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The Osterman Weekend (1983)
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Reviews Counted:3
Fresh:0
Rotten:3
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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
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?
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.
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.
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