
Sorcerer
Taste attributes: adventurethrillerdramafresh & originalheavyintricatelinearbig & variedcomplex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentaryunderdog triumphs
"The only wages worth running for, dying for, killing for, are the wages of fear"
Boxlist takeInventive and smart: a thriller that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
7.4 /10
TMDB · 293 votes
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
Nothing pulls hard against this profile.
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Synopsis
Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Directed by
- William Friedkin
Cast
Details
- Genre
- Adventure
- Year
- 1977
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Film Properties International N.V.
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











