I saw this for the first time on a vhs in the early 90s.
Revisited it recently.
It is one of the finest survival thriller where three marathon runners are tormented in the desert by a hoard of vengeful wannabe soldiers.
This movie has amazing settings, scorching sun, white dunes, barren landscape/desert, steep rocks, dusty terrain n deadly snakes.
The rock climbing scenes are tension filled n there is a wonderful aerial photography from the rock.
There is good amount of chase sequences n as viewers we all rejoice whenever any of the demented soldier gets killed.
This movie has lots of flaws, none of the soldiers had any guns or explosives, who organized the marathon, the soldiers background story is nada, there were no checkpoints throughout the trail, how will one come to know if the marathon runners cheated or not, etc.
But all these are forgiven by me cos i enjoyed the movie as it has plenty of tension, amazing sun soaked settings, heart pounding rock climbing scenes, etc.
Comparisons with Deliverance, Rituals n Southern Comfort will crop up but that's ok cos this movie succeeded in maintaining tension throughout.
There is another underrated survival thriller from the 90s known as Judgement Night and luckily i own a dvd of Judgement Night.
Revisited it recently.
It is one of the finest survival thriller where three marathon runners are tormented in the desert by a hoard of vengeful wannabe soldiers.
This movie has amazing settings, scorching sun, white dunes, barren landscape/desert, steep rocks, dusty terrain n deadly snakes.
The rock climbing scenes are tension filled n there is a wonderful aerial photography from the rock.
There is good amount of chase sequences n as viewers we all rejoice whenever any of the demented soldier gets killed.
This movie has lots of flaws, none of the soldiers had any guns or explosives, who organized the marathon, the soldiers background story is nada, there were no checkpoints throughout the trail, how will one come to know if the marathon runners cheated or not, etc.
But all these are forgiven by me cos i enjoyed the movie as it has plenty of tension, amazing sun soaked settings, heart pounding rock climbing scenes, etc.
Comparisons with Deliverance, Rituals n Southern Comfort will crop up but that's ok cos this movie succeeded in maintaining tension throughout.
There is another underrated survival thriller from the 90s known as Judgement Night and luckily i own a dvd of Judgement Night.