
After a group of young revolutionaries break into a corporation's headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance. Though sympathetic to their cause, the straight-arrow Tibbs refuses to consider it because they broke the law, but when the group is then accused of a murder it didn't commit, Tibbs finally joins them in order to ferret out the identity of the real killer, while ... (Full plot summary below)
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After a group of young revolutionaries break into a corporation's headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance. Though sympathetic to their cause, the straight-arrow Tibbs refuses to consider it because they broke the law, but when the group is then accused of a murder it didn't commit, Tibbs finally joins them in order to ferret out the identity of the real killer, while keeping his now rogue undercover investigation a secret from his SFPD superiors.
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| Cleveland PressTony MastroianniThe trouble with impersonal villains is that they make for impersonal movies. The Organization has its share of chases and gun battles but who is chasing whom is never completely clear. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThere's a bit of shooting, a few identities are untangled, and the movie comes to an unmourned end. |
| New York TimesA.H. WeilerThe Organization can be rough on super-city sleuths as well as movie-goers who've been through much the same melodramatics before. |
| User ReviewSebastián MGood crime-thriller that exposes the ruthless, high-stakes world of international drug trafficking. |
| User ReviewFascade FThe third and final Virgil Tibbs movie is also my least favorite. A dialogue & character-lite flick that sees Sydney Poitierâ??s ace detective plopped against jazzy scored action set pieces with not much of a mystery to solve: who is The Organization, a gang of San Fran drug dealers. Nice supporting cast with revolutionaries Billy Green Bush, Ron Oâ??Neal, and Raul Julia but they also donâ??t really have much to work with either. Decent, but not as interesting as In The Heat of the Night or They Call Me Mister Tibbs. VF. |
| User ReviewAj VMr. Tibbs is back in this average action thriller, which isn't as good as the first movie at all. It's not that bad, but it's just another action movie. |
| User ReviewMatt MThe homicide detective Tibbs is called to investigate on an international drug cartel on t he third and final film of the series. Though the film is thrilling and well paced, the plot is a times hard to follow and the style is much too close to that of any longer detective TV series episode the time. |
| User ReviewRichard DThird and final Virgil Tibbs entry with Poitier assisting a group of well-meaning citizens in battle against drugs and organized crime but taking on more than they can handle. The last two entries of this series seem entirely separate in time and space from the terrific original. Better than the second installment. |
| User ReviewMickey MWhile investigating a corporate break-in, San Francisco Police Detective "Virgil Tibbs" (Sidney Portier) discovers that the suspects are in reality a group of revolutionaries bent on destroying a drug cartel known as "The Organization." Without permission from his superiors, "Tibbs" begins to work with the revolutionaries. They work their own ways, "Tibbs" working within police regulations, but still together. This is a pretty well written movie, but with some slight flaws in performances. The pacing of the movie is slow, but well paced. The stand out performance is easily Portier. This is the third movie where he portrays "Tibbs," of which he is probably best known for. He plays "Tibbs" two ways in the film. First, he plays the cop. You actually believe that he is a vetran on the police force. "Tibbs" passion is his work, and Portier makes you believe it. He also plays "Tibbs" as a family man who obviously loves his family. We don't get to see a lot of this side of the character since the focus is on the case he is on. One problem with this movie is that the supporting characters is poorly presented. There is little to no development in the revolutionaries, and we don't get to see much of "The Organization" beyond the hired guns. I was also unimpressed with their on-screen chemistry with each other. Not one really stood out if you ask me. In fact, I felt that these characters would fit better in an early-1970's television series than in a major motion picture. When it comes to the soundtrack, it's typical 1970's movie music. Not one piece is memorable. However, some pieces of music was used quite well in scenes. The action is pretty toned down in this film, probably because of the time it was filmed. You get a lot of chases on foot, and one pretty forgetable car chase. You also get some gun play with little blood. There is little to no intesity in the action scenes. The only thing that makes these scenes intense is the music played over them. There is a pretty good, and unexpected twist at the end of the movie, and it's handled pretty well thanks to Portier's performance. I didn't see it coming. There is also some really good transition edits in this film that I thought were done nicely. Though not a perfect movie, it is enjoyable, mostly thanks to Portier's performance. If you ever catch this on HBO or the free section of your On Demand service, check it out if your regular show is either not on for alternative programming or in a rerun. I actually watched it on Hulu, and only had to deal with about two minutes of commercials, which were sometimes oddly placed. |
| User ReviewMereie dThere's a reason this is the last of the Virgil Tibbs movies. It's not very good. "In the Heat of the Night" was a terrific film on so many levels, I guess they decided they had to bring Tibbs back in "They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!" which if anything was worse than this. "The Organization" was a step up, but never rises to the level of more than another cop movie. I kept wishing Tibbs would run into fellow San Francisco policeman Inspector Callahan and then things would liven up. |