Rollercoaster

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Blu B This really isn't a disaster movie as much as a game of cat and mouse thriller like Speed or In the Line of Fire type stuff. Problem is it's nowhere near as good as those. Most of the problems are in the first half where it bounces around terribly and drags constantly. This confuses dragging out things with building tension. A scene that should take 3 minutes take 6-7. This easily could be 90 minutes long. Like gettng on the rides just clearly is filling runtime, the opening scene drags, and it meanders. Why Henry Fonda is in this as the company president I have no idea besides having a big name in it. His family going to the park when you know something has to be up is so stupid and pointless. They don't even get kidnapped so there literally pointless characters. In the second half though it stops jumping around so much with stock characters and out of nowhere focuses just on the main guy and the bombing plot and gets suprisngly better. The setting is memorable, colorful, and things pop visually. The cinematography, music, and editing isn't bad here overall. It really is a testament to how much better things get. I think also the first half where they are trying to figure out if it was a accident or not is a problem also because we see right from the start this is not an accident so it feels pointless and no suspense is built. Besides that opening crash there is no other destructive scenes in this. It's all just cat and mouse. The villian is ok and forgettable. He's no John Malkovich. Widmark isn't bad and probably the best thing in this. Everyone else is very forgettable. It's a mircale the pacing overall is passable because man it's terrible out of the gate. If your a big fan of any actors in this honestly this may be worth a watch. There really isn't enough here for disaster movie fans and there are way better thrillers from this decade. So most could skip this and not miss out. It's interesting and probably could be remade better. Better than I thought it would be. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/24/24 Full Review CodyZamboni Z Solid quasi disaster movie, suspenseful, well written, smart dialogue, George Segal well cast, and if you saw it in 1977, it was in Sensurround !! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/16/24 Full Review Thomas H This was a great movie, not what I expected. I think the bad reviews are from people who expect lots of explosions and cheesy special effects. This was a cat and mouse type suspense film, very well made. Timothy Bottoms and George Segal were both perfect for their roles. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/13/23 Full Review Steve D Little to the characters and nowhere near as exciting as it thinks it is. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/12/23 Full Review Jens B pretty suspenseful with a lot of cool shots and scene-setups, great for a hot summer movie night (I hated the band scene, almost as bad as the band in "Graduation Day") Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/07/23 Full Review jon c The only thing scarier than a roller coaster is not surviving one The late George Segal, a young Helen Hunt, and the late Henry Fonda An extortionist is targeting roller coasters full of innocent passengers; after he bombs one he says he'll do the same thing to five others across the country Unless he's paid a million dollars all the patrons will die Henry Calder is then called into the situation by the FBI by Agent Hoyt; now Henry is caught in-between the authorities and the bomber on what exactly to do There's some good suspense, nice acting by Segal, it's got that summer feel to it with the whole going to-do-fun recreational activities thing, and the villain is a sneaky individual staying one step ahead and pulling Henry along for the ride so to speak There's cool camera POV angles when it comes to the rides too The film is less of a bombastic thrill-viewing like the poster and ads suggest and more of a potboiler It probably could've benefited from more urgency and distinguishing itself from others of its kind Still Segal makes for a good viewing and it's not often you see amusement parks be the target of a deadly conspiracy An above-average time killer Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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