This is the next 1970s entry in the 1000 films to see before popping your clogs and it's a lot more understated than I remember from years back.
I had it in my head that there were a lot more than 2 mountain men baddies and a lot more action. Instead, there's a fair amount of canoeing and paddling sequences.
I also thought that Burt Reynolds was the main character ... but he spends most of the film unconscious with a (really nasty looking) broken leg. In my mind everyone was killed apart from him! Maybe i was thinking of a different film entirely.
And I forgot that John Boorman directed it and that Charlie played the young boy at the end! Cool!
It's a creepy film and - don't take this the wrong way, mountain folk - but it's not hard to imagine this actually happening in real life.
74/100.
I had it in my head that there were a lot more than 2 mountain men baddies and a lot more action. Instead, there's a fair amount of canoeing and paddling sequences.
I also thought that Burt Reynolds was the main character ... but he spends most of the film unconscious with a (really nasty looking) broken leg. In my mind everyone was killed apart from him! Maybe i was thinking of a different film entirely.
And I forgot that John Boorman directed it and that Charlie played the young boy at the end! Cool!
It's a creepy film and - don't take this the wrong way, mountain folk - but it's not hard to imagine this actually happening in real life.
74/100.
