End of the Game

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Toni A 08/03/2024 Based on Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s novel “The Judge and His Hangman,” this film explores profound ethical dilemmas. It delves into the roles individuals assume when they judge others or become instruments of others’ will. The central question posed by the film is whether it is justifiable to frame someone for a crime they did not commit if they are guilty of another unproven crime. See more 12/29/2019 One of my all-time favorites. WHAT is going on here? Historic back story; charismatic females; very bad bad guy, but no one seems very nice. Getting shut in a salon with a predator; a body in baggage --- An international mystery for thinking people, this flick is how good you wish all the Bond movies had been. See more 10/05/2013 ok crime drama a bit slow 4 me See more 08/27/2013 Peculiar crime mystery/thriller in which the motivations of a couple key characters are inscrutable. Martin Ritt, director of <i>Hud</i> and <i>Norma Rae</i>, is terrific turning actor here as ailing police chief in rural Switzerland, and he recruits the sharp-minded but erratic Jon Voight to assist in solving the murder of a decorated detective. The scenes between the two of them constitute the best parts of the film. Robert Shaw makes a pretty good nemesis for Ritt dating back 40 years, but Jacqueline Bisset seems rather flat as the murdered policeman's girlfriend. A satisfactory solution to the case (except no explanation for the two bullets??) doesn't wholly make up for the strange, aimless inclusions like the evening party and the cheetah in the unfinished room. See more 02/20/2008 END OF THE GAME (1975) See more walter m @Harlequin68 02/16/2007 [font=Century Gothic]"End of the Game" starts with the body of police detective Robert Schmied(Donald Sutherland) being discovered in his car. Schmied was the assistant of Commissioner Baerlach(Martin Ritt) who takes over the case despite his failing health, recruiting Walter Tschanz(Jon Voight) to be his new assistant. Their investigatilon leads them to a wealthy businessman, Richard Gastmann(Robert Shaw), who shares a secret with Baerlach.[/font] [font=Century Gothic]Directed by Maximilian Schell, "End of the Game" is an uneven movie that squanders a very interesting premise. On the one hand, there is the chess-like plot, thoughts about free will and Martin Ritt enjoying himself playing a wily codger.(He has great chemistry with Robert Shaw but there is not enough of Shaw to go around.) But some scenes run on too long, especially the ones between Jon Voight and Jacqueline Bisset. Also hurting the movie are inadequate staging, disparate accents and Jon Voight's bizarre performance.[/font] See more Read all reviews

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