The Gauntlet

Buy This Item The Gauntlet by Warner Home Video  Available from Amazon  $9.98  on 8-26-2008     Clint Eastwood is a down-and-out cop who is sent on a routine mission to pick up a witness and deliver her to the Phoenix courthouse. Sounds easy until he realizes he's been set up by the man who gave him this simple assignment. The interplay between Eastwood and the witness, a clever prostitute played by the actor's former girlfriend, Sondra Locke, is tough and playful. They obviously had strong chemistry. The story is highly implausible at times, but the action sequences are satisfying. Eastwood directs <I>The Gauntlet</I> very much in the style of his Academy Award-winning Western <I>Unforgiven</I>. Although the body count is surprisingly low for an Eastwood action film, a house, several cars, and a large bus get shot through with more holes than a big wheel of Swiss cheese. For Eastwood fans, this is the laconic hero at his prime. <I>--Richard Natale</I> Reader Reviews I was fortunate enough to have lived in Phoenix, AZ, when this movie was made there. I have always found The Gauntlet to be one of the most exciting and thrilling "rides through cop land" ever put on film. Clint Eastwood is excellent as the dupe and the action is non-stop.

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