Writers: Michael Winner, Nick Mead
Composer: Les Reed
Starring: Chris Rea, Felicity Kendal, John Cleese, Bob Hoskins, Diana Rigg, Ben Kingsley, Joanna Lumley, Oliver Reed, Gareth Hunt, Nicholas Gecks, Patrick Ryecart, Peter Davison
More info: IMDb
Tagline: When Harry found out he had six weeks to live, something snapped...and it wasn't his camera.
Plot: After learning he is dying of cancer, a failed photographer illegally buys a pistol and decides to go vigilante and get his revenge on all those who have made his life a misery.
My rating: 6.5/10
Will I watch it again? Probably not.
I'm a fan of so many of the people involved in this that it's hard for me not to like this but it is an often hilarious movie trapped in a boring one and that I can't deny. Just look at the massive, talented cast and just pull the trigger and watch it. Maybe fifteen minutes in you'll see what I mean. It drags often and hard. The cast is fantastic. Initially I wasn't sure if non-actor/pop star Chris Rea was going to hurt the picture or help it but eventually I settled into his relaxed style and I loved him by the end of it. It doesn't help that the always adorable and fun Felicity Kendal is with him for much of it. Besides Winner's oddly poor pacing problems, the score has moments of being just plain bad. Even if you're not a film score nutter like me you're likely to come to the same conclusion if you notice the music at all. Woof, it's off. Story-wise it's a better film than what we're left with on screen, and considering the tremendous cast and how funny they are in this, it's a damn shame that it's not an overall better picture. With the right handling I can see this up there with the likes of A FISH CALLED WANDA (1988).
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