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Villain (1971)
Rate:
2
Viewed:
3/17
3/17:
Villain is a great disappointment when compared to Get Carter.
The chief problems are many and should've been easily fixed. Awful to begin with is the screenplay.
If you can believe this, it was penned by two comedy television writers plus Al Lettieri of
The Godfather fame.
Either Richard Burton doesn't look right for the lead role or isn't given much to work with. Thinking his star power
would be enough to make any bad film fly, he was dead wrong, and it clearly shows in Villain.
The action is boring with a pedestrian pace. Hardly much happens; the only interesting part is when Vic Dakin
revealed his rough side to whet his homosexual appetite. A lot of reviewers have called Villain the British version of
White Heat, but it's not true. Vic just happens to have a mother, nothing more.
All in all, Villain is so bad that the great Richard Burton can't save it.