Two inept deputies go after an escaped convict in the adirondacks. the movie is going for dark humor. it doesn't really work, but I have seen a lot worse movies. the very low rating is not really deserved.
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cdcrb30 April 2018
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nogodnomasters26 June 2018The film takes place in 1969. Two mediocre deputies who are not quite dumb and dumber are terminated from their employment for a lack of crime in their community. When prisoner 614 escapes from the Adirondack prison facility, they get the ideal if they apprehend the prisoner, they will get their job back. Ron Perlman plays the hard nosed sheriff who fired the deputies.
The film is a quirky light comedy. The deputies are inept and the sheriff is a stereotypical right winger. Note everyone smokes. I liked the old Lucky Strike pack.
Guide: no sex or nudity. Don't recall any F-words. -
boblipton8 October 2021Martin Starr and Jake McDorman are a couple of dumb deputies. When they let George Sample III escape from custody, hard-as-nails sheriff Ron Perlman fires them. To recover their jobs, they decide to track Sample in the huge wildlife preserve.
Set in picturesque country during winter, it is adequately photographed by Adam Lee. Writer-director Zach Golden has made what is essentially a hillbilly comedy, run at a pace that is too slow for my taste, but which will appeal to some. -
mallaverack10 May 2018...but the scenery is very scenic; the music is quite tuneful. Two stars. Words fail me. This is an abysmal movie. Devoid of humour. Surely this should go straight to video.
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The film is set in Shandaken, a town of approximately 3,000 in Ulster County, New York. The time is the late 1960s. Frequent shots appear of the beautiful landscape around Wittenberg Mountain and Slide Mountain that are part of the Burroughs range in the Catskills. It is there that an escaped convict from Albany is on the run. It it up to two bumbling deputy police officers of Shandaken to save the day. The two nincompoops do their best to imitate Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and they eventually form a sympathetic bonding with their prisoner.
After Butch and Sundance locate prisoner 614, a nice guy named André, they learn that he was arrested in Albany in 1968 during a civil rights protest. When he fled, he was pursued by an obese police officer, who dropped dead from a heart attack, which was a matter of record. But André was nonetheless convicted of killing a cop. Now Butch and Sundance entertain the idea of setting the prisoner free. But first, they must deal with their authoritarian boss, the Sheriff of Shandaken, who has just fired them for incompetence.
Unfortunately, the film's clever idea materializes very, very slowly in a poorly paced film. As Butch and Sundance plod through the Catskills with their prisoner in tow, they speak lines like "Let's sit and think what to do." As they are sitting and thinking, the home video audience for whom the film was intended is thinking of hitting the "fast forward" button. And next: Butch and Sundance get lost in the Catskills! Throughout this ordeal, the time is spent by one and all (including the proprietress at the diner) in lighting up and smoking Lucky Strikes!
There is a payoff to this low-budget film, but it is as lukewarm as the coffee that is served at the Shandaken diner. While riding in handcuffs in the police vehicle driven by the sadistic sheriff, André is told by his captor that there is "irony" in his situation. The irony will become apparent when the sheriff pulls off the side of the road and escorts the fugitive into the woods.
The reckoning that occurs in the forest will offer a bit of redemption and humor for a mediocre film. -
fbmike9 May 2018This movie must have been funded by tobacco companies. The dude's are lighting up in virtually every scene. Jeez, enough with the cigarette smoke already. Why does Hollywood continue with this when the coolness of smoking has been dead twenty years? Beats me, but Hollywood sure still loves it. I guess they will continue to love it as long as the bucks from tobacco companies keep rolling in. Hollywood continues to be so phony and out of tune, it's really irritating. The Marlboro man would have been in the front row watching this if he wouldn't have croaked from lung cancer. If it wasn't for the ridiculous inhaling of fumes, I would probably have given this a 4 (cause the acting wasn't bad when they were acting and not smoking) but with all the unimaginative tobacco partaking, I lowered it to a 1. Guess now after watching this cloud of carcinogens movie, I need to head over to the local liquor store and grab me a pack of smokes.
