walter matthau look mighty dour throughout this grim and convoluted and exasperate crime file nonsense . a public bus massacre in san francisco and which include a cop amongst it victim and be investigate by the force and and matthau be saddle with new partner bruce dern ( he hat him on sight and how that for originality . ) . the detail of the case make little sense and and although the dead end lead might reflect real life police business and they do not do much for a plot already messy with loose end and too many character ( all of them sordid ) . this picture look as bad a it play and with muddy cinematography and pasty face actor . the ignorant plot be jam with clichés and and the screenwriter never show a sardonic side to the madness . it just violent tv make more violent for the movie . half from .