Evel Knievel (1971)
2/10
I did what I pleased and threw it away.
8 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
A D grade movie about the famous stunt driver known for trying to surpass everything he'd done before, this was done during the time he was pushing the opportunity to jump over the Grand Canyon (in a rocket no less), this narcissistic account of his life is really pointless in retrospective of him basically being forgotten today outside of people who were around to watch him. The Grand Canyon stunt didn't go as planned, so this little bit of self promotion comes off as a cheap publicity stunt. Very cheap.

George Hamilton doesn't play a character with a beginning, a middle and an end. He really has no story other and then I did this jump and then I got injured and then I decided I'd tackle the longest jump ever attempted. It's as interesting as an episode of "That's Incredible!", that one season specialty show that ran out of ideas almost when the first episode aired. Sue Lyon is way past the Lolita stage to get the type of roles she had during the early to mid 60's so she comes off unflattering as his wife. Attempts at comedy fail because they make Evil look like an even bigger fool, and thus unlikable. Poorly done on every level, and too unimportant to be called a cinematic fiasco.
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