It's hard to offer up too much of a defense for this movie, but I'm going to try. It's not high art, but it's still more fun than a lot of what's going on these days. Of course, this is the sequel to Clint Eastwood's big hit, Every Which Way But Loose, and it's just the continued story of a bare knuckle prize fighter and his orangutan, Clyde. The first one was actually pretty good as lightweight entertainment, but there's hardly enough meat there for a really good sequel. However, with that being said, if you enjoyed Every Which Way But Loose, you'll probably enjoy this one as well. It looks and feels mostly the same as the first one. Big Bill Smith is on board as a professional fighter brought in by the mob to take on Phyllo Beddoe. He's usually great to watch, and this movie is no exception. There's some good fisticuffs, and the Black Widows are back as well. I've seen better sequels, but then again, I've seen a lot worse as well.

Every Which Way But Loose was bad enough, so, two years later, the producers decided to make a sequel. And Clint Eastwood went along for the ride.Every Which Way But Loose was Clint Eastwood's career low-point. Not necessarily the worst movie Clint Eastwood ever made, but it must be close to to it. No, a career low-point because he chose to be in it. The script alone, and the fact that his co-star is an orangutan, should have tipped him off that this movie was not going to be anything more than mediocre. He should have listened to WC Fields: "Never work with animals or children".The money must have been good.Quite silly, lowest common denominator stuff. Pointless, random, hole- filled plot. The whole aim seems to be to get to the next fight scene.Any Which Way You Can is more of the same. Once again, the money must have been good...

The sequel to Every Which Way But Loose is a slight improvement to its predecessor in terms of story telling, but it doesn't make it any better. Basically Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood) takes part in a bare knuckle fight for big money, and decides to retire from fighting and earn money with a car repair business, with the help of his friends Orville Boggs (Geoffrey Lewis, Juliette's father), and of course orangutan Clyde. But the Mafia come along to arrange a fight for Philo to take part in which many people are taking bets on, as he is meant to face Jack Wilson (William Smith). Of course Philo and Jack both originally refuse to fight, but they manage to have an argument and start fighting, not for competition, and everyone betting on them show up to watch. Also starring Sondra Locke as Lynn Halsey-Taylor, Harry Guardino as James Beekman, Rosemary's Baby star Ruth Gordon as Senovia 'Ma' Boggs, Michael Cavanaugh as Patrick Scarfe, Barry Corbin as Fat Zack, Roy Jenson as Moody, Bill McKinney as Dallas, William O'Connell as Elmo, John Quade as Cholla, Al Ruscio as Tony Rapoli Sr. aka Big Tony, Dan Vadis as Frank and Camila Ashland as Hattie. Eastwood does alright, but once again the show is stolen by his hairy co-star, possibly a little more than the previous film. Worth watching!

Crude, sophomoric, irreverent, silly, stupid, overly macho, etc., etc. - yet, an endearing and very enjoyable film for a lot of people. I wouldn't put myself in that category any more, calling it "endearing," but when I was a lot younger and more less discerning, I laughed a lot at this. I enjoyed this as much, if not more, than the original film, "Every Which Way But Loose." Now, it's a bit too seedy and I don't care for all the abuses of the Lord's name in vain, especially in comedy. However, this is an entertaining film. No one falls asleep watching the antics of the orangutan or Clint Eastwood and his fighting opponent or the irascible Ruth Gordon. The villain in here - Eastwoood's boxing opponent "Jack Wilson" (William Smith) was a good guy and the bare- knuckle was something to see!It's low brow stuff, but a lot of that kind of humor was big in the '70s and early '80s.