Raw Deal stays Arnold Schwarzenegger’s most obscure motion movies of the eighties. But, does it deserve a bit extra love?
Arnold Schwarzenegger made a complete slew of basic 80s motion motion pictures. Still, one stays completely obscure regardless of being launched smack dab in the midst of his superb The Terminator to Predator run of films from 1984-87. That movie in 1986’s Raw Deal. A formulaic 80s motion flick, it’s probably the most modestly mounted Schwarzenegger motion epic of the period, with Arnie coerced into starring in it to finish a long-standing contract he had with producer Dino De Laurentiis following Conan The Barbarian.
In it, Schwarzenegger is considerably unconvincingly solid as a small-town sheriff named Kaminski, who was once an FBI agent however was pressured out of the bureau after roughing up a suspect. He’s recruited by his outdated mentor (The Night Stalker’s legendary Darren McGavin) whose son was killed by the Chicago mob. He needs Kaminski to go undercover within the mob and tear them aside from the within.
Again, Arnie is solid in a job that doesn’t go well with him in any respect. For one factor, it’s arduous to swallow him ever being easy sufficient to go undercover within the mob. Stallone may need been in a position to pull it off, however Schwarzenegger? Yet, the movie is surprisingly entertaining. It’s well-directed by journeyman director John Irvin (The Dogs of War and Hamburger Hill), and the supporting solid is top-shelf. The warring heads of the Chicago mob are performed by the previously blacklisted Sam Wanamaker and Law & Order’s Steven Hill, whereas the nice Robert Davi performs Arnie’s mob nemesis. Darren McGavin can also be terrific as Arnie’s mentor, whereas Murphy Brown star Joe Regalbuto is stable as a snivelling, crooked lawyer. The attractive Kathryn Harrold, from Albert Brooks’ Modern Romance, is sweet as Arnie’s quasi-love curiosity, whereas the film, which is curiously wanting motion for many of its working time, ends with a basic shootout.
Alas, it was an enormous field workplace flop when it got here out nevertheless it grew to become a well-liked VHS rental. In this video by our resident Arnold Schwarzenegger professional Adam Walton, we dig into this obscure entry into Arnie’s filmography and decide whether or not it deserves a bit extra love.