Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

slightlymad22 Continuing my plan to watch every Clint Eastwood movie in order, I come to Any Which Way You Can (1980)Plot In A Paragraph: All the gang are back as Philo (Eastwood) is blackmailed in to one last fight, against an opponent who killed a man in his last fight. It was inevitable that following the success of a Every Which Way But Loose that a sequel would follow. It's another Burt Reynolds type movie, after reinventing himself as a tough guy cop, after the dollars trilogy, It almost seems like Clint was trying to reinvent himself as a Reynolds-esque good old boy. Thankfully it didn't last longer than a few years, as despite their charm, these are not some of Clint's best movies. Fun to watch every couple of years and huge money makers, but not good movies.I'll give the movie credit for not spending much time on the relationship between Eastwood and Locke!! Unlike Smokey & The Bandit 2 (released the same year) which focused too much on Burt Reynolds and Sally Fields failing relationship. In fact Locke is at her most appealing here since The Outlaw Josie Wales and her singing is much improved too.I'd probably rank this above the first movie, the final fight giving it the edge.Any Which Way You Can grossed $70 million at the domestic box office to end the year as the 5th highest grossing movie of 1980.

katy-247-158113 This movie was funny, it kept you interested, the acting was very good. So therefore it was definitely worth watching although it falls a little short of every which way but loose, they tried to give it a plot but it isn't that type of movie that needs one. I did enjoy it all the way through, but then again I do enjoy walker Texas ranger, so it is right up my alley. For those who say it is dated or over macho, in all honesty they should have known that before they watched it. If you like tough guy comedy, then it is a must watch. If you like foreign films with subtitles then I suggest you stay away from it. It is a straight forward easy to understand action comedy that should be fun for the entire family. I can't say out standing but I will say very good.

dunmore_ego "Right turn, Clyde!" – and the orangutan's fist shoots out the passenger window, impacting anyone dumb enough to have their face there. It's just one of many running gags in this inexplicable, fuzzy film.Any Which Way You Can (sequel to Every Which Way But Loose) opens with an illegal street fight, pitting bareknuckle street machine Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood) – now a local legend – against a Marine-beating bent cop, cheered on by a rowdy mix of truckers, crooked cops and busty chickie babes.While Philo ogles some jiggling boob, the cop catches him unawares. Before he rises from the sand, Philo gives his opponent a menacing look – that tilted head with one eye slightly squinting… All I know in this world is: you don't wanna be on the receiving end of the Clint Glare. Ever. In short measure, the cop goes down. Meanwhile, Philo's orangutan, Clyde, has crapped in one of the squad cars… Any Which Way You Can, written by Stanford Sherman and directed by stuntman extraordinaire, Buddy Van Horn, is one of those rare movies that takes everything good about its predecessor and mashes it up in a big bowl of wrong that tastes just right.One of the reasons this movie works is the palpable camaraderie on set – even between Clint and his "enemies." They've all worked with him before, in a cavalcade of past Clint classics: John Quade (in High Plains Drifter) along with his Black Widow gang of Clint regulars, Dan Vadis (Bronco Billy), William O'Connell (Josey Wales), Bill McKinney (The Gauntlet); underworld bookie Beekman is Harry Guardino (last seen chewing out Dirty Harry); there's the team from Every Which Way, Ruth Gordon once again steaming the screen as trash-talking Ma, Geoffrey Lewis as ever-faithful Orville, Sondra Locke still skeletal and untalented as Philo's girl, Lynn Halsey-Taylor; (the luminous Beverly D'Angelo was sorely missed in this sequel), and then there was Clyde the orang utan, always in the background, yet somehow in the furry foreground whenever a punch or a fart was needed to punctuate the action.Philo is still trying to make ends meet in Anytown San Fernando Valley by rebuilding engines and bareknuckle boxing. A $10,000 underworld match comes his way, against a man-mountain renowned for maiming and killing his opponents, Jack Wilson (William Smith). Philo and Wilson meet unofficially in a – what else? – barroom brawl, eventually befriending each other enough to cancel their bout and anger all the underworld figures who organized the betting stakes. They end up fighting unofficially, the fight growing in intensity and public attention until the whole betting populace of the small town is cheering them on, all bets on.With both competitors pushing 50, we wonder how this plot could even be plausible, yet through a blend of laconic humor and outlandishness, Any Which Way makes it believable, with a wham-bam-thank-you-ham third act that makes you want to do 50 pushups and sit-ups a day, just to look half as good as these veteran, iron-thewed warriors when you're their age.There's nothing deep here; crack a beer, strip down to your wife-beater and just enjoy it. Every which way you look at it, Any Which Way is a Right Turn, Clyde.

possumopossum Clyde stole this movie even more than he stole EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE. But it's still a fun little ride. Clint and Sondra are involved in more dangerous situations, but the resolutions are entertaining and satisfying. We have the old gang back with Ruth Gordon, Geoffrey Lewis, and the motorcycle gang who just don't know when to quit. The ending is sad because you know that it is the end of an era. People who have been together for a long time are now going their own separate ways and living different lives. Still you can't help smiling at the end of this movie. 7 out of 10.RIGHT TURN, CLYDE. (Man, he was one horny ape, wasn't he????)