Worlds Most Dangerous Paper Route (Video 2018)

Worlds Most Dangerous Paper Route: Directed by Matthew Hausle. With Steven Berger, Dylan Grace, Steve Kroft, Casey McMurray. The story of the unsung heroes who deliver the ‘Stars And Stripes’ military newspaper to soldiers in Afghanistan. Part of the film shows the paper delivery to Camp Lightning after 90 minutes on a Chinook helicopter, two miles up a mountain, and further travel on Humvees.

“THE BIG SLEEP is one of the more entertaining private eye movies I have seen. A dying old man has two beautiful, uncontrollable daughters: Vivien (Lauren Bacall), and Carmen (Martha Vickers). Carmen is being blackmailed, and her father hires P.I. Christopher Marlowe (the beloved Humphrey Bogart) to get the blackmailer off her back. But Marlowe finds that somebody else has done this job for him: the blackmailer is murdered almost under his nose. And as he puts it, u0026quot;That didnu0026#39;t stop things. That just starts u0026#39;em.u0026quot;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI have not read Raymond Chandleru0026#39;s novel, on which this movie was based, but those who have say the title refers to death. That is never explained in the movie. Howard Hawks packs so much plot into 114 minutes of footage that the movie feels like itu0026#39;s bursting at the seams. The story is not incomprehensible as some would have it; while there are many improbable coincidences, there is no element I can point to and say u0026quot;That couldnu0026#39;t have happened.u0026quot; (Although Iu0026#39;m still not quite sure how Carmen got into Marloweu0026#39;s apartment). True, the plot really is very hard to follow, and Marloweu0026#39;s periodic explanations of events, without which the movie would indeed be nonsensical, smack more of inspired guesswork than logical deduction. But the furious pace at which the plot unfolds lends more excitement to the movie than nine out of ten of todayu0026#39;s lazily plotted would-be thrillers.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTHE BIG SLEEPu0026#39;s greatest strength is its delightfully droll dialogue. When Chandler writes the novel and then Faulkner helps adapt it, you expect some verbal fireworks, and you sure do get them. u0026quot;How do you like your brandy?u0026quot; u0026quot;In a glass.u0026quot; – u0026quot;Youu0026#39;re not very tall, are you?u0026quot; u0026quot;I try to be.u0026quot; – u0026quot;Iu0026#39;m getting cuter every minute.u0026quot; – u0026quot;Such a lot of guns around town, and so few brains.u0026quot; – u0026quot;Is it any of your business?u0026quot; u0026quot;I could make it my business.u0026quot; u0026quot;I could make your business mine.u0026quot; u0026quot;You wouldnu0026#39;t like it. The payu0026#39;s too small.u0026quot; – u0026quot;She tried to sit in my lap while I was standing up.u0026quot; Bogie and Bacall get two of the best exchanges; they have a horse-racing discussion where racy double-entendres are dripping like savory sauce off of every word, and they also get a truly hilarious telephone conversation where Marlowe convinces Vivien not to call the police.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut THE BIG SLEEP has a harder side that is also effective. It is shockingly violent for a movie produced under the stern eyes of the Hayes code censors. The movie is too unpredictable to generate much suspense (you canu0026#39;t dread something you donu0026#39;t know is going to happen), but the ending is one of the most intense, nailbiting scenes youu0026#39;ll ever see.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe 1940s were not a great era for film music, which makes Max Steineru0026#39;s brooding score all the more impressive. The print I saw was very low-quality, so I canu0026#39;t judge the cinematography.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe acting is wonderful. Bogart gets to show his chops at one point by switching off the hard-boiled personality he developed for THE MALTESE FALCON and impersonating an antiquarian bookworm. Bacall radiates class whether sheu0026#39;s at ease smoking in a cafe or outwitting a man holding her at gunpoint. Martha Vickersu0026#39; Carmen strikes the perfect balance of appealing seductiveness and outright nastiness.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne final note: this movie is almost Bond-like in terms of the number of appallingly beautiful women Marlowe accidentally encounters, all of whom seem to have a burning desire for him. Even his taxi driver wants him. Dorothy Malone, whose character name we never learn, plays the sexiest book seller you will ever meet (and yes, she wears glasses; eat your heart out, Dorothy Parker!). Minus fifty points for credibility, plus a hundred points for entertainment. Regrettably, I cannot promise similar thrills for the female audience; it just kind of depends on how you like Men In Suits.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRating: ***1/2 out of ****.”