Prime Cut

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Prime Cut

R

1972

1h 31m

Crime

Drama

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A Chicago mob collector (Lee Marvin) calls on a Kansas cattleman (Gene Hackman) who also deals in prostitutes and drugs.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Prime Cut is very different from the usual gangster movie; it's put together almost like a comic strip, with all of the good and bad things that implies, and the Marvin character has more in common with superheroes than with mobsters.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 23, 2004

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Prime Cut is an essential crime picture that finds new relevance in a period that, not so long ago, may have seemed dated and backward, but today feels maddeningly, disappointingly true.

Rated: 4/4

Mar 11, 2022

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Fans of Marvin, Hackman and Spacek should delight, as Prime Cut is weird, wicked, and a lot of fun.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 21, 2020

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Hackman is in top form, providing a nuanced, almost charming villain, who could be a fun person to befriend, were it not for his flesh farm and his tendencies toward homicide.

Rated: 7/10

Aug 30, 2020

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Robert Sullivan

Los Angeles Free Press

A much greater fault is the way the film constantly pulls its punches; half of the film's climaxes don't feel quite right because they're not sufficiently climactic.

Jan 7, 2020

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Enchantingly perverse fairy-tale

Sep 25, 2009

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Shioka O

A weird crime film. More like a nasty satire comedy. Opening with meat packing/sausage factory footages and Gene Hackman plays villain called "Mary Ann".

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/05/22

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Audience Member

Prime Cut is a mean nasty crime/mob thriller that they rarely make anymore. Lee Marvin at his coolest and Gene Hackman at his slimiest. Also surprisingly funny. Great shootout at a farmhouse at the end. They just don't make ‘em like the 70s anymore. Great time for film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Ed M

I wanted to love this movie. Gene Hackman and Lee Marvin. But it was just okay.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/16/20

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delysid d

a very cool movie that reminded me of point blank. lee marvin is a badass who has been forgotten by modern audiences but he was great

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/03/18

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Audience Member

Not one of Lee Marvin's nor Gene Hackman's best. It was like watching a made for TV movie. Probably would have been if it weren't for the R rated scenes but they're mild compared to what you see today. Features a very young Sissy Spacek.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

Violent both in action and intention. Exposing some of the seamy underbelly of the seemingly docile Midwest. Fantastic acting by Marvin, Hackman and a very young Sissy Spacek. The beginning is not for the squeamish.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Synopsis

A Chicago mob collector (Lee Marvin) calls on a Kansas cattleman (Gene Hackman) who also deals in prostitutes and drugs.

Director: Michael Ritchie
Producer: Joe Wizan
Screenwriter: Robert Dillon
Rating: R
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Jun 14, 2005
Runtime: 1h 31m