More than anything else, I took from watching this movie a perspective on the stylistic differences between movie-making today and movie-making of the past (in this case, from 1976). If filmed today, this movie would probably have been hyperkinetic and obvious, with more explosions and a booming soundtrack--and it would have been much worse. As it stands, it's a tidy thriller (though the plot threads take their sweet time in coming together). And the satisfying yet not-exactly-happy ending, within today's context, comes across as unconventional and provocative. Oh, yeah--it has torturing Nazis, too. What more could you want?
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