{"id":33225,"date":"2023-07-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=33225"},"modified":"2023-07-05T09:21:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T13:21:59","slug":"malone-1987-starring-burt-reynolds-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=33225","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Malone&#8221; (1987) starring Burt Reynolds \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z070523zview_malone.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"773\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Malone <\/strong><\/em>(1987)<\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>Harley Cokeliss<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Christopher Frank, William P. Wingate<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Burt Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, Kenneth McMillan<\/strong><strong>, Cynthia Gibb, Scott Wilson, Lauren Hutton, Tracey Walter<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Dennis Burkley<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>He didn&#8217;t start the fight&#8230; but he&#8217;ll sure as hell finish it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Malone (Reynolds) is a retired C.I.A. assassin.\u00a0 While driving across country, Malone&#8217;s car breaks down outside a small town.\u00a0 He pushes the car to the only gas station for miles and meets the owner, Paul Barlow (Wilson) and his teenage daughter Jo (Gibb).\u00a0 Barlow allows Malone to stay at his house while they wait for the car part to arrive.\u00a0 Malone learns that a rich man named Delaney (Robertson) is buying up all the property in the area and is putting a squeeze on Barlow.\u00a0 When thugs are sent to convince Barlow to sell, Malone steps in.\u00a0 Soon Malone finds himself going against Delaney and his former allies at the C.I.A..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Does it get any more mid-80s than Burt Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, Kenneth McMillan, Cynthia Gibb, Scott Wilson and Lauren Hutton?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Burt Reynolds described <em>Malone<\/em> as a retelling of<em> Shane<\/em> and he&#8217;s not far off&#8230; except the young boy is now a teenage girl with the hots for Malone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you&#8217;re a Burt Reynolds fan you&#8217;ll enjoy <em>Malone<\/em> more than a non-fan so keep that in mind as you consider my rating.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a Reynolds fan.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Malone <\/strong><\/em>(1987) rates 3 of 5 stars.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z070523zview_malone2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"267\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malone (1987) Director: Harley Cokeliss Screenplay: Christopher Frank, William P. 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