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The Wages of Fear

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6.2/10 • 430

2024-03-281h 47m

Action

When an explosion at an oil well threatens hundreds of lives, a crack team is called upon to make a deadly desert crossing with nitroglycerine in tow.

Directors
Julien Leclercq
Editors
Soline Guyonneau

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  1. Franck Gastambide

    Franck Gastambide

    Fred

  2. Alban Lenoir

    Alban Lenoir

    Alex

  3. Ana Girardot

    Ana Girardot

    Clara

  4. Sofiane Zermani

    Sofiane Zermani

    Gauthier

  5. Astrid Whettnall

    Astrid Whettnall

    Anne Marchand

  6. Bakary Diombera

    Bakary Diombera

    Djibril

  7. Alka Matewa

    Alka Matewa

    Alka

  8. Rabie Kati

    Rabie Kati

    Homme d'affaires

  9. Joseph Beddelem

    Joseph Beddelem

    Pirate 1

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Apr 8, 2024

5/10

The Wages of Fear is very much your by the numbers, military action fare. A group of paid contractors are tasked with bringing a dangerous shipment of nitro glycerine to a oil well to put out an impending explosion and save a group of innocent local people, including one key characters family. The pacing is lack lustre. The same chase scenes keeping repeating with a few wrinkles that move things along but don't really add much in the way of variety. Indeed, the action in this film feels as sparce and uniform, as its desert setting. The back story is a bit ridiculous too. Again and again, the trucks carrying highly explosive nitro come under fire from desert raiders and yet the canisters, never get hit. Having said all this, the interactions between the main characters offers a measure of interest and actions scenes, are competently done. In summary, an OK watch but by no means anything special. Yes there are sub titles unless you speak French, that is.

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
based on novel or booknitroglycerinremake