(minor spoilers)
While Coogan's Bluff is a solid action movie that won't leave you bored for a second, it's amazing how dated and aged this 1968 movie feels some 30 years later. Coogan seems more like a character from some Western movie in the way he deals with criminals or women. Shot around the time when Women's Lib took off, it surprising how full of male chauvinist coolness it is (remember: treat a woman real bad and she'll come to the top of a skyscraper and wave goodbye as you leave - probably because she's so happy she won't ever see you again).
Similarly, in all its simple straightforwardness the plot is also like taken from a Western - no plot twists or anything, Coogan just gets the right clues at the right time to lead him to the criminal, and help is there just when he needs it.
Still, all this simplicity *is* kind of stunning and refreshing given how twisted and similarly unrealistic today's action movies are. So if you can shake off how dated this film is and simply watch it as a prime example of 1960s male coolness, go for this one.
While Coogan's Bluff is a solid action movie that won't leave you bored for a second, it's amazing how dated and aged this 1968 movie feels some 30 years later. Coogan seems more like a character from some Western movie in the way he deals with criminals or women. Shot around the time when Women's Lib took off, it surprising how full of male chauvinist coolness it is (remember: treat a woman real bad and she'll come to the top of a skyscraper and wave goodbye as you leave - probably because she's so happy she won't ever see you again).
Similarly, in all its simple straightforwardness the plot is also like taken from a Western - no plot twists or anything, Coogan just gets the right clues at the right time to lead him to the criminal, and help is there just when he needs it.
Still, all this simplicity *is* kind of stunning and refreshing given how twisted and similarly unrealistic today's action movies are. So if you can shake off how dated this film is and simply watch it as a prime example of 1960s male coolness, go for this one.