The Gauntlet (DVD)

Phoenix cop Ben Shockley's dream of breaking the big case has faded over time. His assignment to escort a nothing witness for a nothing trial from Las Vegas seems like another meaningless exercise. Until the fireworks start. Clint Eastwood runs The Gauntlet into an explosive movie embodying it's title with a vengeance. The witness is a hardened hooker (Sondra Locke) whom everyone - including Vegas oddsmakers - wants dead. Trapped between both sides of the law, the two must survive an obstacle course of raging gunfire, blazing cars, swooping helicopters, murderous ambushes, crazed bikers and crooked police. Building to a ferocious finale that shoots an armored bus to smithereens with more than 8,000 bullets, The Gauntlet is a trip you can't miss.

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney, Robert Barrett, Art Rimozius, Carver Barnes, Darwin Lamb, Don Circle, Joe Rainer, John Quiroga, John Rainer, Mildred J. Brion, Robert Barnett, Roger Lowe, Ron Chapman, Teddy Bear, Tom Friedkin, Michael Cavanaugh, Carole Cook, Mara Corday, Doug McGrath, Jeff Morris, Samantha Doane, Roy Jenson, Dan Vadis, James W. Gavin, Thomas H Friedkin, Fritz Manes, Al Silvani

Director: Alicia van Couvering, Andrea Roa, Joe Swanberg, Paul Bernon, Robert Daley, Sam Slater

Rating: R