to the deadpan 'breaking the fourth wall' looks to the camera, to the hotness that he and Sally Field displayed on screen. The ending sequence of stunts still astonish today's most jaded CGI'd audience. It's a lot of fun and represents a wonderful time when movies were a blast. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Very cool and comical movie about the life of a stunt-man. Not a whole lot of substance to the plot here, but Burt Reynolds was a bad-ass once again, and I thought Sally Field was really hot and was a great leading lady, just as she was in the Smokey and the Bandit movies Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member What can you say Burt Reynolds at his prime doing what became his classic style movie. The movie was also an homage to all the men behind the man the Hollywood stunt men. Revealing them as Men not crash dummies but real men who risked their lives to give audiences thrills and how doing this takes its toll over time. Hopefully we who enjoy action films will remember Hooper and after raving about the stars, directors and such will sing the praise of Hollywood's heroes the stunt people! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member After the massive success of "Smokey and the Bandit" (which Alfred Hitchcock considered one of his favorites), star Burt Reynolds and director Hal Needham re-teamed for this forgotten semi-classic. Burt plays an aging Hollywood stuntman who's trying to prove he's still got it when along comes young stuntman Jan-Michael Vincent (interestedly, in "The Mechanic" Vincent's character had a similar relationship to aging hitman Charles Bronson). However, the film is really not about narrative and primarily serves as a showcase for impressive stunts (high falls, car crashes, full-body flames, etc.), goofy low-brow banter (a lot of it fairly non-PC by contemporary standards), and for Burt and real-life girlfriend Sally Field to re-team on screen. Everything about this film is completely lightweight, from the drama to the characters to the humor. There's nothing here that makes it standout, but I do give "Hooper" credit for being the first Hollywood behind-the-scenes film to focus primarily on stuntmen and stuntwomen. Burt and director Needham both got their start in film working as stuntmen, which gives the film a sense of authenticity to the logistics behind the various stunts depicted in the film as well as the cocky showboat attitudes of the stunt people. In some ways, "Hooper" is very nearly a subculture film when it comes to this world of stunt people. Additionally, the likability of Burt Reynolds cannot be understated. He's not a genius actor or even a brilliant comic actor, but he has an onscreen charisma that fills the screen and makes you want to see what he'll do next. Field is equally likable, and although does not have as much screen time as Burt, she lights up every scene she's in. Overall, "Hooper" provides amiable low-brow humor and more interestingly provides a peek behind the curtain into the world of stunts and the people who perform them, even if it's not a very serious examination. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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