The Gauntlet Reviews

Since it is one of the last movies directed by Clint Eastwood which I hadn’t seen yet, I was obviously really eager to check it out. Obviously, it is a minor effort and when we are far from the level of his most prestigious work here but it was still fun enough in my opinion. Indeed, basically, it is one of those typical flicks that good old Clint used to make back in those days, combining some pretty preposterous action scenes with his really dry sense of humor. At first, the main character shows up as an alcoholic bump but pretty soon he gets really tough but I guess it goes with the territory. One of the interesting aspects was the relationship between Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke who was his long time partner at the time. Indeed, it was their 2nd movie together (they will make 6 together eventually) and they had some great chemistry here even if the romantic scenes at the end in the bus were not really convincing. Eventually, it is above all thanks to Eastwood’s awesome charisma that the whole thing still worked and with another actor, it would have been pretty tedious I’m afraid. To conclude, even though it is nothing really amazing, I thought it was a decent action comedy and I think it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Clint Eastwood’s work.