Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.
Direction
Friedkin's bridge crossing is pure cinematic sadism.
Cinematography
Rain, mud, and fluorescent green hell—no CGI, all pain.
Score
Tangerine Dream's synth dread haunts long after credits.
Director
William Friedkin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The bridge was real, rigged to collapse, and actors drove the trucks themselves. Friedkin fired the insurance company.
Released the same week as Star Wars, it bombed so hard it killed the '70s auteur blockbuster. Friedkin never fully recovered.
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