The Black Windmill

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delysid d micheal caine movies are seriously a mixed bag. you never know what youre in for when you watch one. this ones ok, but however a movie that only 70s addicts will enjoy. it's a spy movie about rescuing a kidnapped kid. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/17/22 Full Review Audience Member If you like Caine you will love this one. Why the audience didn't like this one is beyond me. Caine's son is kidnapped and as he works for the British secret service he becomes involved in a ransom attempt on his son. The Brits won't pay up so its up to him to deliver the ransom and he tries but it is not so easy. This is a fast paced thriller which is well worth your time. Without Caine as a star this could have been just another movie about extortion. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member A gripping spy thriller that rises above it's cookie cutter Hollywood form to be a much more enjoyable film than the horrible Le Carre mess "The Spy that came in From the Cold." Caine, unencumbered by the baggage Burton was carrying in the Le Carre film, whether or not to marry Elizabeth Taylor again, gives a very good performance. The film has excellent pacing, plot development, that makes at least a little sense, and fascinating cinematography. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Michael Caine isn't Harry Palmer here but this film is better than some of that other spy's vehicles. It's taut - and after some initial exposition (spoken unnaturally by the characters) - director Don Siegel keeps the plot mechanics churning. Caine is again working for MI6 with an unclear role but things come apart when his son is kidnapped and the culprits seem to know enough inside information to suggest a mole (although that term perhaps wasn't yet created by Le Carre who didn't write the source novel here). Caine is emotionless or perhaps stoic and he gets the job done, although John Vernon seems to have crafted a diabolical plan to entrap him. Even spymaster Donald Pleasance is fooled. Don't look here for deeper meanings or even the musty bureaucratic cloak and dagger dealings of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - instead this is a no frills British action film with well-oiled gears courtesy of American Siegel. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Don Siegel's British Dirty Harry is uneven but interesting. Now it looks like a fascinating period piece, with troubled gender politics, sleaze, survelliance and corruption everywhere. Some great locations, giving texture to a pretty improbable plot. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Michael Caine's commanding presence makes this paint by numbers spy thriller more appealing. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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