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Lassiter (1984)

Action | 100 minutes
2,64 35 votes

Genre: Action

Duration: 100 minuten

Alternative title: De Ongrijpbare

Country: United States

Directed by: Roger Young

Stars: Tom Selleck, Jane Seymour and Bob Hoskins

IMDb score: 5,8 (2.962)

Releasedate: 17 February 1984

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Lassiter plot

"When the law has a job they can't handle... they need a man outside the law."

Lassiter is a handsome jewel thief who works in 1930s London. One day, he is arrested and told that if he wants to avoid jail time, he must break into the heavily guarded German embassy in London. There he must rob precious loot.

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Filmkriebel

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Didn't disappoint. Good 1930s styling throughout the film; the successful old-fashioned feel of films from the 1930s and 40s is by far the strongest aspect of this film for me; Lassiter is stylish anyway and everything is dosed in the right proportions: some humor, action, bare breasts and buttocks, but above all a cunning thief played by Tom Selleck when he was working on his career as a leading actor in the 80s. It is not a film you can simply stick a genre to. Bob Hoskins as Inspector Becker, who is hot on Lassiter's heels like a Rottweiler, is truly a boss. The man has a strong screen presence. Amusing film.

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Lovelyboy

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The third film of the day featured Tom Selleck in this film called Lassiter, yet another thrift store find picked up on a whim because of the cast and a synopsis that doesn't seem too bad.

And in itself, the concept is quite good, with Catburglar Lassiter being caught by the lady of the house right in the opening, immediately suggesting that this won't get very serious, and him being blackmailed by the English police not much later into committing a robbery at the German embassy to financially hurt the German 'war effort'. And there are quite a few snags to that job. Plus points are the beautiful and atmospheric portrayal of the era, Selleck being cool as always, and Hoskins once again profiling himself wonderfully as a detective who knows how to put Lassiter under pressure like no other.

But that is pretty much it; the film does have the advantage of not being long, though nothing happens for quite a while, from receiving the assignment to the finale. Boredom reigns supreme, with time mostly wasted on the ladies—beautiful in Seymour's case, of course—but it never gets exciting, and it is clear from the start that Lassiter is going to outsmart both the Germans and the English police.

Therefore, this dull and sometimes boring whole cannot be awarded a passing grade. Quickly on to the next film.

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