Pretty Good

Dreadfully Boring

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Great little film I first discovered via Siskel and Ebert back when they were on PBS. This was a small little film that was kind of being dumped into theaters with no fanfare and the pair both liked it and recommended it. The film has suffered since then and apart from some screenings on cable not long after it came out, this film has been seen no where other than the discount bargain bin. Don't let the cheap price fool you this is an excellent little film about four friends who decide that they can make quick money by parachuting into South America and robbing a drug lord. The robbery goes off pretty much as planned, however the trick is for them to get to the plane home as they are chased by various factions who all want the money. Good action, with a nice sense of humor and of danger this is a spiffy little movie that you really need to search out. I have no idea why this film isn't better know especially since th cast headed by James Brolin, Ernest Borgnine, James Coburn, Anthony Quinn and Clevon Little is excellent. Find this movie ad pay the buck or two and see this. You'll enjoy it

This film has Peckinpah character actors throughout, sometimes in cameo roles. There are Peckinpah shots and Peckinpah edits throughout. There are Peckinpah themes throughout. When it looks like a duck and walks like a duck and quacks like a duck - I'm not saying he's the genius directing the whole film; but if he had nothing to do with it, I'll eat my shotgun. And I'm certainly not saying this is a great, or even a good Sam Peckinpah film. But it is a Sam Peckinpah film. So why the silence? Especially on the part of Coburn (Pat Garrett) and Borgnine (Wild Bunch)? Well, at the time Peckinpah's name was the kiss of death in Hollywood, especially to himself. And since it's not a very good film, why add more badness to a bad legend? But this is a Sam Peckinpah film, shot after Cross of Iron and before his brief resurrection working with Don Siegal, and it has some interesting stuff in it. Peckinph fans pay note.

I first watched the movie while, my father was posted in Panama CZ, and it was a really great and fun film. I had to work at it, but I did get a copy of it on VHS much later. Last year, 2007, I found the film being sold as dollar movie at Wal-Mart, I of course bought about four or five copies. You might still be able to find some out there, if I see anymore I'll probably buy additional copies. The actors are pretty good for what had to be a cheap film, and 'Adios Airlines' will always be in my vocabulary.The film starts out with a couple, four, out of work guys meeting an arms merchant. They buy some guns, chosen more for the looks on the screen than a logical evolution for an assault, but then these guys aren't really crooks they're just out of work guys trying to pay their mortgages. After flying down to S.America, Adios Airlines really makes the film special, they parachute in, make their approach to their target, hit the target and that's when everything goes wrong. They end up tangling with Revolutionaries come hill bandits, meet some gays in jay, end up cross dressing, meet a new love their life and end up in some cool shoot outs, more realistic for the amount of ammo expended for noting hit than anything else. In many ways, the film should be a classic but has been overlooked by most. Anthony Quinn and Ernest Borgnine along with James Brolin really make the movie. It's probably the movie the brought me to appreciate Anthony Quinn, when I was young and I still enjoy getting the movie out and watching, the plot hasn't been used since and was really original at the time.

this film falls a little flat for me.....with all of the movies that came out at the time this film came out this film got short changed....and after watching it again, to me there wasnt all that much to it...the acting was good, but the story was a little dry... I did find it for $5.99 on Dvd, so had to pick it up.....the ending is O.K...this film is one of those late night flicks you would see on cable chopped up (just for language)..its an average film that could have been Much better!