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Busting

Busting

1974
Drama, Crime
1h 32m
LA cops Gould and Blake get in over their heads when they don't heed orders from above and go after a big crime boss. While higher ups in the police department want the cop duo to just focus on nabbing petty criminals, the team does so while still going after LA kingpin Rizzo. Various fist fights, chases, shootouts and other carnage occur as the two cops go after Rizzo's crime syndicate. (imdb)
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Busting

1974
Drama, Crime
1h 32m
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Rated 29 Sep 2022
70
65th
It's probably ill advised to describe a movie called Busting as being seedy.
Rated 29 Jun 2018
50
21st
Everyone calm down it’s the 70s I’m pretty sure they’ll show homosexuals and transgender people as huma-oh ... nevermind.
Rated 16 Jan 2013
77
62nd
gould and blake as cops who try to uphold the law when a bunch of dirty cops and bureaucracy get in their way at every turn. the frustration is tangible and it could have been decent, but the writing here only shines in spots. there are better movies of the genre out of the 70's, hell some of them even have gould starring. watch the long goodbye instead.
Rated 11 Aug 2014
70
16th
A cop show encapsulated, purely episodic as 2 vice cops team on assorted cases, with unstable degrees of success. It's in keeping with the refreshing realism of this period in the film's genre. Were the production not as befuddled and awkward, this rather poorly titled actioner could easily rank among the two French Connections, Bullitt and the Dirty Harry series.
Rated 04 May 2019
63
54th
Hyams is probably the only director who knew how to use Gould other than Altman, and he puts his laconic charm to good use in Busting, his theatrical feature debut. It suffers from a relatively weak performance by Blake as Gould's partner--imagine if Falk was cast in the role?--and Hyam's plot is purely perfunctory, but it has a scrappy, shaggy dog quality that was central to the appeal of so many New Hollywood films about institutional corruption despite not really excelling in any department.
Rated 01 Oct 2022
40
30th
Some parts are great and there is a general feeling of dirtiness throughout the film. Gould especially looked scuzzy. The partner was kind of bland. The bad guy wasn't that threatening except in one instance when they set up a trap for Gould (but why didn't they kill him?). Fav scene: market shootout and chase.
Rated 12 Dec 2012
75
46th
Kind of a let down after having seen The Long Goodbye (which is one of my all time favorites). Acting is good, but the screenplay could have been a bit more expansive, and it could have benefited from better directing. Still, its worth seeing if you're a fan of the genre and/or Elliot Gould.
Rated 26 Jan 2017
40
13th
It's kind of uncomfortable that the vice cops - who entrap, extort, commit breaking-and-entering and harassment (including setting a car on fire) - are portrayed as victims of the corrupt system.
Rated 31 Mar 2021
85
59th
Viewed March 24, 2021.
Rated 01 Sep 2023
67
20th
This film is very much a movie of the 1970's, It has a few good moments but overall it does not seem to really go any where. The cast tries there best with the material but the script could have been better. Overall this film is disappointing.

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