The best parts of this movie were the excellently choreographed fight scenes between Tunner and Jory...then someone made the mistake of writing a screenplay around those scenes. The worst parts: Tunner's witty one-liners grow old within the first 20 minutes, but he continues to deliver them regardless of his circumstances. Polly Bergen adds nothing beyond eye-candy, and Tunner's delirious three-minute dream sequence about Jory's escape was laughable and about three minutes too long. And likewise for Jory's delusional confession after succumbing to an infection.
Implausibility abounds in this film, beginning with a rear-ender car accident which frees an improperly shackled Jory, Tunner going blindly to hunt a fugitive in an unfamiliar environment presumably filled with gators and snakes with no gun and nothing but a set of handcuffs, a picnic basket full of sandwiches and vitamins, and a partner who will sensibly bail on him along the way. Tunner and Goodwin search the bayou and go as far as Goodwin beating a local for info on Jory. Really?! Goodwin would rather try to beat the truth out of you but won't search your shack for Jory without a warrant. And don't forget the local sheriff who could care less about the whole ordeal. By the end of the movie, I sided with the sheriff.
Lots of plot holes in that we never exactly know what Jory's crime was, and why Tunner has such a devotion to him as a prisoner. Also, we don't know why Jory is deeply devoted to his wife and son, but yet risks going back to jail instead of letting Tunner perish in the quicksand. Then there's the three final scenes which were evidently just throwaway patch-jobs to put a bow on an awful package of a film...and there you have it. Ugh!
Implausibility abounds in this film, beginning with a rear-ender car accident which frees an improperly shackled Jory, Tunner going blindly to hunt a fugitive in an unfamiliar environment presumably filled with gators and snakes with no gun and nothing but a set of handcuffs, a picnic basket full of sandwiches and vitamins, and a partner who will sensibly bail on him along the way. Tunner and Goodwin search the bayou and go as far as Goodwin beating a local for info on Jory. Really?! Goodwin would rather try to beat the truth out of you but won't search your shack for Jory without a warrant. And don't forget the local sheriff who could care less about the whole ordeal. By the end of the movie, I sided with the sheriff.
Lots of plot holes in that we never exactly know what Jory's crime was, and why Tunner has such a devotion to him as a prisoner. Also, we don't know why Jory is deeply devoted to his wife and son, but yet risks going back to jail instead of letting Tunner perish in the quicksand. Then there's the three final scenes which were evidently just throwaway patch-jobs to put a bow on an awful package of a film...and there you have it. Ugh!