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Saboteur (1942)

Rate: 4
Viewed: 2/09

Saboteur
2/09: True to form, Alfred Hitchcock brings redundancy to Saboteur.

How many times have I seen the same formula? Worse, how much more unoriginal can the movie be? In many ways, it's The 39 Steps in disguise. All I could think of is "tell me something new, please." When the movie ends, it ends. There's too much sympathy for the archvillain, and I don't think he was punished after all.

Sure, there are good moments here and there, but the movie is slow and talky with choppy editing. A glaring example of what I mean is when Barry Kane went up the Statue of Liberty, which is a nice Hitchcock touch predating North by Northwest and Vertigo, and came out of her hand carrying the torch to look for his man. The next thing I know, Barry has a gun and stands besides him.

All in all, Alfred Hitchcock should've learned how to be original for a change.