Four young men decide to perform a series of murders to send a message to a world they believe to be callous and unfeeling. As things proceed, it becomes clear that the leader of this group wants people to feel his pain. Meanwhile, they call attention to themselves by wearing Nazi uniforms, leaving swastikas at the scene of their killings, and finally hanging a Nazi flag on a fence in the neighborhood and saluting it where the disgusted residents of the tenement can see them.
This could be a gripping episode, were it not for the wooden performance of Robert Redford, who plays Larne, the group's leader. For someone who wants the world to feel his pain, his lack of affect and emotion communicates nothing.
Had Larne been played by Dennis Hopper or Keir Dullea, it would have been far more credible. Both Hopper and Dullea had a string of successful performance in this time frame playing such characters. The emotionally dead Redford, however, wasted his time and ours in this performance.
This could be a gripping episode, were it not for the wooden performance of Robert Redford, who plays Larne, the group's leader. For someone who wants the world to feel his pain, his lack of affect and emotion communicates nothing.
Had Larne been played by Dennis Hopper or Keir Dullea, it would have been far more credible. Both Hopper and Dullea had a string of successful performance in this time frame playing such characters. The emotionally dead Redford, however, wasted his time and ours in this performance.