Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Michael_Elliott Malone (1987) ** 1/2 (out of 4)Malone (Burt Reynolds) is an ex-CIA agent who was used as a hitman. He has walked away from that life but when his car breaks down in a small town out West he finds himself in a new battle. It turns out that a man named Delaney (Cliff Robertson) is trying to force people out of this small town so that he can operate some sort of twisted game. Malone decides to come to the rescue of the people he's been staying with.MALONE is a pretty routine action film but at the same time it's certainly a lot better than the "A" pictures that Reynolds was doing earlier in the decade. It's funny to think that Reynolds career was booming thanks to films like THE CANNONBALL RUN, its sequel and STROKER ACE even though they were all quite terrible. The public soon caught up to that fact and before long the actor was making "B" movies.I must say, going through some of these films there's no question that the "B" movies I've watched were a lot more entertaining and that holds true for MALONE. As I said, this is a pretty standard action movie but there's certainly enough entertainment to be found here that one can have some fun with it. The film's main drawing point is Reynolds who turns in a decent performance and he's at least believable enough in the role. The film offers up nice suport from Robertson as the bad guy. Cynthia Gibb and Scott Wilson were good as the folks who take in Reynolds' character.There are some decent and rather bloody action scenes and it appears that the filmmakers really wanted a lot of blood when it came to the shooting victims. There are a lot of people being blasted here and there's no doubt that the film earns its R-rating. The story is rather weak to say the least and the film begins to lose momentum as it reaches its climax but if you're a fan of Reynolds then this is still worth watching.

Richard Dominguez A Great Blast From The 80's Action Movies ... Malone Promises Action, Good Acting And Lots Of Fun ... It Delivers ... Like The Classic 1953 Alan Ladd Movie "Shane" Or The 1985 Clint Eastwood Movie "Pale Rider", Burt Reynold As Malone Rides Into A Down Trodden Town Where Good People Are Being Harassed By The Powers That Be, The Movie Is Similar To The Two Mentioned Including The Love Smitten Young Lady ... Yet The Movie Stands Alone As A Movie Worth Watching ... Cliff Robertson Is Excellent As The Self Appointed Savior Of His Country ... I Haven't Watched A Lot Of Burt Reynold's Work But This Was A Pleasure To Watch ... My IMDb Rating 8 Out Of 10

PeterMitchell-506-564364 Malone marked Burt's return to cinema after more than a two year absence. It's a hell of return in this lamebrain sort of actioner, you'd expect to see those karate stars who couldn't act in. Fortunately we have someone who can, along with a good line up of other actors. It's not the most memorable of returns, but in a way it's kind of cool for someone's of Burt's stature to make a comeback in a film like this, where incidentally, in Adelaide, it only ran a week. For a while I was convinced this was Burt's worst film. I'm not sure I still am, but it's near the bottom. Burt's CIA, running from the agency who sends an old flame (Lauren Hutton) of his to do him. He prolonged the hit of guy, he was almost about to take out, but had second thoughts. So he's given up this employment, but some jobs you just can't walk away from. And Burt's luck does him one worse. His car breaks down outside this shitty town that is slowly being taken over by land baron (Cliff Robertson who plays good guy that mask's bad underneath, with a restrained professionalism. He's really a bastard, who has a lot of henchmen working for him, one who becomes deprived of having children after trying to take on Burt. My ears still ring and hurt when I think about that scene. Businesses are closing, left, right and centre in this evaporating town, where some residents who don't play ball end up dead. Burt makes a comical remark. "What happened to this town, someone discover toxic waste". Well they might as well have. Burt who's taken in by a gas station attendant and his daughter gets caught in another feud, instantly making an arch enemy with the local sheriff, who we can't discern if he's good or bad. I love it at the end when he balks as making a pathetic attempt to arrest Burt, after he's taken down all the bad guys. We got enough action to make this worthwhile and we are in the dark about Burt's shady past, but we do know he's a keen poker player, some handbooks, he keeps under his bed, references. The scene with two hit men, not the first, trying to take out Burt in his room at the top of stairs, is the film's best scene. No prizes for guessing who wins this one, although he doesn't come out, unscathed. Guess who nurtures him back to health. I love the direction Hutton's character took, a decision that endangers her own life, where there's no turning back. You gotta take Malone for what it is, an actioner, but it falls into the stupid category, honestly. You may even feel your i.q. drop slightly. Burt's worthy of better material.

FlashCallahan Richard Malone is an ex-CIA agent, who wants to forget his past and maybe start things all over again.Travelling through the United States, Malone has to stop for a few days in a small but beautiful town, after his car breaks down.He soon becomes a friend of a family, and discovers that an eccentric millionaire of the region, Charles Delaney, keeps all the habitants of the town under his power, by fear and coalition.What Delaney really wants is to become the next president and, soon, dominate the world.But Malone decides not to make things so easy for Delaney: using his CIA profit, he will challenge him and all his hired assassins...When Burt did Shane...A typical action movie from Burt an MGM which were rife during the late eighties, but this is noticeable for three things, Burts wonderful wig, Burts increasingly tight trouser and shirt combo, and one of the most strangest bro-mances I have ever seen.To let someone with a moustache of that calibre stay in your house after only meeting them once is strange, but the relationship the two male leads have is beyond the volleyball scene in Top Gun.For the rest of the movie though, it's pretty standard, if very watchable stuff. Malone becomes protector and spends the majority of the film hiring a stunt double whenever he has to run from a distance.Nothing really happens, there is a crash, and a siege which concludes with Malone sitting in the shadows and coming into view a couple of times.The cast are fine, and it's okay stuff to watch, if forgettable.