Rent Sorcerer (1977)

Underrated edge of the seat thriller. - Sorcerer review by Piehawker

The film has a slow burn/intro which I slightly struggled with. But once it gets going, it's edge of the seat tension and clear narrative. Two sequences involving bridge crossings in a storm are fantastic and there's strong performances all round. A soundtrack by Tangerine Dream really anchors the film and suspense (fans of John Carpenter scores/The Warriors and Drive should check out the soundtrack) Well worth checking out. One which had gone under my radar from a long time, but glad I was able to see the blu ray. Excellent transfer and a solid film.

Gripping Adventure And A Film To Rediscover - Sorcerer review by GI

A superb action/adventure drama and one of the great unsung films of the 70s. A remake of the French film The Wages of Fear (1953) although the credits indicate the source novel is what has been used for this adaptation. Sorcerer was a massive box office failure upon it's original release mainly for two reasons, firstly it came out at the same time as Star Wars: A New Hope and secondly it didn't boast any major star names even though Roy Scheider had been in the hugely successful Jaws (1975). But in recent years Sorcerer has been rediscovered, fully restored for DVD and BluRay and it's a minor masterpiece by a director at the top of his game. Four desperate men (one with an agenda perhaps) are hiding out in a South American country, each of them on the run from different countries. They get hired by a mining company to carry a load of unstable explosives in two trucks across 200 miles of hazardous jungle and mountain terrain. The first part of the film shows the incidents where the four men end up as fugitives with stories in Mexico, Jerusalem, Paris and New York and then the latter part of the film is the gruelling journey with the explosives, which are so volatile they could explode if jarred too much. It's a brilliantly filmed story and the journey especially is gritty and exciting with some fantastic stunt work as the two trucks have to navigate over fast flowing rivers and through dense jungle, it's actually one of the great thrillers of the 70s and a quite visceral experience to see on the big screen. A really great film and definitely a little gem that you should definitely look out for.

What Fate Has In Store. - Sorcerer review by RP

Based on the premise of the brilliant French Film 'Wages of Fear'. Sorcerer fleshes out the back story to the men involved. What fate brought them to take on the impossible. What 'drove' them to the edges of life. It is a good film with a soundtrack I have been playing for years and years.  Not appreciated at the time of release by the critics. The extras in the blue ray are interesting as the interview with William. Friedkin is enlightening and light hearted. 

Exciting, well acted and as the film is different enough to Wages of Fear it is also not repetitive. Well worth a few hours of anybodies time. After all fate drives us to do things we never would have chosen to do.