Review of Lookin' to Get Out (1982) by Ryan R — 18 Mar 2010

There's a lot of bad reviews for the orginal version of this film. I saw the extended version which was what Hal Ashby turned in before the studio cut out 14 minutes. While this is not a great film it is a bizarrely interesting one. Jon Voight wrote the script which allows him to chew the scenery at every turn while Burt Young plays his buddy in one of his best turns outside a "Rocky" movie. As he says about Voight's character, "I think he's wrong but he's my friend. I take the good with the bad.".

Ann-Margret looks great back in Vegas for the first time since "Viva Las Vegas" and one does get to see young Angelina Jolie, who looks to be about all of five years old here. Also some good shots of Vegas in the early 1980's. One question I did keep asking though: "Didn't Casinos have security back int he 1980's"?