Mum's Monday: Convoy

At the start of this film it high-lights how dangerous a large vehicle on the road be and how reckless it is to not wear pants. It is good to see that justice is done, in the way of a stern warning only. A police man is only a man after all.

It is brilliant the description Rubber Duck (Kris Kristofferson) gives to the police man in the unmarked police car ‘A bear in a plain brown wrapper’. It turns out to be Lyle Wallace (Ernest Borgnine), he is not so lenient but is also a crooked cop, it seems Rubber Duck and Lyle have history.

Not only is Lyle bent he is also evil, just because someone hasn’t got any money in their pocket he thinks he can arrest them for ‘Vagrancy’, luckily Rubber Duck saves the day and the action, resulting in the convoy begins.

The fight scenes however, are amusing to watch the slow motion adds to the comedy aspect, although I don’t think the people making the film were going for comedy as such. Although the music over the fight scenes could suggest otherwise.

This film also high-lights that if you are handcuffed to a bar stool, before you start shooting at it and the cuffs check that the top of the bar stool doesn’t just pull off. These are very funny scenes and cleverly done.

I can see that this film shows one way off getting off a charge, let, or more to the point the cop is going to borrow your car, it is fun to watch a cop drive the car he managed to acquire, it just isn’t your usual normal looking car a cop would be seen in.

The driving scenes are dramatic and it is good to see no one is injured.

There is so much dust, it is a good job trucks are as large as they are, police cars are not so big and as lucky, and since when is just pulling off the road involve rolling down the side of a hill.

It is clever to see the trucks and the music all come together as a choreographed dance routine.

It seems anyone can join the convoy and a little spiritual help is welcome and makes for a few amusing scenes, especially on the loud speaker throughout.

If you are going to set up a road block, you had better check that the truck you are trying to stop hasn’t got explosives on board. Again clearing the road makes for some dramatic but fun scenes.

It seems the convoy is now a tourist attraction in New Mexico and makes the news. Word has certainly spread.

It is amusing that you can never tell when a water truck could come to be useful.

When so many trucks get noticed someone somewhere is going to take advantage. It turns out the Governor wants votes; it is election year.

It is sad to see what happens to Mike, Spider Mike, ‘The baby maker’ (Franklyn Ajaye) the truckers and Rubber Duck are on the case. Now we have the calm before the storm as they say.

Just when you think this film is over an unexpected set of circumstances present themselves, these are dramatic and well done.

A fitting tribute, the film is over now and all Lyle can do is laugh, he knows.

In this film the way the convoy came about seems a bit flimsy to start with. However, in real life things can escalate from the simplest of things. For the film purposes it could have been a bit more dramatic, although, I could now be writing that the film is over the top and unrealistic, so the way this film and the convoy is set up is more convincing in the real world overall.