Clint Eastwood is a legend in his own time, and without his presence, the movie would be a complete and total farce, instead of just a farce.
Clint is 91. I assume he was 90 during production. He produced, directed, and starred in it. Everyone involved knew he was their boss, so he had free reign.
Clint is old and frail. He shuffles. He has an old man soft voice. Yet in the film, we see him throw someone to the ground, punch a man into submission, and this goes against nature. He's 90. There were two 40 year old women in the film who wanted to make love to gramps. He is 90... not the good looking, handsome stud from years past. The boy who co starred was supposed to have been a hardened criminal at 13... yet he spoke like an honor student from the suburbs. As a retired teacher, I look back on the years working in youth detention facilities, as well as tough inner city high schools. Real juvenile delinquents do not talk or act like that kid. Not by a long shot. And Dwight Yoakum simply cannot act... even when you just hear his voice on a phone conversation... really bad.
One more thing..Clint's character was hired by a man to drive from Texas to Mexico City to retrieve his son. The distance from Texas to Mexico City is over a thousand miles. The character, Mike Milo, is 90.
Clint is 91. I assume he was 90 during production. He produced, directed, and starred in it. Everyone involved knew he was their boss, so he had free reign.
Clint is old and frail. He shuffles. He has an old man soft voice. Yet in the film, we see him throw someone to the ground, punch a man into submission, and this goes against nature. He's 90. There were two 40 year old women in the film who wanted to make love to gramps. He is 90... not the good looking, handsome stud from years past. The boy who co starred was supposed to have been a hardened criminal at 13... yet he spoke like an honor student from the suburbs. As a retired teacher, I look back on the years working in youth detention facilities, as well as tough inner city high schools. Real juvenile delinquents do not talk or act like that kid. Not by a long shot. And Dwight Yoakum simply cannot act... even when you just hear his voice on a phone conversation... really bad.
One more thing..Clint's character was hired by a man to drive from Texas to Mexico City to retrieve his son. The distance from Texas to Mexico City is over a thousand miles. The character, Mike Milo, is 90.