Sorcerer

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Ben D The 1970s are known for some of the best filmmaking for a reason. In Sorcerer, we get a story low on the dialogue and high on tension. Four men (Roy Schneider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, and “Amidou”) from four different pockets of the world find themselves in an impoverished Central/South American village called “Porvenir” in an unidentified country. For four different reasons, these men have everything to gain and nothing to lose when they are tasked with transporting two truckloads of dynamite (with leaky nitroglycerin) from one dense jungle-laden location to another to stanch the detrimental externalities of an oil well explosion. Friedkin’s film is full of intense moments of practical effects concerning terrorist attacks, mob violence, and nail-biting, sphincter-clenching moments of hole-mottled, rust-pocked trucks traversing log bridges. The “light from window” shot in The Exorcist may be my single favorite shot in all of cinema. Friedkin provides a similar shot when we are first introduced to the revamped “Sorcerer” truck here, with a backlit, white nimbus halo in the sleeting rain that tells us, “It’s go time”. Instantly, you’ll fall in love with the score and only upon writing this review did I discover it was none other than Tangerine Dream. This is a great movie that was overshadowed with the contemporaneous release of Star Wars. This is a cinephile’s movie. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/18/24 Full Review Peabarter _ I saw this movie originally when I was in high school. Just so you know, there are no sorcerers in this movie and I don't know why they chose the name, but this is definitely a must see watch. The movie starts slow showing the lives of each of four men that come together later in the movie. It then turns into an action and adventure movie with some amazingly suspenseful scenes that you will ever see. Watching the bridge scene was super intense and had me on the edge of my seat throughout the entire sequence. I deducted one star for the slow first 30 minutes but trust me it's well worth getting through for the last 90 minutes of the movie. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/01/24 Full Review Matt F A great remake of Wages of Fear. Probably in my top 10 favorite movies. Tangerine Dream did an awesome score and you feel like you're right there in the rainforest with the visuals and sound effects. A thrill ride. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review Fer S Great movie, but I found the first half hard to follow. The whole movie is shot in a kind of confusing way. But the second half of the movie is just amazing! There is a scene that left me with an expression that no other movie gave me. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/19/24 Full Review g j There's clearly something here of substance if you're patient enough to find it. For me it had serious pacing issues and the first hour was a bit of a slog to sit through Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/25/24 Full Review Andrew A ‘Sorcerer’, a hidden gem that delivers on everything it teases. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/20/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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