Being a big fan of director William Friedkin's work, I was very excited for this release. So, of course I backordered it. The wait was well worth it.
The story surrounds four men
who have nowhere to go and are exiled to South America and working as
laborers. In the first 30 minutes we learn about them and how they
came to be in such a squalid place. I have to say here, that the
scenery is tangible . . . You can feel the sweat and the dirt. It's
beautifully filmed.
Moving on, there is an oil fire and a call for
volunteers to drive unstable dynamite thru the jungle and mountains
in beat-up trucks. Now the fun really ramps up! There are scenes that one
will never be able to forget. I was very uncomfortable watching some
of them knowing at any moment they could blow up. There are rope
bridges, washed out roads, bandits.
Roy Scheider portrayed a doomed
man better than I could have imagined. There is plenty of action. You
will be unnerved/ I know I was. The story is fantastic.
This is a remake of a 1953
movie called The Wages of Fear. I will have to watch this as well.
My final thoughts are
this . . . Unsettling. This is so well crafted that you can smell the sweat. There are action sequences that will jar your bones.
On a scale of Good, Bad and Ugly, this is a Good. Very good . . . Watch it!!!
You can follow Suzanne at @Flyye01
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