Gator

1976

Action / Crime / Drama

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 25% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 44% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 4871 4.9K

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Plot summary

After his release from prison, notorious ex-con and moonshine distiller Gator McKlusky moves in with his father in a cabin in the Okefenokee Swamp. His bootlegging plans are cut short, however, when a federal agent tells McKlusky that he will lose custody of his 9-year-old daughter unless he helps bring down local crime lord Bama McCall. McKlusky enlists the help of reporter Aggie Maybank and a few local eccentrics to bring down McCall's empire.


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Burt Reynolds as Gator McKlusky
Lauren Hutton as Aggie Maybank
Ned Beatty as Sheriff J.C. Connors
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by bensonmum2 3 / 10

What happened to Gator McKlusky?

A two-time loser like Gator McKlusky (Burt Reynolds) will do anything to avoid a third strike and a long prison stint. So when a big city revenuer asks for Gator's help, what choice does he have? Gator's mission is to get the goods on Bama McCall (Jerry Reed), the nasty crime boss of a neighboring county. Gator gets something else he hadn't counted on, however, when he falls for television reporter Aggie Maybank (Lauren Hutton). Can he get the girl and the goon?

As is the case with most sequels, Gator is a vastly inferior movie to its predecessor, White Lightning. Everything that made that movie so good and so memorable is missing from Gator. While there are a few good moments like the opening boat chase, the movie doesn't have the same gritty feel to it that characterized White Lightning. Gator trades much of the action of White Lightning for a tired, dull romance between Reynolds and Hutton. Not only isn't it believable (especially if you know the Gator character from the first movie), but the outcome of the relationship is terribly predictable. "Sappy" and Gator McKlusky just shouldn't be used together.

But the most offensive part of Gator is Burt Reynolds. In White Lightning, he played it straight. From my review of White Lightning, "One of the coolest things about White Lightning is that it presents Burt Reynolds as an actor at the top of his game. This was a Burt Reynolds who seemed to actually care about the final product and not just yucking it up with his buddies on screen." In Gator, far too often Reynolds reverts to the clown he would become in movies like Smokey and the Bandit and Cannonball Run. That laugh of his just grates on my nerves. There are times in Gator when Reynolds and Reed are on screen together that I swear it's like a test run for Smokey and the Bandit. And it's not surprising to see Hal Needham's name in the credits as Second Unit Director.

Overall, Gator is a huge disappointment. I'm being generous with my 3/10 rating.

Reviewed by bkoganbing 6 / 10

Who Ya Gonna Call -- Gator McKlusky

Burt Reynolds both plays the title role and repeats his character from White Line Fever in this film Gator. Reynolds played one of his most endearing characters as the amiable moonshiner who has certain talents and the right acquaintances that an ambitious Governor of Georgia needs at the moment.

As we saw in White Line Fever Reynolds was a tough man for law enforcement to deal with. But Mike Douglas, the TV host not Kirk's son, is the Governor who has a Phoenix City like county that is gaining national attention and putting a crimp on his plans for higher office.

As it turns out Reynolds happens to know the boss of said county who is played by country singer Jerry Reed. They've got history together and Reynolds has to be hammer-locked into cooperating by federal investigator Jack Weston. But one look at Reed's operation, particularly one aspect of it, and Reynolds then becomes a willing crusader.

Also helping out are Lauren Hutton and Alice Ghostley and this is the fantastic four of Georgia. Gator as a film is nicely paced between some good old boy comedy, serious drama, and some really nice action sequences especially at the climax. I'd give it a look and for Burt Reynolds fans, Gator is a must.

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 5 / 10

Burt and Hutton

New York federal agent Irving Greenfield (Jack Weston) is sent to the Georgia swamps to take down Bama McCall (Jerry Reed) who runs the corrupt Dunston county. The main target is Bama's friend Gator McKlusky (Burt Reynolds) who is recently released from prison. Gator is forced to co-operate. When he's infiltrating Bama's organization, he falls for investigative TV reporter Aggie Maybank (Lauren Hutton).

After a wacky boat chase first act, the movie turns into a grinding meandering journey through a dark underworld. The tone change is topped out with a drugged out underage prostitute. Then the movie's tone is changed again with the introduction of Hutton into something wackier. The changing tones and meandering plot combine for a problematic thriller. It also doesn't help that they stayed around even after stealing the books. It's obvious that they need to get out of state and call up the cavalry. Staying at that beach house is simply asking for trouble. The movie does allow for some old fashion stunts and the story is mostly functional.

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