AnhartLinkin
This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Matho
The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
Marva
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
MartinHafer
I've recently been watching DVDs of "Mannix" and although I have enjoyed it, it's become clear that the earlier episodes are the best. By season three and four, the show lost some of its zing, though it was still better than the average show.Season one is unusual. Joe Mannix is NOT a private eye like he would be for the remainder of the series. Instead, he's an agent working for Intertech--a high tech detective agency operating more like a corporation. His boss is played by Joseph Campanella and there is always tension between him and Mannix. When season two premiered, Mannix was no longer with Intertech. Instead he's privately employed and he's got Peggy as a receptionist. This is how it continued through the remainder of the series. And a few things that remain constant--Joe regularly gets the crap knocked out of him and is often knocked out (though more so in season one and two) and he doesn't particularly like women...or at least he doesn't trust them.My advice is see season one and two and then decide if the show is worth continuing. I'm on season five and still have a bit to go until I finish.
mcforbes
Mannix lasted eight seasons, which says the show was a quality show and had a following it also survived the launch of a number of other detective shows in the 1970's. Do we have any of these shows left in the current TV landscape, the answer to that is no. I think that Nash Bridges was probably the last, and CBS cut that although they have not had anything close to it in ratings on a Friday night in five years. This genre can come back if you were to stick with the Rockford, Magnum, Mannix formula that worked back then, do a car chase as part of it, not as the whole thing like they have tried to do in the 90's with movies of 70's and 80's TV.....The formula that works is the Rockford Movies of the 1990's which got exceptional ratings until CBS got greedy. A Hollywood producer should look at that and look at Tom Selleck for a role, he is doing something similar right now. What is needed is a movie star actor/actress who may have not had recent success but can come back to the small screen, like James Garner did. I think it would work again.
mm-39
I would watch this show in the 80's on late night. I found the show dated, and predictable. What I found out latter is like the movie Bullet the show was original, but coppied and improved on over the years. Like Friday the 13th, Manix lost it hard edge over the years. There has been so many PI shows after. Cannon, Simion & Simion, Vegas, and Spencer for Hire. I do not know if they can do anymore good PI shows. What has been done, is a road too often traveled. I guess what I am saying is how many cars can blow up during a chase? How often can someone stay on the front windshield of a car? How many bad guys sit in the back seat of a car? Phone number inside the matches cover! Answer to these questions is way too many times. No wonder reality TV is a hit. Some good acting, but I can not watch this stuff on TV Land anymore.
REES-1
They say an actor/actress needs the face, stage presence, and a good voice. Mannix and his secretary had an abundance of these attributes. Just think of, for example, Chuck Heston, Gregory Peck, John Wayne, Susan Hayward, etc., they all had the qualities, now look in the mirror and recite a few lines of Shakespeare. Right! You stink on ice!! That's why you're not making the big bucks.
