Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Very well executed

Masterful Movie

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

J. Lee Thompson and Bronson's later career and career declines are connected at the hip, though Thompson's Bronson films at least have style and pace while still giving sometimes inappropriate doses of violence and nastiness. Critic's hated all of them, I sort of like about half of them two of them I'd even argue are almost great movies--this one not being great of even good. There is almost no style to this movie, no tension, it could be an episode of TV show from the time. Though it boasts some good supporting actors none of them have much to do. The spunky young thief is probably one of the most obnoxious in any film ever made making you wish Bronson was just on screen alone. It's a wise cracking sidekick with a series of the stupidest foul insults ever assembled--it's probably the most memorable element of this film--memorably bad.You'll kind of wish the writer of this film and the singer/actress playing the sidekick would never work again after this--however both went on from this dud to long careers--go figure.Carrie Snodgrass is actually pretty terrible as the psycho--and it takes a lot to make an actress as good as she come off as poorly as she does here.There are a number of murder and occasional action scenes all of them shot with little interest and a degree of sloppiness you usually don't find in a Thompson film. One corpse is obviously blinking in the only shot it's in--there is no excuse for this it's a simple important shot--the thing is almost no shot is treated as important it's all just blandly shot and let's move on type approach.There is almost no story for awhile as the plot--such as it is, it set up. The movie moves around Los Angeles quite a bit, the only location that really has any impact is the Bradbury building. That's where the climax takes place and it's the only part of the movie which really works--though there is a stupid section with a bad guy shooting up an empty room for no reason at all. Otherwise the sequence has some suspense and the location is used well--it has a film noir feel that's lacking, and needed, earlier in the film. Crappy electronic music, now also very dated, doesn't help add any style of luster that is lacking in general.So with the only good and effective sequence being the last ten minutes you leave the film feeling that not all it lost--but in fact most of it is.

Charles Bronson enjoyed a career boost with the successful release of Death Wish (1974) and throughout the 1970's and 1980's Bronson was in a string of violent action movies, most of which were hit-and-miss. Murphy's Law was one of those movies which can be seen as one you just have to accept the fact that it is what it is.Hardnosed alcoholic LAPD Detective Jack Murphy (Charles Bronson) successfully had serial killer Joan Freeman (Carrie Snodgress, who was effectively good value as the villain) locked up behind bars years ago. When Freeman is finally released from prison, she vows to ruin Murphy's life by murdering his stripper ex-wife Jan (Angel Tompkins) and other police officers on her hit list, framing Murphy for her crimes. After he's arrested, the police handcuff Murphy to a foul mouthed car thief, Arabella McGee (Kathleen Wilhoite) who Murphy had arrested earlier. Still handcuffed to Arabella, Murphy breaks out of police custody and the two must work together to find the real killer.By no means is the movie tame with it's R18+ rating deserved for its violence and sexual content. Leave your brain at the door and don't expect too much from Charles Bronson and the straightforward plot and you might enjoy some old school action. Otherwise, you may consider this a waste of time and look elsewhere.6/10.

Bronson plays the typical alcoholic cop chasing a crazed killer. He has unexpected company when a young lass becomes involved with him when she steals his car, and they somehow bond and work together to catch the criminal. She constantly batters him with insults ("butt crust"), which are hilarious and numerous. This one stands out as one of my all time favorite Charles Bronson films..Besides the foul language, there is nudity and gore which I did not think added anything to the story, but helped get the R rating I believe the filmmakers were aiming for. Take all that away, and you have an excellent and suspenseful movie. You have a cop falsely accused of murder handcuffed to a young female thief who tried to rob from him earlier. The result is a relationship that makes one wonder if it is more of a September-may romance or a father-daughter relationship.Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

Life has been pretty tough on Jack Murphy(Charles Bronson), a cop whose ex-wife left him for the owner of a strip club(she dances there!)and has become a victim of a female psychopath(Carrie Snodgress), recently paroled after being put away by him for ten years after shooting her boyfriend. When we first are introduced to Murphy, his car is being stolen by a thief, Arabella(Kathleen Wilhoite), a disrespectful young woman with an abusive mouth and bad manners. Then we recognize that he's a boozer after his wife left him. Murphy has to kill a pimp when this nutcase goes berserk shooting people at an airport..this pimp had murdered one of his prostitutes and is the brother of a mafioso named Frank Vincenzo(Richard Romanus)who vows to get revenge on Murphy. When Murphy is set up for the murder of his ex-wife and her lover by Freeman he must go on the lam, escaping lock up with Arabella in tow(they are handcuffed and he was responsible for finally finding and arresting her). When Freeman kills Murphy's former partner, Jack is again considered the one responsible. Then Freeman kills a judge and prosecutor and when Murphy finds out through his partner, Art(Robert F Lyons), that she is the one he helped send to prison, all the murders become perfectly clear..Freeman is taking out everyone who put her in prison. With Bill Henderson, on crutches(because of his being shot in the back by a 16 year old teenager), as Ben Wilcover, Murphy's partner, and Angel Tompkins as Jan, Jack's ex-wife who has a strip tease at one point in the movie. Lawrence Tierney has a cameo as a private investigator who gets Freeman the names and addresses of those associated with her imprisonment suffering a rather unpleasant fate when he insists on payment for extra expenses. One of several collaborations between Bronson and director J Lee Thompson. Meanspirited and violent, MURPHY'S LAW gets its laughs come from the unlikely partnership of Murphy and Arabella who become friendly as they attempt to evade law enforcement, while trying to clear Jack's name. The ending has Snodgress, as you've never seen her before, equipped with a crossbow(having kidnapped Arabella right from under Murphy's nose), and Vincenzo, with his gangster thugs, both aiming to kill Murphy in the old Bradbury building. Many might get a kick out of Wilhoite's smart aleck mouth as she spouts foul gibberish such as "Eat boogers", "Watch out snot-rag", and "penis envy" towards those who get on her bad side. This movie certainly stacks the deck against poor Murphy who has his share of difficulties thanks to Snodgress.