SpecialsTarget Disturbing yet enthralling

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

alexanderdavies-99382 "The Seven Ups" is a slightly under-rated film. It is bound to be compared with the superior "French Connection" but is still worth a few viewings. The above film has some of the same people that were associated with "The French Connection," both in front of and behind the cameras. Roy Scheider is ideally cast as the boss of an unorthodox team of police officers who target the various gangs of New York. He should have been given more leading man roles. Tony LoBianco is very good as a police informant. As before, the film was shot during winter time and it works. The customary car chase is included and it doesn't disappoint. A minor classic.

Brian T. Whitlock (GOWBTW) Super cops are around to get the job done. They don't get bought out, they can the criminals regular cops don't. "They are known as "The Seven Ups". An elite group of police officers that take on high powered criminals like The Mob. These cops are rogues, very unorthodox, yet, very effective on the criminals who think that they are above the law. They work in the same department with the other cops. They dread this group of cops. They can go undercover. However, when one of them do, he gets discovered, and is killed by the criminals. After the debacle, it's war! They chase out of the city, And when they go to an exit, the car the leader is involved in gets wrecked by a semi truck. They go further when they confront one of the business men and his wife. That's a little extreme there. But when you put your family in jeopardy like that, expect the consequences. The shootout scenes are great. I enjoyed every minute of it. Roy Schieder does a great job playing the leader of the plainclothes outfit. "The Seven-Ups" are New York's finest, you don't want to cross. Especially, if you are a criminal who thinks he's above the law. The streets of New York are never safer. Seven is unlucky for the bad guys! 5 stars. NO! 7 Stars for this movie!

davidt-25 Damn! The chase sound track and the script for the chase scene is ripped off topknot-to-toenail from Steve McQueen's much better pursuit sequence in "Bullit". You've even got the same actor driving the killer's car and a shotgun blast from his confederate takes off the hero's hood in both movies. Nevertheless, my favorite insult is when Roy Schneider is ripping and dipping through the streets of NYC to the classic sounds of McQueen's '68 GT Mustang's growls, his automatic transmission shifter is column mounted and in PARK! Harrumph! "Some people believe it's Bolivian bandits." "Others think it is the Banditos Yan-kees" "If they move, kill 'em!" Boston Strong! Go Sox!

ofpsmith Everything about this movie is classic 70s. So let's look at the plot. In the New York Police Department, Buddy Manucci (Roy Schieder) is a tough as nails police officer who leads a group of other policemen who are known as the seven ups. The seven ups always carefully plan and execute their arrests undercover. But now they are up against a mob plot to kidnap other mobsters for money. And when Buddy's superiors think that he's behind it after one of pals Ansel (Ken Kercheval) is killed, Buddy and his team will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind the kidnappings. Once again, classic 70s. The Seven Ups is a pretty good movie but I can't really recommend it higher then some other alternatives. It's good but compared to other action films made at the time like Dirty Harry it just doesn't hold up as well. Make no mistake however, The Seven Ups is still good, but I just get the feeling it could have been great. I still can recommend it so by all means this film won't disappoint if you're interested.