Mafia meets The Wild Bunch scene

In a film that is filled with over the top ludicrous scenes, I think the part where the boys are transported to the Canadian border, and magically become The Wild Bunch, takes the cake.

There are so many unbelievable parts within this segment, from the RCMP Troopers firing hundreds of rounds while tightly massed, and missing not only the criminals, but their fellow Troopers in the line of fire, to our intrepid heroes, who with the exception of mans man Connery, are suddenly expert horse riders when by all accounts they are all nerdish city slickers, to Garcia taking enough of a tommy gun blast to get knocked down a hill, but apprently “tis only a flesh wound”, among many dumb parts. Not to mention a convenient hand grenade, and a novel interview method employed by Connery.

But taking the cake, was the biggest dweeb, Toad from American Graffiti, I mean Oscar Wallace, doing the one man Rambo charge, firing rounds and kicking ass singlehandedly, even beating down the final crook when he ran out of ammo. This from a guy who stood about 5’4”, and 110 lbs soaking wet. All he needed was the Rambo headband, and the statement “I came here to audit your books, and kick ass, and I’m out of tax records to audit”.

I really don’t get the high rating for this film. It was ludicrous in multiple scenes, the acting was hammy, the script was atrocious, and pretty much every legal, and historical fact except Capone’s and Ness’ names were fabricated.