One of Bill Friedkins lesser remember gems. While not s memorable as many of his other films like The Exorcist, The French Connection or To live in Die In LA, its till a tense and memorable thriller. A remake of another film on the same subject, Roy Schieder leads a cast of unknowns in this story about 4 criminals, all in hiding in south america to avoid extradition back to thier countries of origin for the crimes they commited. One is a terrorist. One is a small time crook hiding from the mob. One s a german assassin, and the last is on the lam for misapropriated funds from his successful business in France. These four men are hired to transport extremely explosive nitro glycerin across rough terrain, old bridges and rocky mountains, determined to deliver it for use 200 miles away. The film is filled with some nail biting edge of your seat moments, and it has a raw authentic feel much like the classic realism of Friedkins French connection. Its a grim film about men against nature who are thugs who really have nothing in common. But their will to succeed brings them together in order to accomplish the impossible task. A real memorable and pretty dark movie.
One of Bill Friedkins lesser remember gems. While not s memorable as many of his other films like The Exorcist, The French Connection or To live in Die In LA, its till a tense and memorable thriller. A remake of another film on the same subject, Roy Schieder leads a cast of unknowns in this story about 4 criminals, all in hiding in south america to avoid extradition back to thier countries of origin for the crimes they commited. One is a terrorist. One is a small time crook hiding from the mob. One s a german assassin, and the last is on the lam for misapropriated funds from his successful business in France. These four men are hired to transport extremely explosive nitro glycerin across rough terrain, old bridges and rocky mountains, determined to deliver it for use 200 miles away. The film is filled with some nail biting edge of your seat moments, and it has a raw authentic feel much like the classic realism of Friedkins French connection. Its a grim film about men against nature who are thugs who really have nothing in common. But their will to succeed brings them together in order to accomplish the impossible task. A real memorable and pretty dark movie.