On Seventh Avenue

The previous reviewer claims that this telefilm " Meanders " but that's a massive understatement . Before seeing this TVM I looked up the synopsis that led me to believe it was going to be about wise guys muscling in on the fashion business and there is a subplot featuring Nadine Jacobs having to pay protection money to the local mob but that's all it is - A subplot and we also have to endure other uninvolving subplots centered around characters in the fashion business . It's as if the producers don't know what type of story they're telling and if they don't know where it's heading then what hope for the audience ? It feels like a glossy ten hour mini series edited down to ninety minutes

I've seen too many of these type of TVMs but to be fair ON SEVENTH AVENUE is no better or worse than most of these TV fodder movies . It does have several familiar faces like Brother Matthais from THE OMEGA MAN , El Cid from OZ and that chap who got beaten , stabbed and shot from GOODFELLAS but they're fairly wasted since they're very small cogs in a shapeless machine and for some reason the bizarre camera angles often resemble those seen in the 1960s BATMAN series