Rent Funeral for an Assassin (1974)

70s adventure yarn in South Africa - Funeral for an Assassin review by BN

The transfer of original has suffered, the copy and colours are faded and muddy. Soundtrack on the DVD I got is muffled and sadly it had no subtitles for the Afrikaans and other local dialogue. That really gets my goat when none of this is translated as it may well be germane to the plot but you're never given a chance. Many dvds do the same thesedays. I think it's the height of arrogance to dismiss what characters say, so often it's just described as "Speaks in French, German or Russian..." etc. or even the laziest of lazies "Speaks in Foreign Language" !!! You can't even be bothered to find out WHAT language it is nor feel it's important ??? Sheesh.

I did wonder how Vic Morrow got involved in this, it's an ok part and he plays...well, Vic Morrow! Peter vanDissel is the good-looking driven detective risking his job chasing a wily assassin bent on eliminating the people who put him in prison.

I like watching these older films to get a taste of the times and locations, this being steadfast apartheid S.Africa. And the cars!