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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Salesrank: 13454
Released: July 15, 2003 |
| Our Price: $4.90 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Burt Reynolds returns as Gator McKlusky, the moonshine-running king of the Bayou, in this high-octane sequel to White Lightning. Filled with super-charged adventure and double-barreled actionand co-starring Lauren Hutton as a sexy TV reporterGator is a fast-and-furious ride you won't want to miss! The Feds want Gator. Not for moonshining, but to go undercover to expose Bama McCall (Jerry Reed), Gator's boyhood pal who is now a local crime boss. Gator is reluctant atfirst, but once he discovers Bama is involved in extortion, prostitution and murder, the suspense builds to an explosive climax, as old friends become deadly enemies.
Gator Reviews:
Ya Can't Beat Burt.... 
2009-09-14 - Another classic bit of Burt...I prefer seeing Mr. Reynolds in this type role. With that sly Burt attitude and wit, always gettin' the bad guy and winnin' the girl in the end. It's a simple script, nothin' fancy, just Burt doin' what he does best!! These movies are my little guilty pleasures. I love this flick, no 2 ways about it! I really prefer Burt in this type of movie, or the Bandit role, or the Cannonball Run role...well, you get where I'm comin' from...just good old fashioned simple entertainment!!
cut up TV version 
2009-03-07 - This was a favorite of mine, I don't know if the original version is lost or if it was cut up for TV and that is all that is left but it is not as I remember it from seeing it on HBO in the seventies. No widescreen sucks too. Please release the original in Widescreen. on the plus side Lauren Hutton is hottttttttttttt!!!
For love of 70's only. For love of 70's. 
2008-04-22 - Ever the champion for 70's movies, I loved the look back at the era this flick provided. I love Jerry Reed. Don't really care what he's doing, just enjoy his presence. Annnndddd that's about all the good I can say regarding this powerhouse display of no talent.
Burt is pushing the laid-back, oddball "Burt" laugh wayyyy too much, to the point of nausea. The lead investigator displays emotional reactions and facial expressions that are dramatically unnecessary. It's like he had emotive Turret's.
Plot's as simple as they come but then, that's to be forgiven as most plots were birthed in the 70's and are now merely rehashed in newer versions. It's a saving grace for 70's films. The action sequences are just...sigh.
Let's just say, if you feel about the 70's like I do, then rent. If not, you'll probably have a better time with whatever uncompleted house chores you may have.
another INSULT from MGM ....full screen? this sucks!
2007-08-31 - I love the two GATOR movies...saw them when I was a testosterone filled high schooler and Burt Reynolds was THE action star of my day....but these DVDs "White Lightning" and "Gator" have been transformed from 2:35 aspect ratio...WIDE widescreen to 1:33...thus chopping the heck out of them..
watch the credits chapter on GATOR to see how the film should be shown..
DOES MGM think that only dumb old geezers who don't understand film formats would watch these? WHY the dumbed down versions..
I'm ordering overseas where they RESPECT the films
Another Burt Reynolds Classic
2007-02-26 - Burt Reynolds returns as Gator McKlusky in the motion picture Gator which was released in 1976. Starring in this picture along with Reynolds was Jack Weston as Irving Greenfield, Lauren Hutton as Aggie Maybank and Jerry reed as Bama McCall. Gator is released from prison after serving 26 months for making homemade whiskey. Enters Irving Greenfield who's with the justice department from the Big Apple, New York City. Greenfield hunts down McKlusky in the swamps to offer him a deal. Either Gator goes undercover to bring down his boyhood pal bring Bama McCall or his daughter gets moved around from foster to foster home, and his dad does time for making moonshine. Bama McCall runs Dunston County with his hand in everything from extortion, prostitution to murder. Enters Aggie Maybank who's a local reporter trying to a documentary on crime in Dunston County that McCall pulls the plug on. However, things start to change when Gator starts to realize just how ruthless McCall is. Therefore, when Gator tells McCall he wants out, Bama decides that him and Gator are going to sit and talk about. However, what Gator gets is a strong mix drink and finds himself in his car sitting outside the Dunston County line. Therefore, along with Greenfield, and Aggie Maybank, Gator sets out to destroy McCall. This was your typical Burt Reynolds picture with lots of suspense and action. I give this picture 10 weasel stars just for its action alone. You can get this movie along with many other Burt Reynolds Classics right here at Amazon,Com