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athies16 November 2019Are you gonna take your badges or guns?
If you like conversation between 2 guys who can't tell how dumb they are this is for you.
20 minutes is enough for me... Hey, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. -
Lordy Mama - Have you ever seen two dumber cops this side of Mayberry RFD? Andy Griffith only had to deal with one Barney Fife. And the thing is, the two goofball deputies were playing it straight while entirely incompetent. Even Ron Perlman looked like he had to grit his teeth and bear it through to the final outcome, which in his case, didn't turn out all that satisfactory anyway. The only redeeming factor for me in this picture was the beautifully scenic locations of Ulster County, New York, exactly one county north of where I live, so the town names were familiar and my former company actually makes deliveries to the Phoenicia Diner. I wouldn't bet on Marla (Sondra James) actually working there, but it wouldn't be too hard to find out.
Among other puzzlements, I'm still wondering why The Sheriff (Perlman) drank his black coffee with eight sugars. Unless I missed it, the story never got around to answering that question, but it probably doesn't matter. The story ends pretty much as it began, but with an additional participant playing cops and robbers. However if you believe that these three nincompoops could have been hired as Mounties by the Canadian government, there are a handful of bridges available for sale around here. Kind of cheap too. Actually, Prisoner 614/Andre (George Sample III) struck me as pretty much a regular guy who got hosed by the legal system, so why he even bothered to team up with the other two yokels once they crossed the border is beyond me.
The town and environs of Shandaken, New York has a couple of interesting aspects that the picture didn't get around to mentioning. There's a little hamlet within the town limits called Big Indian, and the name 'Shandaken' itself is derived from a Native American phrase, 'land of rapid waters'. Had the movie included those two little gems it would have been a lot more entertaining.
My rating includes a bonus point for the gorgeous Mountie uniforms. -
spencejoshua-2273612 August 2021I'm very surprised at this film. It would seem that if you're going to film a story that deals with such a serious subject as the wrongful sentencing of a minority that you would want to go the serious route. Instead the creators decided to go with the quirky approach. Now, quirkiness can be good, but you have to fully commit to it. Unfortunately, this film lacks the right kind of quirk. It's going to take more than Martin Starr putting on a big moustache and glasses for this film to fit into that genre. This film doesn't know what it wants to be. Is it a comedy or a tragedy. It is most definitely amateur. Poor Perlman......what a waste. I wanted to give this film 1 star.....but it could've been worse. At least there were some nice retro vehicles here and there. I'll never watch this again.
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joshh-3791830 April 2018I thought this movie was great. I'm surprised by some of the negative reviews. I watched it with 5 buddies and we all thought it was pretty clever. The cinematography was fantastic and I loved the characters. I would definitely recommend this film.
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southpawtactical18 October 2019This movie was so bad, I should have went with my gut and turned it off. I don't even know where to begin on describing how bad it was. It wasn't funny, wasn't action or adventure, wasn't drama..... I don't know what it was except for bad acting, dumb characters, and the inconsistencies were endless. Two thumbs down, cause I only have to thumbs 👎🏼👎🏼, otherwise it'd be more.
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Despite some massive inconsistencies in the logistics of the plot and some amateurish acting the absurd premise does deliver a kind of Disney comic appeal. I guess 'the historical setting' allows the use of the 'n word', which in a more contemporary setting would be frowned upon by the largely disenfranchised classes. Maybe some people in the theaters would suck in their breath while others would just snigger and pop popcorn. The main character played deadpan by George Sample III gets seventh billing in the credits. So, what's new? Marla, played by Sondra James is the real star, with some great lines.
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imseeg20 December 2022I dont mind a slowburning comedy, but I DO mind a tedious comedy.
The bad: this "comedy" is an "in your face" comedy, whose jokes are right in my face: THIS is a joke (now laugh), THAT is a joke (now laugh again). NO subtleties whatsoever. It's a sort of a farce, but without being actually funny. THAT's a problem, when wanting to make a comedy.
