Review of The Thing with Two Heads (1972) by Jordan K — 22 Dec 2012
The Thing with Two Heads is a lame racist comedy from the early 1970s that is a big heavy load of B-movie action. Giants player Rosie Grier and Ray Miland are a bad team to work with together and have no chemistry at all.
The movie follows a dying old bigot, Maxwell Kirshner, who is a rich doctor. As he is dying, the only way to save him is to transplant his head on a healthy body, turning out to be death row prisoner Jack Moss. After nearly a half hour on the screen of boring transplant work, Maxwell and Jack's heads are on one body. Back in the 1970s, I guess this was funny but it's just plain stupid for me. Since this is a soul brother-like 1970s movie, the two-headed man run from the cops on dirt bikes with groovy '70s soul music playing. A doctor is also held hostage by them and follows them wherever they go. It's a cheesy and somewhat boring movie.
Why do I find it boring? Because half of the scenes in the first hour are transplant work in the ER. It's just boring, until car chases appear and soul music starts playing. Then it just feels like if Good Times had a feature film.
This review of The Thing with Two Heads (1972) was written by Jordan K on 22 Dec 2012.
The Thing with Two Heads has generally received negative reviews.
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