Although the English language title of this energetic and delightful action comedy, starring the popular duo of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, is Watch Out, We're Mad. Its original Italian title is ...altrimenti ci arrabbiamo! [Otherwise we'll get mad]. Which means that this disc will be filed under A, rather than W, and, since I am currently on the letter C of my collection, this oddity gets to cut in line. Because A has already been done and, well, alphabetical order.
Watch Out, We're Mad is the kind of film that Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, and Hal Needham thought they were (and should have been) making. Hill and Spencer are two affable and intensely competitive racers that have tied for first place. Which means they have to share the grand prize, a red and yellow dune buggy.
Yeah, right. Their playful games to decide who will win the dune buggy are interrupted when the car is stolen and destroyed by a local crime boss. Irritated and determined to get a replacement red and yellow dune buggy, so they can continue their challenges to see who will win said buggy, the duo confront the crime boss...
What follows are well choreographed fight scenes and car chases. There is also a comedically hammy performance from Donald Pleasance that needs to be seen to be believed.
Underplaying it all is this quirky score from the pop duo of Guido & Maurizio De Angelis, who I know best for their score for Great White [aka The Last Shark, L'ultimo Squalo (1981)]. Be forewarned though, you will be hearing and humming their song "Dune Buggy" incessantly afterward, as it is both a pesky earworm and underplays just about each and every action sequence. Of which there are a sizable amount.
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