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The Movie: Sharkey’s Machine<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The Pitch:<\/strong>\u00a0“Dirty Harry<\/em> goes to Atlanta.”<\/p>\n The Tagline:<\/strong>\u00a0 “Burt is Sharky. Nobody leans on Sharky’s Machine!”<\/p>\n The Story:<\/strong>\u00a0Tom Sharky is a narcotics cop demoted to vice after a botched drug bust results in a citizen being shot. \u00a0Sharkey discovers a plot involving murders and a high level politician being manipulated by a crime boss. \u00a0Sharkey pulls together a team of quirky cops, but as the bodies pile up find they are\u00a0in over their heads.<\/p>\n The Screenplay:<\/strong> Gerald DiPego from the novel by William Diehl<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n The Director: <\/strong>Burt Reynolds<\/p>\n The Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Burt Reynolds, Vittorio Gassman, Brian Keith, Charles Durning, Earl Holliman, Bernie Casey, Henry Silva, Richard Libertini, Rachael Ward,Suzee Pai, Dan Inosanto\u00a0.<\/p>\n The Good:<\/strong>\u00a0The cast. \u00a0The action. The soundtrack is awesome. \u00a0Rachael Ward in her breakout role. \u00a0Reynolds has the right balance of action\/violence\/humor. \u00a0The shootout at the start and end of the movie.<\/p>\n The Bad:<\/strong>\u00a0Henry Silva is a coked-up psycho hitman and that’s good. \u00a0What happens to Reynolds when he crosses some Yakuza. \u00a0 The Ugly:<\/strong>\u00a0The torture scene on the boat.<\/p>\n
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