The Sting Collection

Comedy

Crime

The Sting II

Universal Pictures

United States of America

English

Français

Jackie Gleason

Mac Davis

Teri Garr

Karl Malden

Oliver Reed

Bert Remsen

Kathalina Veniero

José Pérez

Larry Bishop

Francis X. McCarthy

Richard C. Adams

Ron Rifkin

Harry James

Frances Bergen

Monica Lewis

Danie-Wade Dalton

Val Avery

Jill Jaress

Paul Willson

Sidney Clute

Al Robertson

Hank Garrett

Bob O'Connell

John Hancock

Larry Hankin

Jerry Whitney

Michael Alldredge

Danny Dayton

Corey Michael Eubanks

Michael Raden

Tim Rossovich

Fred Dennis

Spo-De-Odee

Marty Denkin

Rex Pierson

Elaine Kagan

Iva Rifkin

Lise Kristen Gerard

Lenetta Kidd

Joe Monte

Carl Gottlieb

David Ankrum

Tony Giorgio

T. Max Graham

Melodie Bovee

Cynthia Cypert

Lesa Weis

Jacqui Evans

Ron Stein

Woodrow Parfrey

Cassandra Peterson

Max Wright

Ed Ruffalo

Bobby Sutton

Hillary Tyler

Terri Berland

Bob Minor

Benny Baker

Howard Dayton

Bill Caplan

Frank D. Barresi

Ronnie E. Datillo

Ramiro González

David Cadiente

Mel Pape

Guy Way

Adam Hollander

Lawrence Green

Ira L. Westley

Sean O'Kane

William Prince

Felix Silla

Steve Buckingham

Angela Robinson Witherspoon

Bob Harks

Lalo Schifrin

Jeremy Kagan

David S. Ward

Dean Riesner

Mic Rodgers

Bill Butler

Michael Runyard

Penny Perry

Bobby Bass

Fred Chapman

Gilbert B. Combs

Ron Frantzvog

Colin J. Campbell

James Thatcher

Drew Struzan

Johnny Borgese

Filipe Manuel Neto

**We can almost say that any similarity with the first “Sting” is a pure coincidence.**

I loved the first film, but when I saw that there had been a sequel, I was suspicious: normally, they are always much weaker than the originals. And so it was! This film is nothing more than a pale shadow of its predecessor. It attempts to follow up the story of the con artists from the first film, with a script set four to five years later, however it is a much weaker, disjointed, conventional and predictable story. It's not really worth summarizing: suffice it to say that the crooks are back to avenge a comrade who was killed.

The cast is completely different from the original film, and that was one of the first red flags for me, even before the start. If the first film was a nest of first-rate artists like Robert Shaw, Robert Redford or Paul Newman, this film relies on weaker actors because the first ones didn't want to return to the project. And my red flags raised higher when I saw that it was another director, Jeremy Kagan. I don't know him, but I wasn't impressed with his work here.

When we talk about the actors, the best we have is Jackie Gleason. He's not great, but he does a good job, with commitment and some talent, that deserves a very positive note. Mac Davis is much less successful, not going much beyond average. The same can be said of Karl Malden and Teri Garr, who do not shine in their roles. It's very little and doesn't meet the expectations at all, especially those of the public who saw the original film.

Technically, the film shines due to its cinematography, good color and initial credits, which are a nod to the original film. This was very enjoyable and gave the film a really nice family comedy feel. I also liked most of the sets and costumes, as well as the period recreation. The problem is the soundtrack. If the first film used intelligently a series of melodies by Scott Joplin, one of the great composers in vogue at the time, this film was completely unable to do a similar exercise. However, the original soundtrack made by Lalo Schiffrin was good enough to deserve an Oscar nomination. The only nomination, which is still another bad note if we consider that the first film was nominated ten times and “cleaned” the auditorium by taking seven statuettes.

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