James Garner returns one last time in his iconic, Primetime EmmyAward-winning role of Jim Rockford, the wisecracking ex-con-turned-private eye. Get ready for action with the final four television movies from this indelible series as the unlikely, laidback detective cruises the City of Angels in his Pontiac Firebird, working perplexing cases of the lost and dispossessed. With Jim Rockford on the case, it's no mystery why The Rockford Files was one of the most celebrated shows of its time, and why it remains a beloved and unforgettable part of television history. Friends and Foul Play: Rockford gets schooled in a new type of deviant when he enrolls in a Criminal Behavior class in order to discover who killed a friend's son. Punishment and Crime: Love is in the air when Rockford rekindles a romance with a blind woman whose cousin is being threatened by devious forces in the Russian underworld. Murder and Misdemeanors: It's Rockford versus the venerable LAPD when he investigates two veteran police officers accused of vice. If It Bleeds...It Leads: When Rockford's friend is mistaken for a serial rapist, it's up to the unconventional detective to find the real criminal before reputations are irreparably destroyed.
J**J
AWESOME BLAST FROM THE PAST!
GREAT MOVIES, BRING BACK MEMORIES OF THE GREAT SERIES.
J**O
Enjoyable show with interesting characters
Enjoyable show and James Garner
T**Z
Love these
The Rockford Files ...Great entertainment!
R**R
Why two sets of Four movies each?
Five stars for Rockford, zero stars for the makers of these sets. I don't understand why they did not just make one set of 8 movies. This set just like the first set of 4 movies finds an older James Rockford. He is still getting into trouble with the local police department, but he has slowed down a bit as the actor is older now. He seems to old for the love interests but, it's part of the story I guess. As far as the movies go, they are top notch. If you are a fan of the old Rockford this is not it, this is a Rockford that has changed ********Spoiler Alert****** Noah Berry is dead, so no more Rocky, *****Spoiler Alert Over****** and one can see the age on James Garner. Is he too old for the part, I don't know. I enjoyed the movies, I wished he had done more. I know he ended the original series due to injuries while performing his own stunts. He does not do too many stunts anymore in these movies. If you like the Rockford Files and are willing to overlook the age, these are great movies in their own rite, you should check them out.Ralph J. Fitcher
M**S
Like the last several Columbo TV movies
A very mixed bag. Like the last several Columbo TV movies, the writers of the Rockford movies had to work past some clunky plotting and sentimentalized characterizations before getting Jimbo back on track. Friends and Foul Play was the best of the lot (close second: Godfather Knows Best), with a great plot as the title suggests among Jim's Paradise Cove circle mixed with typically unhinged Rockfordian gangsters plying their unusual trade, the interference of the welcoming returning Marcia Strassman as a criminology prof with fumbling students tripping over the case, and a surprising twist that underscores the theme of senior melancholy present in the TV movies. Murder and Misdemeanors is also acceptable Rockford-style cops and crooks hijinks, but If It Bleeds...It Leads might as well have been an old-school Lifetime/network issue of the week soaper, despite Rita Moreno's welcome return as Rita Kapkovic. Like Columbo, though, any Rockford is far, far better than no Rockford or most other more recent TV P.I.s.
R**.
The film-transfer quality is excellent!
These 1995-1997 TV-movies do NOT look twenty years old...Looks like they were filmed YESTERDAY! Buy these collections, in which, James Garner reprises his, beloved, Rockford character.His---real life---brother reappears as the captain, along with many familiar faces from OUR memories of the past.Rest In Peace Mister James Garner (1928-2014[86]).1.-) I bought an empty quad DVD case(5 Clear Thin Quad Overlap DVD Empty Replacement Boxes / Cases with Wrap Around Sleeve #DV4R14CL (14mm) (4DVD)).2.-) I put this (2 disc) collection in the new case along with the previous (The Rockford Files: Movie Collection - Volume 1) 2 discs.3.-) I put The DVD over-wrap covers together with Volume One facing outward. The Second one is facing inwards.Saves shelf space, and the original cases were those eco-friendly, easily "recycled"---bah!---floppy cases anyway.____________________________________________________________________My First Class ROCKFORD FILES Collection is, now, TREATED in a "First Class" manner.MANY familiar faces pop up in these four movies... get ALL eight while you're at it!_____________________________________________________________________
S**E
TV's Best Detective Returns
TV's best Detective, James Rockford, goes out in style in these made-for-TV movies. Picking up several years after the end of the series, these movies find Jim still living in a trailer (albeit somewhat larger than on the show) on the beach in Malibu. With his trademark wit and style, James Garner makes the character seem ever-young, even as he complains about sore knees, a bad back, etc.The final episode/movie in this set ("If It Bleeds, It Leads") is incredibly well done but so unbelievably dark it almost made me regret watching it. All four movies are so good--well-written, superbly acted--that I have to give this set five stars. Now, it's time to go start back at the pilot and watch all the way through this great series again!
**N
Awesome
Love the Rockford Files. These originally aired I believe as 2hr made for TV movies. Still the same old Jimmy. Love the humor they put in the stories. Rockford always seems to get the short end of the stick, and of course he get beat up at least once.
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