
Seven years after a daring bank robbery involving an anti-tank gun used to blow open a vault, the robbery team temporarily puts aside their mutual suspicions to repeat the crime after they are unable to find the loot from the original heist, hidden behind a school chalkboard. The hardened artilleryman and his flippant, irresponsible young sidekick are the two wild cards in the deck of jokers.... (Full plot summary below)
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Seven years after a daring bank robbery involving an anti-tank gun used to blow open a vault, the robbery team temporarily puts aside their mutual suspicions to repeat the crime after they are unable to find the loot from the original heist, hidden behind a school chalkboard. The hardened artilleryman and his flippant, irresponsible young sidekick are the two wild cards in the deck of jokers.
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| CineVueCraig WilliamsEastwood and Bridges handle the tricky character transitions well, playing the broad material for the back rows while hinting at the inner darkness. Cimino’s Thunderbolt and Lightfoot beckoned in the strange birth of a true auteur, and it’s one well worth digging into. |
| Slant MagazineJake ColeOf all the ’70s road movies, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot may be the only one in which the characters find themselves. |
| Rolling StoneBilge EbiriBridges in particular is quite excellent, taking his character's surface sweetness to at times almost psychotic extremes. |
| The DissolveKeith PhippsBoth Kennedy and Lewis turn in colorful performances, but it’s Eastwood and Bridges’ film, and their ill-defined, tender friendship makes the movie. |
| MovieholeClint MorrisA fun classic, the likes of which they don't make anymore |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeSo-so medium budget actioner for the drive-in set |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesCimino is so into making his images glow that he forgets to make the film move. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaEastwood e Bridges estabelecem uma boa dinâmica, mas é este último, com uma composição jovial e inconseqüente, quem dá alma a um filme menor, mas ainda assim divertido. |
| EmpireIan FreerEastwood is in good, if not great form, Bridges steals the whole show, and Cimino displays a sense of unpretentious fun and appealing grasp of character. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrSurly, incoherent, and provocatively mysterious. |