Here’s a movie and a concept that has aged badly.
Lookin’ To Get Out is a rascal comedy about two gamblers who get into debt and evade to Las Vegas to try to make it big. It’s one of those comedies where the comedy part means stupid and implausible – not something to make one laugh. Both of the lead characters quite unlikeable and really I could not care less how they ended up since the whole movie feels completely like a charade.
Jon Voight and Burt Young are both excellent actors, and should have used their time better in some other endeavour.
80s-o-meter: 70%
Total: 27%