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A Balasaur Score of 47 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 38%, Metacritic 31/100. Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do. Most of the 753 1980s action movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
After getting out of jail, car thief Ernest "Stick" Stickley witnesses the murder of his friend Rainy during a drug deal. To avoid getting killed by the same people, who work for mobster Chucky, Stick gets a job as a chauffeur for millionaire Barry Braham and lies low. As he gets used to his new routine, Stick woos Barry's financial consultant, Kyle McClaren, but must fight back when Chucky's men come after him.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes38%
Metacritic31/100
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
53 audience votes
Key crew
- Burt ReynoldsDirector
- Elmore LeonardScreenplay
- Joseph ConlanOriginal Music Composer
- Barry De VorzonOriginal Music Composer
- Joseph StinsonScreenplay
Cast
- Burt ReynoldsStick
- Candice BergenKyle
- George SegalBarry
- Charles DurningChucky
- José PérezRainy
- Richard LawsonCornell
- Castulo GuerraNestor
- Dar RobinsonMoke
- Alex RoccoFirestone
- David ReynosoLuis
- Tricia Leigh FisherKatie
- Sachi ParkerBobbi
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Themes
new lovekidnappingthiefrevengedrug dealingdeathflorida evergladesnew life