Peter Hyams' first theatrical film is filled enough problems that there's no way to call it a good movie. It's a tone-deaf, narratively inert piece of tough guy 70s filmmaking that at times feels more like a parody.

But there are enough moments that I'm tempted to recommend it, especially for Gould fans. Elliott Gould gives one of the weirdest performances of his career here and manages to get off a couple great one-liners on top of that. Robert Blake…

It's been a long time since I fell head over heels in love with a film. Even the REALLY good films I've seen lately like Some Like it Hot or The Third Man didn't quite hit my spot the way Casablanca did. I knew right away, this was one of the big ones for me.

I heard Dan Harmon once say that his hope for Community was to create a bunch of characters who could host their own individual shows.…