Mitchell [1975]

 This "action" movie was somehow not that deep but still kind of confusing. I'm not sure if it was because of the subpar audio quality or the film was just written in a way where you didn't really know what was going on until the scene was almost over.

Mitchell is a cop who kind of just sucks. He's supposed to be an anti-hero but he isn't likeable in any way, and he isn't really amazing at his job either. He tries to find out about a heroin shipment, has something to do with a guy who shot a supposed intruder in his house, and sleeps with a prostitute who is being paid to have sex with him by someone else and he never bothered to ask who. The Wikipedia page is even damning in how he referred to the final freeze frame as "intended to be humorous." Damn.

Mostly this film is just a time capsule of terrible 70s fashion with a few occasions for a laugh. This film even flopped on having a theme song. Halfway through the movie there's a song about Mitchell and even that's pretty lame. It's certainly nothing compared to the auditory brilliance of the themes to Black Ninja, Singham, and Petey Wheatstraw. Go watch one of those instead.

Spoon Rating: 3