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This is the best Malaysian Movie thus far as of 2017.
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| User ReviewMereie dFrom the Fatel Force 10 Movie Collection, This Movie is about Spy escapades riddled with double crosses and triple crosses were all the rage in the '60s and '70s, and this is Peter Collinson's belated addition to the genre. An uninspired and very routine espionage yarn, set (and filmed) in Israel, The Sell-Out is preposterously hard-to-follow at times but it would be wrong to dismiss it as a complete failure. It may not be especially good, but the performances are competent enough and the climactic chase sequence is moderately exciting. Elderly ex-spy Sam Lucas (Richard Widmark) lives in Jerusalem with the sexy but much younger Deborah (Gayle Hunnicutt). He likes to think he has left the spy business behind, and he now runs a successful antiquities store. However, he is forced back into action when he receives a call for help from his old protege Gabriel Lee (Oliver Reed). Lee defected to the East some years previously, but has now become the target on a clandestine CIA-KGB death list. His only chance of getting out of Israel alive is to plead for the help of his old pal Lucas, even though it will mean re-igniting long-buried tensions and emotions. There have been so many films of this ilk that The Sell-Out struggles to come up with anything fresh or interesting. Widmark is likable as the reluctant hero and Reed gets to put in some moody posturing as the enigmatic defector. Director Collinson cuts back on the hard-hitting violence that characterises many of his earlier films (there's violence in this one, but nothing in the same league as Fright or Open Season). The Sell-Out is a very formulaic film, never so bad that you feel like turning it off but never so good that you feel the urge to watch it again. Everyone involved has done better.... and worse. 3 Stars 4-10-13 |
| User ReviewSenor CA muddled little film that is highlighted by the performances by Oliver Reed, Richard Windmark, Vladek Sheybal & Gayle Hunnicutt. Somewhere in here there is actually a better movie but it doesn't really find a pulse until about 50 minutes into it & then doesn't find a heart beat until over an hour. The double & triple crosses along w/ some outlandish chase sequences peak the interest after a while but by then it feels a little too late. Thankfully you do have a solid cast to make up for its weakness that you don't feel like you are completely wasting your time. The script is too confused to really recommend it but those involved don't really make you sorry that you got involved |