Far fetched, but compelling thriller, is based on the novel by Ira Levin about an aging Nazi hunter who uncovers a diabolical plot orchestrated by Nazi death-camp doctor, Josef Mengele. Seeing Laurence Olivier in an Oscar nominated role and Gregory Peck cast against type, is fun and they are surrounded by a solid cast. Well edited film is consistently entertaining, if rather ludicrous.
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The only part of your reveiw I could agree with was that the movie was indeed ludicrous. Two stars would have been extremely generous.
I guess I just found the whole thing rather entertaining and somewhat amusing at the same time.
*** SPOILER ALERT ***
What were they getting so excited about? With the clones already in existence, both guys wanted to let them live! Yeah, I know. That was over thirty years ago. But you’ve got to give the doc credit. With all his personality problems, at least he saw the future a lot better than old Liebermann did.
*** SPOILER ALERT***
From what I remember, through most of the film, Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman was just investigating the deaths of a number of people in the government. He believes Nazi death-camp doctor Josef Mengele to be behind it, and the main purpose was to stop HIM, not the children.