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Jerod S True story of Charles Horman, who was murdered in Chile. He thought being an American would keep him safe, but that didn't work out. And though the story is wild, the movie is tame and slow. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/21/23 Full Review Michael H Brilliant film. All performances are layered and subtle. First Film where Jack Lemmon started pulling things back and became the genius actor that he was in his later years. Everything after this film he was excellent in. Except those Grumpy Old Man films. (grandkids money movies). Sissy Spacek pulled off a terrific follow up to her performance in COAL MINERS DAUGHTER. Also Oscar nominated here. The Music and Script are out of the world. So many moments of the films images have haunted and stuck w/m me throughout my life. How could this happen to people, how could these American Embassy People and contracted worked and Government workers there to aid American citizens - Sacrifice their own so easily and lie to the families faces so blatantly and be the main problem instead of being part of the resolve. After seeing these people up close, in my own life and work, these covert operatives in our own government. How money rules above everything else. 'It's about Faith. Faith in what? "Truth". Just Brilliant. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/28/23 Full Review Leaburn O Excellent acting all round as this political thriller brings Pinochet's brutal Chilean coup to life. Equal part intriguing and scary, this was a story worth telling. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/29/23 Full Review Red T A Classic Political Thriller. The acting, camerawork, music and editing is all very well done with great chemistry between the two leads. The main problems this has is with the pacing and the fact that while it does everything very well it isn't phenomenal. The pacing can be uneven at times in the first half where it will develop great tension and than settles into 2 minute expose scenes that completely kills the tension at the expense of moving the plot along. Overall especially in the 2nd half it does a good job holding the tension but never feels like it builds it. It instead settles for delivering a political message undertone at that expense which definitely works but it comes at the cost of tension buildup, sort of a double edged sword. Also at the expense of being faithful to the true story I feel it kind of ends on a underwhelming note as what you thought would happen does and in that case what matters is everything else has to be done flawlessly. Unfortunately it isn't here. I highly recommend this though to anyone who likes thrillers or is a fan of any of the actors in this or the director. It's Very Well Done. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review steven a A strong script gives Lemmon and Spacek plenty of material to demonstrate their acting chops and the pair turn in excellent and believable performances. Lemmon, in particular, gets to grips with the contradiction of Ed's idealistic faith and his gradual realisation that Spacek's cynicism is not without a solid foundation. Vangelis provides a minimal but affecting musical theme. Aronovich's photography is occasionally a little too soft-focused for its subject matter, but otherwise is commendable in capturing a country in crisis. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review William L A decent political thriller designed to coast more on political outrage than solid design. Lemmon's passionate performance is the crux of the film, featuring a transformation from grumpy, jaded middle-class businessman to a caring father figure not only frustrated with the political corruption but learning and appreciating more about his son post-disappearance than he ever had when they were together. But the plot is a bit too circuitous for its own good, the character arc of Lemmon's real-life Edmund Horman is relatively predictable (though well-realized), and the film never takes as deep of a dive into the horrors of the 1973 Chilean Coup as it should, tiptoeing around American involvement (to create an air of unknowable mystery) and completely ignoring the Chilean perspective. While Spacek and Lemmon do their best to sell the film as an empathetic struggle to discover the whereabouts of a treasured loved one (and largely succeed), Costa-Gavras can't help but put moments of obvious 'drama' in the script with lines like "what kind of world is this?"; it's the script equivalent of someone shaking their fist at the sky in righteous fury for no other reason than that the script is trying to be profound a bit too hard. (3/5) Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/12/22 Full Review Read all reviews

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