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June 19, 2008
Le Salaire de la peur "Wages of Fear" (1953)
Should I see it?
No.



Henri-Georges Clouzot's classic film is a drab, drifting bore, at least for the first half. The storyline of a gang of tough guys who are hired to deliver a delicate shipment of nitroglycerin , which can blow up with the slightest bump, over impossible terrain, promises an effective thriller. It's actually a slow moving, self aware dud. Fleeting moments of suspense (and were probably something in their time) do exist but they come too few and too late. Don't let expectations get the better of you, avoid this one.


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