I am one of those people that saw Sorcerer first and I consider Sorcerer to be one of my favourite movies. Well, let's add The Wages of Fear to that particular club.
The sequence on the rotting wooden platform is the highlight of the movie. Sorcerer re-imagined the scene on a bridge and that too provided the highlight of Friedkin's film.
Both films evoke a hopeless, cynical world. There is no silver lining to be found at the end of…
Jackie Chan is one crazy bastard. Not only does he direct, star and do a whole bunch of crazy stunts, he even sings the theme song of the movie!
This is simply a half-arsed story that hits every cliche in the book that is necessary only so we can get to the next action scene, and this film has iconic set pieces.
From the shopping mall fight, to Chan hanging from a bus to a car chase through a shanty town, the action is real, it's all stunts. It's exciting action because it's expertly choreographed and laugh out loud funny.
Jack Lemmon plays a wealthy businessman named Harry (a garment making executive) living the so-called American dream with his ‘mansion’, maid that he can speak Spanish to, and car phone.
It’s a big day for Harry with a speech to make at his own fashion show where he’ll be exhibiting the companies new lines. Yet he shows no urgency or interest in any of this. Instead, waking from a nightmare (thanks to PTSD from the war) he’s immediately providing what…
