Amazon.com video review:
Clint Eastwood is a down-and-out cop who is sent on a routine mission to
pick
up a witness and deliver her to the Phoenix courthouse. Sounds easy until
he
realizes he's been set up by the man who gave him this simple assignment.
The
interplay between Eastwood and the witness, a clever prostitute played by
the
actor's former girlfriend, Sondra Locke, is tough and playful. They
obviously
had strong chemistry. The story is highly implausible at times, but the
action sequences are satisfying. Eastwood directs The Gauntlet very
much in the style of his Academy Award-winning Western Unforgiven.
Although the body count is surprisingly low for an Eastwood action film, a
house, several cars, and a large bus get shot through with more holes than a
big wheel of Swiss cheese. For Eastwood fans, this is the laconic hero at
his
prime. --Richard Natale
