by Starz / Anchor Bay
Sales Rank: 44048
Price: $9.99
A by-the-numbers action flick featuring a stern Arnold Schwarzenegger, <i>Raw Deal</i> has all the traditional traits of the genre. Schwarzenegger is a disgraced former FBI agent who winds up as sheriff of a backwater Southern town. He is given a chance to reclaim his job when the head of the Bureau offers him reinstatement if he'll go undercover to capture the mob boss responsible for killing his son. Schwarzenegger must get close enough to gain the trust of the gangster without being discovered as a mole, while gathering enough evidence to take him down. One of Schwarzenegger's early films, in which he honed his persona, <i>Raw Deal</i> offers up the usual quotient of gun battles and tough talk, with a trace of self-deprecating humor from its star, making it reasonably worthwhile entertainment. <i>--Robert Lane</i>
Viewer Reviews Arnie plays an undercover mob guy who needs to bring down some extreme scumbags while posing as one of them. It's a very silly film but good entertainment. Recommended if you don't mind a completely lame plot.
