The people that are complaining that this film is "no Get Carter" are missing the point entirely. This film is more Get Smart than Get Carter. Just as that '60's television series was a send up of the James Bond films,this '70's film is a send up of the gangster films and pulp fiction novels that a lot of them are based on. In that respect,it shouldn't be taken seriously, just enjoyed for the sight gags and one-liners. Sure,some of it is ridiculously obvious. There is an actor that could have doubled for Bogart if he had been around in the '40's and '50's. Lizabeth Scott,a femme fatale from many noir pictures plays a "princess" married to a politician and making no bones about the fact that she got where she is by being good in bed. Michael Caine is fine as the hack pulp fiction writer that gets caught in a real life murder mystery. But the real gem here is Mickey Rooney as the over the hill former movie tough guy with mob ties that hires Caine to ghost write his autobiography. I was never a big Mickey Rooney fan. I didn't dislike him,but I never got into his Andy Hardy or "Let's put on a show" flicks with Judy Garland. In fact,except for this film,I've really only seen one other MR film that I liked,a little b-picture from the '50's called "Quicksand." So his turn here as the movie star/mob guy/practical joker was a surprise and a delight.
Review of Pulp
