Despite gathering together stars like Sophia Loren, James Coburn, O.J. Simpson, Vincent Gardenia, Victor Mature, and Eli Wallach, Firepower ends up shooting blanks.

Filmed in the mid-1970s, but not released until 2010, Duke Mitchell’s Gone With The Pope is somewhat disjointed, badly acted, misguided, and often quite unintentionally silly. Still, there is something about this movie…