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Black Sunday (1977)
Rate:
9
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1/14
1/14:
Although both deal with international terrorism, Black Sunday is more thrilling than
The Day of the Jackal.
What matters the most to red-blooded Americans is Super Bowl Sunday. Hence, the buildup to the much-anticipated
climax is deliberate and methodical. The performances by Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, and Marthe Keller keep the plot
moving until the incendiary point of no return. Having two teams, the Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers, play each
other is beneficial to heighten the realism.
Awe-inspiring is the stunt work of dealing with the blimp that's 10,000 feet above. The fast-paced
editing, which depicts people in fear of the blimp that's coming toward them above the stadium, takes the film to
another level, causing it to be at once dramatic and overblown.
All in all, John Frankenheimer scores another thriller in Black Sunday.