All bad? Nope. The supporting actors are good, although nothing out of the ordinary, but the problem is that the 2 main leading actors definitely arent that funny.
The story: 2 nitwit cops in rural america, who are too afraid to even fire their own guns, are in pursuit of an escaped prisoner. They find him. They loose him. They find him again bla bla bla
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I thought this movie was beautifully shot showing off the gorgeous Hudson Valley region with beautiful landscape shots and even shots that look like they were captured with a drone. I really appreciated how every scene was so beautiful. I also loved the music. Prisoner 614 is funny but not in a hahah kind of way, more subtle funny. Reminded me of a Coen brothers film. Overall, a great message and very timely movie. The actors were also perfectly casted. I loved Ron Perlman and Martin Starr, the prisoner was an excellent actor as well. For the Director's first film, i thought it was pretty darn good. Especially considering it was shot in 2 weeks on a $600K budge
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markthomassintek30 May 2018REVIEW - THE ESCAPE OF PRISONER 614
I've been meaning to watch this film for a while and finally got around to doing so.
I saw the trailer while waiting for another movie to start and I must admit I was very pleasantly surprised.
The trailer makes the film seem to be one genre of film but upon watching the film itself you quickly realise that it's actually both, again I'm not going to give too much away, but needless to say I thoroughly enjoyed this.
It's slow, as its set in a small town where nothing ever happens, this fact is true to the whole essence of the story, the film and the location.
Personally I really enjoyed this but I'm aware that others may not.
Acting is excellent, story excellent, just an interesting bit of fun for a Sunday evening.
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XweAponX6 July 2018Came across this on Amazon, it's a hidden gem.
Jake McDorman and Martin Starr are two bumbling, inept, deputies - Doyle and Hayford - who stumble into a World O' Hurt when they encounter "Prisoner 614" (George Sample III).
Ron Perlman shows his redneck side as, well, in the whole film, his name is "The Sheriff", as he plays a type of person who he usually speaks out against. I can even see a few people that Ron may have based his performance on, people he digs into daily. In this film, he gets to show us a valid portrait of the worst kind of people, and succeeds in holding us up a kind of mirror as we judge ourselves.
At first I thought this was going to be a western, although it is indeed a period piece. Probably taking place around late 60's-ish, I thought I had heard Prisoner 614 say "(19)58" was when he was arrested. Either way, this country had not developed socially very well and the Civil Rights movement was still happening strong. But this aspect of the film is played down, focusing more on the ineptitude of our Deputies. And a few choice words or phrases are inserted, just enough to make us remember the slow burning tension of those days. But we do see a few forward-looking people, one of them played by the true treasure of this film, Sondra James - Who although has been in Movies and Television since 1982, is most known for her voice and ADR work. Here, she plays the hostess of a Diner and turns out to be the most progressive thinking person of the whole film, positively affecting Deputies Doyle and Hayford.
The other treasure of this film is George Sample III, who is not really a man of many words, at first. But he also positively affects our two deputies. His mute style of comedy is effective.
This film is full of ironic humor, at some points is as uncomfortable to watch as Laverne and Shirley or even Lucille Ball with the level of sheer ineptitude reached by Doyle/Hayford. We are not talking about slapstick, but in fact, real, accurately portrayed dumbness.
The magic is what happens as we focus our attention on these two boys, suddenly, something larger happens.
Oh Yes, the main Irony of this film is it's production company: Saban, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' Saban (And X-men, the Animated Series). -
chipsdipsanddorks17 December 2021I'm not sure how they did it, but the writer and actors made this movie hilarious throughout the film. Every scene had either dry humor lines or something in the scene that was dry humor. One of the best comedy films I have seen in years. Actors were so good at using dry humor that they came across as realistic.
It could have been set in the 1920s or the 1980s or anywhere in between. It could have been trickery, but I'm pretty sure it was chicory.