White Lightning (1973) [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of White Lightning (1973) [VHS]
Movie Review: White Lightning
Summary: 5 Stars
Just another classic Burt Reynolds movie. It reminds me of being young. If your not a Burt Reynolds fan, you might still enjoy the movie.Movie Review: The Forgotten Cool of Burt Reynolds
Summary: 4 Stars
I caught WHITE LIGHTNING on cable and what's interesting to me is how lean, mean and cool Burt Reynolds was. The problem is that too many of Burt's horrible later films have been rotated to death on cable TV and you forget how much macho charisma Burt had. Forget STROKER ACE, CANNONBALL RUN 2, SMOKEY & THE BANDIT 2.
In the early 70's, Burt was kicking butt and taking dames.
WHITE LIGHTNING also had a great supporting cast, including R.G. Armstrong, Bo Hopkins and Ned Beatty as a very sinister and corrupt Southern sheriff.
Like DELIVERANCE, this movie is one to see for Burt Reynolds the actor, or at least the icon.
Movie Review: White Lightning
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my three favorite Burt Reynolds movies of all time. If you like Burt you will love this movie.I highly recomend it.Movie Review: You Know What to Expect
Summary: 3 Stars
Fresh off his Oscar-nominated performance in "Deliverance," The Sideburn King of 70's Cinema teamed up with Ned Beatty again in "White Lightning," an action-oriented story about fast cars, Southern justice, moonshinin', and vengeance. Reynolds is Gator, a prisoner who gets himself released on the promise that he'll drum up evidence on a crooked County sherriff (Beatty). It seems this sherriff murdered Reynolds' brother, and Burt's carryin' a grudge.
The film is a rather shambling affair; the plot meanders and we never really get a sense that Gator's got much of a plan. He just wants the sherriff dead. Think of it as "Smokey and the Bandit" without the jokes, the music, or Sally Field and you're on the right track. Nonetheless, for fans of Burt and good ole-fashioned 70's car chase movies, it works just fine on its level. It is certainly preferable to the 1976 sequel, "Gator," for which Reynolds made his directorial debut, reprised his starring role, and more or less re-used the plot.
Movie Review: The Moon(is)shining, The Car's are'a whining!
Summary: 5 Stars
"There's only two things I'm scared of," says Gator. "And what's that," asks the sheriff. "Women and the police," he replies. Conners says with authority, "And you spend most of your time humping them both!" An all star cast keeps this one out stepping, out pacing the long arm of sheriff Connor's law. Burt plays a moonshiner (Gator Mcklusky) who wages a war against a very corrupt little town sheriff (Ned Beatty) in the deep south. Gator is serving time in an Arkansas prison, when he learns about his brother's murder and his target is none other than sheriff Conners. Gator goes undercover to find ways to expose the tinstar and make him pay for his crimes. Other talents include....Jennifer Billingsley, Bo Hopkins, Matt Clark, Diane Ladd and Laura Dern (not sure if she's related to Bruce Dern). Does anybody know..or really cares?