A Blast "Out of the Past"

Yes, I know I used a stupid pun to title this post, but it would have happened eventually. The movie Out of the Past, was interesting. I can see some parts of the wild western cowboy in the hero, Jeff. Jeff was a private detective who works outside the law, like an outlaw bandit. Jeff also fled from his pursuers beyond the nation’s frontier, like a Wild West cowboy. (Look at a census map; you can see that we still have a frontier that stops at about Fargo’s Longitude). The hero carries that bad boy image that is big in pop culture. As part of that image, Jeff is extremely tough. He shows how he is not just “army strong” when he gets slapped; he is “Spartan army strong.” The coolest martial arts move that I have ever seen in a movie was, when Jeff simply punched a guy out and answered a phone. Jackie Chan could not do that, mostly because now he is a geezer. (Please let me keep my closed minded notion that all fifty year olds are on life-support.) The only other person who could pull of something that cool is Andrew Jackson. Speaking of people who slit their wrists. (If you do not get how that connects to Jackson then you should have paid more attention in history class.).
I did not like how Jeff was all emo. His voice tone never changed during the movie. I am sure Jeff would have worn a black trench coat if it would not have made it harder for him to see against the backgrounds, and he can not see the positive side of things. If I were in his spot, I would have fled overseas (but to an American colony, so I could still practice my jingoism).