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The Seven-Ups
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Price: $4.11
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0024543238614
Format: Color
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-05-23
Running Time: 103
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1973-12-14
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Customer reviews of The Seven-Ups
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: NY COP STORY - GRITTY, SEEMS REAL, GREAT ACTING ALL AROUND
Comment: Great movie - they don't make them like this anymore. Actually I don't think theye ever did, with the exception of The French Connection (Scheider was in that too), and Bullitt with Steve McQueen.
Customer Rating:
Summary: "Not Just Any ol Lemon-Lime Drinks"
Comment: This movie was probably intended as a B movie to pad out a studio's production list. What resulted however, is a great action/suspense movie with one of the BEST automobile chase scenes (Bullit and the French Connection are the other two) in the business. Roy Schieder is very good in this film. It has turned into a classic.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Great car chase !
Comment: I agree 100% with M. Lamans review and what a car chase, although its very reminiscent of Bullits car chase, even the sounds of the car engines.
The huge Pontiac Granville Vs. a Pontiac Ventura from this movie is not quite the same as The Mustang Vs. a Dodge Charger in Bullit.
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Summary: Frail, younger brother of The French Connection
Comment: Seven-ups is worth watching for the same reasons as the French Connection, the main one being its aural and visual depiction of gritty, seventies New York. You can almost smell it. Downsides: Roy Schneider could have used the Roy Scheider Gene Hackman had in The FC, The crime plot is less intruiging yet all there is to watch in the movie, The Roy Scheider character lacks depth (because it focuses on nothing but catching the bad guys), and of course The FC hit the screens first. The paranoid music, the raincoats, footsteps, huge cars, a lengthy, good-old chase (can you spot the film crew?) and my somewhat melodramatic feelings about seventies movies earned it the fourth star.
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Summary: Strong crime drama from 1970s
Comment: Watching The Seven-Ups, all I could think of was that if The French Connection sequel had starred Roy Scheider, this would be the movie. Really though, this is a solid, entertaining movie and better than most crime dramas from the period. Scheider plays Buddy Mancini, the leader of a small but specialized group of NY cops called the Seven-Ups (in reference to how long the sentences are for the crooks they put away) who seem to get results when no one else can. But Buddy's crew runs into some trouble when mobsters start being kidnapped and ransomed off, supposedly by the police. The Seven-Ups obviously know it's not them doing it, but can they find out who is behind the scheme? The first 30 minutes or so are a little slow as the storyline is spelled out, but the rest of the movie really picks up speed, including one of the best car chases ever done. It's a shame this chase doesn't get the accolades of a Bullitt or The French Connection, but it's right up there. A sometimes confusing plot, but not enough to detract from the movie overall, The Seven-Ups is more than a safe bet if you're a fan of 1970s crime dramas and thrillers.
Roy Scheider is really the only big name in the cast for his role as Buddy Mancini. Scheider is very good in the part and you feel for the guy without knowing too much about his background. He always was a likable actor, and his Buddy Mancini is no different as he tries to figure out what's going on with the mob kidnappings. The rest of the Seven-Ups include Victor Arnold as Barrilli, Jerry Leon as Mingo, and Ken Kercheval as Ansel. Little backstory is given to Mancini's team, but in a few brief scenes, the viewer really gets a sense for how close these four are and how good they are at their jobs. Tony Lo Bianco plays Vito Lucia, a source of Buddy's who is trying to move up in the world. Larry Haines plays Max Kalish, a mobster who's fed up with all the kidnappings. Richard Lynch and Bill Hickman (of Bullitt fame) play Moon and Bo, the two crooks pulling off the mob kidnappings at the orders of a superior.
For such a low price as I'm writing this, under $8, the DVD is a can't miss. The movie is presented in widescreen, always a bonus, and looks great. The only special feature is a nine-minute featurette about the organization and planning of the epic 10-minute car chase that comes about halfway through the movie that was made during filming. No trailers or interviews, but a good featurette either way. If you haven't seen this movie, give it a try, I came away impressed. Check out The Seven-Ups!
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Editorial Reviews:
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Seven-ups are those criminals due to serve at least that number of year in jail -- if they get caught. Roy Scheider is a cop who catches them.
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