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Sharky's Machine

1981

Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds, Vittorio Gassman, Brian Keith, Charles Durning ...

5.4

427

Action A demoted Atlanta vice cop (Reynolds) pursues a personal vendetta against a crime boss (Vittorio Gassman) after falling in love with a stunning beauty (Rachel Ward) from the mobster's stable of high-priced prostitutes.

	Author	Review
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"The plot has its unreasonable spots, and the story doesn't come to much in the end. But one measure of the success of 'Sharky's Machine' is that it's too fast and exciting for those considerations to count until after the movie is over"	NEU
United States	Variety	"Burt Reynolds has combined his own macho personality with what’s popularly called mindless violence to come up with a seemingly guaranteed winner"	POS
United Kingdom	Nigel Floyd Time Out	"Unfortunately, Reynolds the director is as uncertain about the tone of the picture as Reynolds the star is about his screen persona."	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"What makes it intriguing is the way the Burt Reynolds character plays against those conventions (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	William Thomas Empire	"Reynolds was coasting at this point of his career, with zero risk-taking it ends up as a soulless, below-average movie (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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