I would not waste my time writing a review, werent it for the presence of Elliot Gould and director Peter Hyams (debut). Both have made great classics. This is definitely not one of them.
The story is boring, without ANY surprises: 2 cops try to nail a drug boss. That's it. A lot of drug busts, surveillance in a toilet, more drug busts and a chase. All looking cheap and terribly dated.
There are some great detective cop movies from the seventies, but I only write this review to warn everybody this is not one of them. Watch something else instead: a great performance in a REAL detective classic with Elliot Gould in "The Long Goodbye" (1973). In that classic Gould is truly COOL. In "Busting" however, he simply looks silly and not credible for a minute. It cant be coincidence that Busting was released a year after "The Long Goodbye" had become a success. "Busting" definitely has the intention of simply cashing in on Elliot's Gould succes in "The Long Goodbye". "Busting" is not the end of the world, but everything about it, feels cliche, cheap and uninspired, certainly when compared to the great detective classic "The Long Goodbye" (1973).
The story is boring, without ANY surprises: 2 cops try to nail a drug boss. That's it. A lot of drug busts, surveillance in a toilet, more drug busts and a chase. All looking cheap and terribly dated.
There are some great detective cop movies from the seventies, but I only write this review to warn everybody this is not one of them. Watch something else instead: a great performance in a REAL detective classic with Elliot Gould in "The Long Goodbye" (1973). In that classic Gould is truly COOL. In "Busting" however, he simply looks silly and not credible for a minute. It cant be coincidence that Busting was released a year after "The Long Goodbye" had become a success. "Busting" definitely has the intention of simply cashing in on Elliot's Gould succes in "The Long Goodbye". "Busting" is not the end of the world, but everything about it, feels cliche, cheap and uninspired, certainly when compared to the great detective classic "The Long Goodbye" (1973).