SHORT TAKES
McQ (Warner Bros.):: John Wayne is Seattle police detective McQ. McQ is rugged. Seattle is rugged. McQ’s old time policeman buddy is not rugged. He is soft. He is soft because he has just been ventilated by a few thousand machine gun slugs. McQ is annoyed. He wants to find the killer. He quits the conservative police force to track he, she or it down.
SHORT TAKES
McQ (Warner Bros.):: John Wayne is Seattle police detective McQ. McQ is rugged. Seattle is rugged. McQ’s old time policeman buddy is not rugged. He is soft. He is soft because he has just been ventilated by a few thousand machine gun slugs. McQ is annoyed. He wants to find the killer. He quits the conservative police force to track he, she or it down. He runs into Colleen Dewhurst. She is shot. He runs into dope dealers. They are shot. He runs into crooked cops, hired assasins and two-bit thugs. The crooked cops, hired assasins, two-bit thugs and two thirds of the population of Seattle are shot. If John Wayne is smart, he will concentrate on running into the writer, director and producer of this film. The only difference between McQ and any episode of “Ironsides” is that John Wayne’s legs move and he’s never played Perry Mason. naha
