The Rockford Files: Movie Collection - Volume 2

Enjoyable show and James Garner

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

The Rockford Files ...Great entertainment!

GREAT MOVIES, BRING BACK MEMORIES OF THE GREAT SERIES.

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.

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!

I was excited when I found these dvds. I had already watched my collection of the original series more than twice. I had no idea this movie series existed.The essence of the Original Rockford Files remains intact in these TV movies. Most of the stars aged well. I really enjoyed this unexpected treat!

James Rockford is a fine, modern-day hero. James Garner's acting is thoroughly believable and first rate. Rockford has values by which he lives and is willing to die. He's willing to fight for and sacrifice for his friends and to stand up for the helpless. He never asks, "What's in it for me?" In the all too grey world of confused values, celebrate someone you wish lived next door as your best friend and neighbor! This DVD set, as the first one of four earlier Rockford movies, is worth three times the price.