Saturday, February 05, 2011

Mr. Majestyk (1974)

A watermelon farmer is unjustly arrested, and gets in trouble with another inmate, a vicious gangster.

Second viewing. I mysteriously didn't like this on first viewing. The fact is that, in strictly formal terms, it is very carefully worked out from beginning to end. I am still not overenthusiastic about some plot details, though. For instance, why does the Kopas character get mixed up with the Renda character? And why is Renda willing to risk so much just to get revenge on Majestyk? Of course, without these choices of behavior there would be no film, or rather not this one anyway.

Rating: 55 (formerly 39)

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