{"id":4054,"date":"2019-02-13T18:14:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T18:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/?p=4054"},"modified":"2019-02-13T18:17:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T18:17:48","slug":"the-man-who-killed-hitler-and-then-the-bigfoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/the-man-who-killed-hitler-and-then-the-bigfoot\/","title":{"rendered":"The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sam Elliott\u2019s piercing eyes and bushy mustache stare through you from the get go. But too bad the film doesn\u2019t live up to it\u2019s wacky title. Unfortunately, it meanders more than Elliott\u2019s slow and low voice print.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Elliott, at 74 years old, is not your usual leading man. He\u2019s getting a lot of attention for his Oscar Nominated supporting role in Bradley Cooper\u2019s \u201cA Star is Born.\u201d Cooper even admitted emulating Elliott\u2019s speech for their roles as brothers in the film.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this one, Elliott plays, Calvin Barr, a WWII, a killer and master tracker who can find anyone, anywhere. He\u2019s the best of the best to carry out impossible missions. Young Calvin (Aidan Turner – Loving Vincent,<\/i> The Hobbit movies) <\/i>plays stoic and stallwart as Elliott does as the older Calvin. Calvin the young and the old are both seem so detached. But the missions took their toll. This is a story about a man who would have been considered shellshocked then, or\u00a0 <\/span>struggling with PTSD now. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When young Calvin was given the task to track down and assassinate Hitler, he made it look like a walk in the park. If only that really happened. But killing destroyed Calvin. He had a special talent he really didn\u2019t want to use to kill.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4062″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4060″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4056″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Writer\/Director Robert D. Krzykowski came up with this odd plot.\u00a0He gives Sam Elliott an almost automaton aura about him. As Calvin, Elliott only reluctantly and infrequently lets his emotions rise to the surface. He\u2019s portrayed as a sad super hero of sorts. And it\u2019s a very physical role, He gets beat up a lot. The cool take-down of the three thugs who try to carjack him is extraordinary for anyone, let alone this lean, lanky man in his 70\u2019s. And he got some heavy duty talent to work with him on this film which also impressed Elliott. John Sayles (Lone Star,) and Douglas Trumbull known for the SFX ((2001: A Space Odyssey, the original Blade Runner).<\/p>\n

Krzykowski gives us a very strange profile of Calvin, using too many flashbacks. Before going off to war, he fell in love with young teacher, Maxine, (Caitlin FitzGerald). The scene where Calvin bungles his proposal is just sad and exasperating. He\u2019s a mess and we think Maxine would have been his only hope.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Calvin\u2019s brother, (Larry Miller-Mother\u2019s Day<\/i>, and so many TV series) is also his barber. He\u2019s a sympathetic character who tries to understand and help the broken war hero. But his part is totally underwritten and Miller, who is very talented, is very underused. Same for Maxine. Both relationships seem puzzling and underdeveloped.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fast forward to Calvin and Big Foot. Now we\u2019re into sci fi. He\u2019s pressured by Flagpin, a government agent played by (Ron Livingston), into performing another secret mission to help save the whole human race. His task? Track down the mighty beast that is spreading a virus that could destroy the whole human race. And, for the most amazing reasons, Calvin is the only one who can find<\/i> the creature and kill it.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4058″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4059″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4063″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]First of all, Big Foot isn\u2019t that beastly in this film. His look is somewhat laughable, more like the creature from the Black Lagoon, only in color.\u00a0 <\/span>And the ease with which Calvin tracks him down is not that exciting, especially since this mythical creature’s existence had never been fully proven. Talk about impossible task!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Even more confusing is the end of the film. Calvin is buried and then brought back to life. Well, at least, the beast isn\u2019t. The disease is never really fully addressed. There\u2019s a lot of low key, slow paced melodrama shot using soft focus to give it a haunting ambiance. Even though this is supposed to be a fantasy, it comes off disjointed and wacky. We liked being able to see Sam Elliott in an action role, but hoped for much more in this film. We know Sam can definitely throw one, but this film does not<\/i> pack a punch.<\/p>\n

RLJ Entertainment \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1 hour 38 minutes \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Not rated[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UkP4bZKCHE8″ el_width=”80″ align=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sam Elliott\u2019s piercing eyes and bushy mustache stare through you from the get go. But too bad the film doesn\u2019t live up to it\u2019s wacky title. Unfortunately, it meanders more than Elliott\u2019s slow and low voice print.\u00a0 Elliott, at 74 years old, is not your usual leading man. He\u2019s getting a lot of attention for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4054"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4068,"href":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4054\/revisions\/4068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}