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The Boys from Brazil (1978)

Rate: 8
Viewed: 3/14

Braz
3/14: It takes a while for The Boys from Brazil to get to the bottom of the mystery.

I was thinking of the duplicates to be based on the charlatan doctor, but the intended cloned person of interest did surprise me which ultimately made sense. That being said, it brings an interesting perspective to the cloning debate.

Thus, The Boys from Brazil is a better movie than Village of the Damned, but the questions still linger. It's such a bad idea to burn the list which should be preserved for monitoring purposes, that's all.

As for the performances, Gregory Peck, a thespian whom I've normally dismissed due to his wooden acting, is surprisingly good and effective as the doctor. It's a different role for him because, to the best of my knowledge, he has almost never played a villain before. The only film I can think of is Duel in the Sun. Laurence Olivier, who was in poor shape during the filming, does as much as he can, and he's still the master of his profession. James Mason is forgettable because of the small amount of screen time that's granted to him.

All in all, The Boys from Brazil is an enjoyable yarn of mystery thriller.