Reviews

A few weeks back I came across this movie at a second hand store and was like to cool it was one Disney movie that I had not seen in a very long time. You see I grew up in the 70's and so many of these Disney movies were being rerun when I was a kid and they remind me of such simple times.

Today was the date of May 14th 2019, and I remembered that I had purchased the movie and decided to watch it for a morning movie.

Must admit it may not be the greatest Disney movie of the 70's but it certainly has some nice simplicity to it and charm. Tim Conway is as funny as ever with the material that he is given and John Amos is certainly adequate. Jan Michael Vincent was perfect for the role he was incredibly fit at this part of his life. And the lady who plays Jane was certainly lovely. And it was cool seeing all the real sports commentators of the time, especially Howard Cosell.

I really enjoyed it even if some scenes seemed a little forced, I certainly got a kick of Conway being shrunk down to size. And seeing the guy who played Mr. Whipple from the old commercial of "Don't squeeze the charmin" ad during it was quite fun.

Still an enjoyable movie and put a smile on my face, the reason I put the date I checked the cast list here on IMDB and clicked on Tim Conways name and was surprised that he passed away today a simple movie on the day of his death. Made me sad and happy that I was to enjoy one of his movies on such a day. Thank you Mr. Conway for making me laugh through all these years and leaving behind a nice simple movie that reminds me of growing up in the 1970's.

Must admit that I did not see where this episode was going, where normally I would figure out where a story is going they got me. Kind of the Battlestar Galactica theme of robots who destroy there creators.

Also shows how much the characters have grown in this show, it's a heavy handed episode that works. Like how the episode is kind of light hearted only for it to turn in a very creepy vibe toward the end with the reveal.

And also got to do a shout out to the superb CGI through out the episode. Top notch quality for a Television series. Will be looking forward to the second part to see where it goes.

First off I have not seen this movie since it was aired in rerun probably in the late 80's on TBS superstation or one of those cable stations that still showed the old TV movies of the week. It seems that all these simple movies of the week now are gone and if one comes around it's pretty rare. It took over 20 years of searching to find a copy of this movie and I was lucky enough to finally see it again.

There's no complicated movie here just straight storytelling. All the actors are familiar enough and they do an adequate job. It's the same old story of the underdog going against the rich. When I sat down tonight to watch it I had forgotten how bad of an opening song that it has and I thought OH GOD this is going to be nothing like I remember. But as I settled back and just watched the movie for what it is I really got into it. The movie has a nice laid back feeling to it. The only actor or actress in this case that really sticks out is Mary Louise Weller she was a beautiful woman. All the other actors are good here there's no bad acting. But there's nothing new here that you haven't seen before. Michael Parks plays a ship captain slash salvager of ships and it's a race to find a ship that can be salvaged and of course there are sharks all around. This movie was made a couple of years after another shark movie you may of heard of it, it's called Jaws. Some how I bet you know the movie. Also Peter Benchley's name was used here as far as his involvement in this movie I have no idea. I'm sure they used it to try and generate interest in the movie since it was used as a pilot for an intended series that didn't materialize. The one thing that I was lucky about was the copy that I purchased was quite good considering that this movie is quite rare.

I wrote about another made for TV movie quite some time back that's it's nice to know that some of the simple movies that were put out in the 70's are not lost even if they were put out on TV. I feel that same way here that even though it's no great movie it sure put me in a good mood. I enjoy these simple old Movies of the week they remind of growing up in the 70's when time seemed simpler.

Well I guess Quinn Martin thought if it would work in the sixties why not the seventies, I can see them now instead of a male lead lets have a female lead character and try to change up the story a little so she's on the lam trying to figure out how to clear her name. Hey that sounds pretty good and lets have her father perish so that gives her the motivation to see it through. Let's find a female lead that's quite likable but tough and head strong, hey with that we should have another hit show on our hands.

Well unfortunately it's all pretty straight forward after that. Mind you this pilot is not bad television making it just comes across as a very simple movie. Donna Mills is quite attractive in the lead role and she is certainly likable, tough and head strong it just never takes off. It must not have of gotten the ratings from it's first run that the series was never commissioned.

This pilot also has some good character actors in it Andrew Duggan, Geoffrey Lewis, Robert Reed from Brady Bunch fame kind of weird to see him fall for Donna Mills character but there all quite good in it. Also anyone who grew up in the seventies will see quite a few familiar faces. The plot is not overly complicated she gets mixed up with the mob they try to kill her and her cop partner and in the end frame her for killing her partner that's why she on the lam trying to clear her name. Her father played by Andrew Duggan winds up getting killed for not giving the mob the information on where she is. The first hour kind of sets everything up and the second hour tells her first story of winding up with characters in a small town where she is supposed to make a difference. The final scene of her walking down the road to what would of been the next town trying to clear her name and set up her next adventure. Well unfortunately will never know but if you run into the movie under it's title The Hunted Lady give it a look, it's above average with some capable actors so I still recommend it.

Wow, I had not seen this movie in a long time and I found it at a video store and rented it for less than a buck. You can't go wrong for that. Anyway I remember seeing this as a kid in the 70's when it first aired and it freaked me out big time. (Spoiler alert) When the sarcophagus is breathing after they bring it on board the ship and with the weird Egyptian chanting I found myself that frightened little kid when I was 8 years old. I guess it would be laughable to many people but it still worked on me. Anyway overall the movie is not that bad you have a simple plot, it's not overly complicated and you have a lot of familiar actors from the 70's who always brought something to what ever they did. An just to mention you have some lovely young ladies running around in bathing suits how could you go wrong. It's great late night fare when you have nothing better to do.