Tuesday, July 23, 2013

St. Ives (1976)

Warner Bros.
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros.)

Unremarkable Bronson vehicle in which he plays a writer hired by an eccentric millionaire as a go-between to retrieve stolen journals with incriminating evidence. Bronson looks uncomfortable in his role, morphing into a private detective as the plots wears on, in stark contrast to his usual tough guy persona. He spends most of his time chasing mysterious people around LA, with little in the way of motivation or explanation. Jacqueline Bisset is the companion of the older man, but her character is underdeveloped and her romance with Bronson manufactured. The plot leads to an unsatisfying, unexciting conclusion.

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