Clint Eastwood: 5 Awesome Movies And 5 That Sucked

2. Any Which Way You Can

This putrid sequel to the suprising box office smash Every Which Way But Loose is a particularly dark blemish on Clint Eastwood's career. Once again, teaming up with his orangutang buddy Clyde, Eastwood's relatively shirtless trucker Philo, tours the great American country side looking for bare knuckle fights and trouble around every corner. In one of the film's earliest scenes, while sitting shotgun in a police cruiser, Clyde the orangutang relives himself on the seat, setting the tone for the rest of the film. What transpires, is a sad excuse for a comedy, as we see Eastwood hamming it up for a hefty paycheque, all the while getting involved in a mafia kidnapping plot and a climactic bare knuckle brawl. Eastwood has never been very convincing in any of his comedic roles, and any charm that was present in the equally junky first film was deflated in this manufactured mess. If you're looking for a Clint Eastwood movie were he runs a muck for 90 minutes in a sea of lame fisticuffs, dick jokes and country music you found it, otherwise, stay away from this mess.
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Kyle Hytonen is a film school grad, an independent film-maker, photographer and sleeper-inner.