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The Osterman Weekend (1983)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:5
Rotten:8
Average Rating:5.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Once a year, a reporter invites some dear friends over for a fun-filled weekend. Shortly before this year's shindig however, the CIA convinces the journalist that some of these buddies are also... Once a year, a reporter invites some dear friends over for a fun-filled weekend. Shortly before this year's shindig however, the CIA convinces the journalist that some of these buddies are also Russian operatives; the agency even outfits his home with surveillance equipment. The guests arrive, but they eventually realize what's going on -- and their host's new misgivings. The weekend then takes on a decidedly different tone. [More]
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson, Dennis Hopper
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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Reviews for The Osterman Weekend
Director Sam Peckinpah's final film is certainly not among his best, but it is interesting nonetheless.
I don't demand that all movies make sense. I sometimes enjoy movies that make no sense whatsoever, if that's their intention. But a thriller is supposed to hold together in some sort of logical way, isn't it?
Never been more current than it is now--and if it's imperfect, it's imperfect in exactly the right way.
Despite some script contrivances, it finds Peckinpah high in the saddle again and full of the same old thunder and lightning.
A muddled thriller ... Peckinpah seems more interested in shooting laughable action sequences and exposing the bare breasts of his actresses than in relating a coherent story.
Some individual sequences -- including a car chase early in the film - have the lunatic humor that might have made the rest of the film bearable, though probably nothing would justify the film's final blood bath.
Sam Peckinpah's final movie is stylish, has loads of nudity and other debauchery, and makes virtually no sense at all. Cheers!
The structure is a mess (the film was recut against Peckinpah's wishes), which ultimately makes it difficult to tell whether its oddly compelling qualities are the result of a coherent artistic strategy or the cynical carelessness of a director sidelined.
It rattles along well enough as a thriler of the political paranoia variety.
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