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Two-Minute Warning (1976)

Rate: 8
Viewed: 12/15

12/15: The concept of using Super Bowl Sunday for an assassination plot came first in Two-Minute Warning before Black Sunday showed up.

Both are equally good, but I think Two-Minute Warning is more suspenseful. What I like is the Charles Whitman type of character who remains nameless and faceless. That being said, it's not important to learn of the sniper's motives but to see how the police handle the matter. Therefore, that's the overriding theme of the film.

Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Beau Bridges, and Martin Balsam do enough to keep the pace going, but it's the story that takes the cake which can happen in real life.

All in all, Two-Minute Warning is a solid "what if?" thriller.

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