Rating: 8 out of 10, I was looking for this movie for years and it appeared kind of all of a sudden on Amazon. I remembered it as kind of a weird flick but it did have my teenage crush Barbara Hershey. This is a truly interesting movie as the border between fantasy and reality constantly shifts and you’re never absolutely sure which is which. Peter O’Toole is tone perfect as the maniacally controlling director pulling the strings of all the players. Railsback brings his normal barely controlled ferocity as a fugitive sucked into the midst of O’Toole’s action movie as a fill in stuntman. He’s never sure if O’Toole is trying to save or kill him. This movie is definitely a product of the seventies with a heavy dose of paranoia and the director does a fantastic job of keeping you guessing until the final minute. A very interesting movie with O’Toole just mesmerizingly devious and so much fun to watch.
MVP: O’Toole as the devilish director Eli Cross
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