Terence
Hill returns home to Miami as an undercover cop and reunites with friend
and old police force Cop buddy Marvin Hagler. Within minutes his
attraction for danger has Hagler recalling frantic days gone by and
comments on how he has had a bullet free existence since Hill's character
Skims left for pastures new. Bad guys are soon on their tail and we are
immediately treated to Director Antonio Margheriti displaying his Action
miniatures, or rather mediums as they appear here, in hilarious fast car
chase Action. The humorous statement from Terence Hill of 'Don't
worry I'm a new man , no more Cowboy stuff for me!' is
Classic.
Skims
is undercover to seek out a secret formula in the form of a liquid based
explosive, one that is triggered by sound frequency. With Bruno Corbucci
on board for the writing chores it is no surprise that what we get is a
reworking of days gone by, and wryly so even more than a large slice from
his own 1985 Directed "Miami Supercops".
Sadly Bud Spencer is not on hand as the once ‘Marvellous’ Marvin
Hagler here really can't act his way out of a boxing ring. This is total
silliness but daftly enjoyable enough to stick with as the combination of
Director Margheriti and seasoned jester Hill still produces moments of
merry mayhem.
Terence
Hill is actually in great shape here and noticeably does his own fight
scenes as well as runs around without the aid of a stand in pace maker.
Fans of the "Trinity" movies will delight in a well played
interaction that shows off the fleet of hand gun and slap routine ,
proving to still be just as entertainingly funny as ever. The "Virtual
Weapon" movie header comes into play in the last third of
the film, as Terence Hill crosses over into a computer generated form like
a Ghost In The Machine. Spirits run high, as do the throwaway gag
routines. So what if they are old hat it's still good old harmless silly
fun and makes the task of turning a facial frown upside down Virtually
painless.
Review
By Paul Cooke
