I don't demand that all movies make sense. I sometimes enjoy movies that make no sense whatsoever, if that's their intention. But a thriller is supposed to hold together in some sort of logical way, isn't it?
The Osterman Weekend
The one weekend of the year you won't want to miss.
1983 · 1h 43m · R
Action, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Sam Peckinpah
Overview
The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security.
Director and cast
- Sam Peckinpah Director
- Rutger Hauer as John Tanner
- John Hurt as Lawrence Fassett
- Craig T. Nelson as Bernard Osterman
- Dennis Hopper as Richard Tremayne
- Chris Sarandon as Joseph Cardone
- Meg Foster as Ali Tanner
- Helen Shaver as Virginia Tremayne
- Burt Lancaster as Maxwell Danforth
- Cassie Yates as Betty Cardone
- Sandy McPeak as Walter Stennings
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Some individual sequences -- including a car chase early in the film - have the lunatic humor that might have made the rest of the film bearable, though probably nothing would justify the film's final blood bath.
The structure is a mess (the film was recut against Peckinpah's wishes), which ultimately makes it difficult to tell whether its oddly compelling qualities are the result of a coherent artistic strategy or the cynical carelessness of a director sidelined.
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