Z (1969)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:28
Rotten:3
Average Rating:8/10
Consensus: Powerfully effective, this anti-fascist political thriller stands out as both high-conscience melodrama and high-tempo action movie.
Theatrical Release:Mar 13, 2009 Limited
Synopsis: "Z" is a classic Cold-War political thriller, based on a true story. It concerns the assassination of Zei, a popular pacifist and anti-nuclear leader. The aftermath of the incident reveals a deeper... [More]
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Reviews for Z
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 4/4 |
a relentlessly fast-paced political expose that has not a single wasted second Full Review |
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3/4 |
It's still an eye-catching, fast-paced watch. Full Review |
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The cyclonic drive is all heat and outrage Full Review |
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Its mere existence is testimony to the fact that no matter how hard those in power struggle to conceal their misdeeds, truth will eventually win out. Full Review |
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Z, whose title is a stand-in for the Greek word zei ('he lives'), takes us back to where that fascination all began for Costa-Gavras and shows us that, for the rest of us, it hasn't ever really ended. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
In its slick cinematic urgency and its outrage, Z still has the power to shake you up. Full Review |
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Z combines the intellectual heft of revolution-themed films like The Battle of Algiers with the drop-dead cool of mod touchstones like Blow Out or Le Samouraï. Full Review |
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A- |
Mikis Theodorakis provides a stirring musical score of traditional Greek music. Full Review |
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 3/6 |
This concession to cheap psychological realism still manages to stand out and stick in the craw. Full Review |
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Years later, Costa-Gavras’ shrewd contrivance and superb form hold up impressively. Full Review |
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Fascism has been driven underground, but a dose of Costa-Gavra's electrifyingly brutal 1969 political thriller Z will rattle you all the same. Full Review |
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Forty years later, Z remains one of the most thrilling and urgent political thrillers ever made, a model for socially-conscious melodramas (and Costa-Gavras best picture). Full Review |
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The military junta that ensued in Greece gave the film a sense of urgency approved by Cannes and Oscar alike. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
This movie is for those who prefer for there to be meat on a screenplay's skeleton and who don't demand far-fetched conspiracy theories that play fast and loose with the facts. Full Review |
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4/4 |
A chilling, manipulative rollercoaster ride. Full Review |
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A punchy political pic [from the novel by Vassilis Vassilikos] that mixes action, violence, and conspiracy on a robust, lavish scale. Full Review |
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The recreation of the murder and the subsequent investigation uses the techniques of an American thriller to gripping effect, though conspiracies are so commonplace nowadays that it's hard to imagine the impact it made at the time. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Way ahead of the curve.
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4/5 |
No review available.
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