Friedkin's loose remake of Henri-Georges Clouzot's French thriller THE WAGES OF FEAR (1955) was needlessly savaged by critics who were either out to get the hot (in 1977) young director of THE FRENCH CONNECTION and THE EXORCIST or eager to impress their readers by demonstrating a
superior appreciation of foreign cinema. Instead of making a sacred cow of the original film (WAGES OF FEAR is a superior adventure film but no masterpiece), Friedkin took the same highly charged situation and expanded upon it. Thus, SORCERER fits more into the realm of "inspired by" than "remake
of." The film opens as we watch a cold-blooded professional assassin, Rabal, kill a man in a S...
Released:
1977
Rated:
PG
Length:
121 mins