Die Bären sind nicht mehr zu bremsen (1978)
35KDie Bären sind nicht mehr zu bremsen: Directed by John Berry. With Tony Curtis, Jackie Earle Haley, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Antonio Inoki. A small time hustler takes the pint-sized baseball team to Japan for a match against the country’s best little league baseball team which sparks off a series of adventures and mishaps.
“What is going on here?! Where are The Bears? This is a Tony Curtis film. And his character wears out after 5 minutes. There are lengthy stretches of the film where The Bears barely appear, if at all! Like the 15 minute karate exhibition, or the 10 minute Game Show nonsense. And how bout some subtitles for the long conversations in Japanese. Viewers outside of Japan donu0026#39;t need the realism of communication breakdown. The heart and cleverness of the original are completely missing here, and weu0026#39;re left with Tony Curtis (a great actor) rambling on like a cheap salesman. The newly added Mustapha (Scoody Thornton) gives us a few cute moments, but Kelly (Jackie Earle Haley), the leader of the team, is little to be seen. And whereu0026#39;s Tanner!! Donu0026#39;t poke this bear.”
