Review of Prime Cut (1972) by Paul R — 09 Feb 2012
After receiving a package of hotmandogs, the remnants of the crumbling Chicago Mob send Lee Marvin down to Kansas City to fetch their money and exact some serious punishment on Gene Hackman's gutmuncher cattle goon.
Prime Cut is one of the all time great crime stories of the 1970s and it does not get the love it deserves these days. City Slicker Mobsters descend into Middle America Hell with gawking shotgun blonde farmboys as demons.
Maybe not my favorite Marvin movie (Point Blank is A No. 1, see below), his satchel full of guns toting Devlin is my favorite Marvin character and probably the closest he's come to capturing the Parker of Richard Stark's novels.
Gene Hackman's Mary Ann is sooooo vile and disgusting, a spiritual predecessor to his rich rancher from The Hunting Party and you do not want to be anywhere near him when he's 1. feasting on cow pieces 2.
Wrassling with his Hotdog wielding brother. And Sissy Spacek has never been better than she is here as the girlflesh Poppy; utterly sweet & innocent while also managing to be nowhere near sweet & innocent.
Prime Cut is a Great Movie, but don't make the mistake I did: eating my Chipotle Burrito Bowl dinner while the meat packing credits churned on. Unpleasant. VF.
This review of Prime Cut (1972) was written by Paul R on 09 Feb 2012.
Prime Cut has generally received positive reviews.
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