Review of Tightrope (1984) by Ben F — 27 Mar 2011

"Tightrope" basically had a plot that I would say no thank you to if anyone besides Clint Eastwood were in this movie. But because he's the star, you gotta see the movie. After finishing it, I felt that the film was a good view, but that's about it. Being as Eastwood didn't direct this film, you can already feel the different style as the film begins, but there is still that dark ominous tone that you'll usually find in his detective films from the 80's. There really wasn't anything wrong with it...but there wasn't really a lot to like about it.

Eastwood plays a cop hunting a serial kill whos killing prostitutes. During his investigation he has some personal conflicts of his own, dealing with getting too close in the case, and struggling with his own children. The plot is ehh, like I said. Nothing really original in this one..but Eastwood makes up for it I guess.

Eastwood has his awesome swagger as he usually does. He doesn't really put on a phenomenal role, but only because the script itself isn't really that good. You could tell that he was trying his best, so I guess I give him credit. Alison Eastwood plays his daughter in this movie, being as she's his real daughter. I felt that this was probably done because the content of the film was so lifeless that Clint felt the only way he could actually seem upset was if his daughter was actually involved.

I guess the movie gets intense in certain areas, but not enough for you to feel like your at the edge of your seat. The movie goes by pretty quickly, and your left saying.....mmm...okay. Like..I didn't really have any thoughts about the film after it...I just moved on to a different movie. Nothing memorable.

Yeah so like I said, it's a good view, but that's about it. There's nothing memorable about this film. Eastwood puts on his classic 80's style of acting, runs around, shooting a bunch of people, but as far as substance goes, it's not really there.