On the streets he’s a professional killer, at home a gifted painter. Jack Palance is Jimbuck, cool and detached, an expert in the art of murder. But when brain surgeon and best friend Bo Svenson turns up as his next target, loyalties will be tested, lives will be lost and lessons will be learned. It’s ‘70s tough guy cinema with weather-worn faces, quiet stares and gravel voices; a grindhouse movie made by dads for other dads who understand the horrors of war and child rearing. There’s Rod Steiger, a scene with a helicopter, lots of stern looks and plenty of close-ups of an artist at work. And, of course, Shaft’s Richard Roundtree as a pimped out Jamaican drug dealer. Filmed in 1977, released in 1984 and finally screening for you on the big screen tonight!
