this is burt reynoldscitizen kane. tragically nothing else he was ever involved in came close to approaching sharkey machine. it seemed to me that he put everything he had into it. it is a movie that is in love with movies. the opening sequence where detective sharkey single handedly rescues a bus load of hostages is an immensely exciting piece of cinema. everything moves so quickly once it has started to go wrong that it appears to take on a life of its own and a brilliantly achieved effect. it looks cold and tense and dangerous on mr reynolds streets. the precinct house looks dirty and tired and full of desperate people on both sides of the law and shouting and cursing out and trying to do deals or just stay alive. into this underworld descends the recently demoted sharkey  a reward for a bungled drugs bust(caused by a corrupt cop)  he and his team are part of the vice squad. information they pick up concerning a crooked politician leads them into the world of high class call girls and ruthless drug barons. watching the apartment of one such call girl(rachel ward)sharkey falls in love with her portrait on the wall(i know and i know)and when a woman body is found with its face shot off in one of the rooms and he thinks its her. (well and i did say it was a movie that loved movies). the scene where she walks in on him works beautifully and even if you have seen the original. the film is full of good touches and i particularly like charles durning war story and subtly acted and shot in sharp contrast to sharkey abduction and torture which is suitably harsh and brutal. i must mention vittorio gassman and henry silva as two disparate but equally evil brothers with absolutely no redeeming features whatsoever. they are full on every time theyre on screen and are no loss to society when their time comes and mr silva end being extra special indeed. as has been mention and this is a clint eastwood movie that clint never made. the biggest compliment i can pay sharkey machine is to point out that in my opinion clint eastwood couldn not have made a better job of it. the soundtrack is of an equally high standard and featuring sarah vaughan and joe williams and julie london and chet baker and other top class artists. randy crawford street life plays behind the title sequence and and i can never hear it without  and in my mind eye and seeing sharkey striding along the sidewalk. like other correspondents i have never understood why this film was a bit of a flop. i hope it is due for a critical revision and particularly at a time when so many cop movies and shows without a quarter of its energy  and freshness and sheer joie de vivre are lauded from the rooftops. if youre ever tempted to think of burt reynolds as a burnt  out one  trick pony and put sharkey machine in your video machine. i promise you would not be disappointed. 
this is burt reynoldscitizen kane. tragically nothing else he was ever involved in came close to approaching sharkey machine. it seemed to me that he put everything he had into it. it is a movie that is in love with movies. the opening sequence where detective sharkey single handedly rescues a bus load of hostages is an immensely exciting piece of cinema. everything moves so quickly once it has started to go wrong that it appears to take on a life of its own and a brilliantly achieved effect. it looks cold and tense and dangerous on mr reynolds streets. the precinct house looks dirty and tired and full of desperate people on both sides of the law and shouting and cursing out and trying to do deals or just stay alive. into this underworld descends the recently demoted sharkey  a reward for a bungled drugs bust(caused by a corrupt cop)  he and his team are part of the vice squad. information they pick up concerning a crooked politician leads them into the world of high class call girls and ruthless drug barons. watching the apartment of one such call girl(rachel ward)sharkey falls in love with her portrait on the wall(i know and i know)and when a woman body is found with its face shot off in one of the rooms and he thinks its her. (well and i did say it was a movie that loved movies). the scene where she walks in on him works beautifully and even if you have seen the original. the film is full of good touches and i particularly like charles durning war story and subtly acted and shot in sharp contrast to sharkey abduction and torture which is suitably harsh and brutal. i must mention vittorio gassman and henry silva as two disparate but equally evil brothers with absolutely no redeeming features whatsoever. they are full on every time theyre on screen and are no loss to society when their time comes and mr silva end being extra special indeed. as has been mention and this is a clint eastwood movie that clint never made. the biggest compliment i can pay sharkey machine is to point out that in my opinion clint eastwood couldn not have made a better job of it. the soundtrack is of an equally high standard and featuring sarah vaughan and joe williams and julie london and chet baker and other top class artists. randy crawford street life plays behind the title sequence and and i can never hear it without  and in my mind eye and seeing sharkey striding along the sidewalk. like other correspondents i have never understood why this film was a bit of a flop. i hope it is due for a critical revision and particularly at a time when so many cop movies and shows without a quarter of its energy  and freshness and sheer joie de vivre are lauded from the rooftops. if youre ever tempted to think of burt reynolds as a burnt  out one  trick pony and put sharkey machine in your video machine. i promise you would not be disappointed. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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