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Until the car chase - a waste of film

posted 20 years ago by hjr2000
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This film is totally overrated. The car chase is the only redeeming factor. Until that point, the characters are completely one dimensional and uninteresting. Why this has become an iconic film is beyond me.

Perhaps its because its one of the few films out there to have a bit of British patriotic pride attached to it rather than being stars and stripes centric.

However, the core of the film is uncreative, badly acted and instantly forgettable. The dullness of Caine and Coward belies uninspiring direction from a formulaic uninventive script. Only the people involved with the car sequence deserve credit. Is this really a film worth anything more than 'influential B-movie' status?

[–] jeffrey-fawcett 10 years ago

watched this on Amazon prime yesterday, just awful. Friend of mine told me it was great, way better than the remake, funny, exciting driving scenes! Um, really? Exactly what was funny? And the driving scenes are so dated and lame. Boring, illogical and frankly annoying with about 15 straight minutes of the awful Self Preservation Society song. Glad it was free, but sure wish I had that 100 minutes back.