There was a time when the heroes in movies didn’t wear spandex or have super powers; they were just tough guys (usually with cool mustaches) who stood up for what was right, or at least made doing the wrong thing look cool enough to make it feel right. This four-movie set is proof. Burt Reynolds, THE box office king at one time, star in two of the movies, playing a private investigator in one (Shamus) and a suspended police officer in the other (Physical Evidence). They’re entertaining, and it’s nice to compare the Burt of 1973 (Shamus) with the Burt of 1989. Breakout, the story of a wealthy socialite hiring a guy to break her husband out of a Mexican jail, isn’t a very good film, but it’s always fun to watch Charlie Bronson do his thing. The best movie of the set may be The Anderson Tapes, starring Sean Connery as robber released from serving 10 years in prison and his plans to pull off a heist in a world that’s very different than it was when he went away.
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