Good episode with a different story to watch, military weapons stolen, used for ill gotten gains, this time it was two rubes trying their way with a bazooka, ammo and tear gas. Dan had special help with an army detective plus tank experience. The criminals are pretty lame, the bazooka is real, multiple shots fired, luckily nobody hurt, the roadblocks trap the criminals who are too inexperienced to shoot their way out. Good fortune with only two ways out of the oil field, road blocks slowed the criminals down, where Dan and the army cop, Fletcher, improvise with a road grader protecting their advance on the crooks. Between Fletcher and Dan, the bad guy are captured, cuffed and lead off to Dan's squad. All in a days work for the HP fighting crime against a bazooka armed set of rookies. This is exciting to watch with the improvisation and limited staff, Dan managed to win out, with help.
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Duck and Cover
dougdoepke31 January 2019
Grab your helmet and be prepared to duck. It's combat time between a bazooka and a bulldozer. Good thing my TV screen didn't crack. Seems these two baddies plan to rob a big cash load in an armored car and get away using fire power of a bazooka to out-gun any cops getting in the way. After all, what good are cop cars and revolvers against a bazooka blast. No doubt about it, Mathews has a big problem.
Okay the action is something of a stretch, but the visuals with soaring oil derricks and roaring bulldozer are almost from another world. Credit some great skyline photography for that. Location-wise, it's hard to believe the whole thing goes down inside greater LA (Baldwin Park and Mulholland Drive). Note too how script makes sure the one ex-GI baddie is not the Korean war hero he claims to be. That way no reflection is cast on a hero gone bad. Anyway, the entry keeps the usual HP context, but with a high-octane variation that'll keep you glued. Meanwhile, I'm giving my screen a second check.
Okay the action is something of a stretch, but the visuals with soaring oil derricks and roaring bulldozer are almost from another world. Credit some great skyline photography for that. Location-wise, it's hard to believe the whole thing goes down inside greater LA (Baldwin Park and Mulholland Drive). Note too how script makes sure the one ex-GI baddie is not the Korean war hero he claims to be. That way no reflection is cast on a hero gone bad. Anyway, the entry keeps the usual HP context, but with a high-octane variation that'll keep you glued. Meanwhile, I'm giving my screen a second check.
Bazooka Palooka
darbski29 October 2017
Warning: Spoilers
**SPOILERS** A good one. The bad guys actually had a good plan, but the Army C.I.D. and Highway Patrol were on to them before they ever pulled it off. It probably would have helped to give a little explanation as to HOW the knew about these guys in the fist place.
The tear gas and gas masks were a nice touch. Ultmately, the guy who was supposed to be the planner of this robbery was a bad shot with a bazooka, and he even left it loaded when he put it into the car they were using (a sweet '56 Mercury), a REAL bad idea. His accomplice quickly became aggressive and almost combative. Dan and the C.I.D. guy were very willing to risk the oil field to catch the bad guys, and today, it never would have happened. One rocket round from that bazooka would have done far more damage than the payroll was worth. The supervisor or foreman even said so, telling Dan to let them have the money, no charges would be filed against them. To say nothing of the physical damage to the oil field. The one H.P. patrolman opened fire without any warning, and it was not at that time a capital crime, just robbery.
Yeah, times change. Cowboy tactics would never fly today, and what they did, while successful, was incredibly reckless, especially when one thinks of the fact that they knew that these guys were going to try something with the rocket launcher. Good action, good acting, cool cars. The Mercury that the bad guys used had been an H.P. car in a previous episode; you can see the coverpaint where they covered the Highway Patrol Paint and logos. Liked it.
The tear gas and gas masks were a nice touch. Ultmately, the guy who was supposed to be the planner of this robbery was a bad shot with a bazooka, and he even left it loaded when he put it into the car they were using (a sweet '56 Mercury), a REAL bad idea. His accomplice quickly became aggressive and almost combative. Dan and the C.I.D. guy were very willing to risk the oil field to catch the bad guys, and today, it never would have happened. One rocket round from that bazooka would have done far more damage than the payroll was worth. The supervisor or foreman even said so, telling Dan to let them have the money, no charges would be filed against them. To say nothing of the physical damage to the oil field. The one H.P. patrolman opened fire without any warning, and it was not at that time a capital crime, just robbery.
Yeah, times change. Cowboy tactics would never fly today, and what they did, while successful, was incredibly reckless, especially when one thinks of the fact that they knew that these guys were going to try something with the rocket launcher. Good action, good acting, cool cars. The Mercury that the bad guys used had been an H.P. car in a previous episode; you can see the coverpaint where they covered the Highway Patrol Paint and logos. Liked it.
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