Following their great success together in Klute, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland were reunited in this outrageously anarchic number that pounds along with the surge of a revolution. It starts out like a tough thriller and turns into a cross between a caper film and an early Woody Allen comedy. Jesse Valdini (that's Sutherland) is a kind of distant relative of David Warner's Morgan, and certainly a suitable case for treatment. His aim is to demolish every make of American car built between 1940 and 1960. 'Well, what d'you want me to do in life? ' he growls. 'Drive a bus? ' After a spell in jail, Valdini links up with his old gang, to the despair of his brother, the city DA, who's been making time with Jesse's callgirl friend (Fonda). The gang includes Eagle (one of Peter Boyle's best roles), a 100 per cent fruit-and-nut case who dresses up in weird outfits but is a splendid pickpocket and currently engaged in restoring an ancient amphibian plane in which Jesse sees delicious demolition possibilities. For anyone in the right mood for such casual, take-me-or-leave-me fun, this rough diamond of a film will be a rewarding and joyous discovery.


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