Universal held up the release of "Stick" for almost a year, and now we know why.

‘…perhaps audiences couldn’t get over the smarmy cameos, fourth-wall breaking grins and other affectations Reynolds had previously self-sabotaged himself with, but his Stick goes through the gears effectively enough…’

The unfairly maligned Stick is actually a very good underworld thriller with Burt Reynolds at his absolute coolest.

A pretty awful Elmore Leonard adaptation.