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Ride the Nightmare
Review date: 2007-01-21 Rating: 6 out of 10
A couple of years before teaming up on The Valachi Papers, Terence Young directed Charles Bronson in this entirely disposable but rather enjoyable Friday nighter from a novel by Richard Matheson (has any living writer ever had so many novels and short stories filmed?). It's nothing special, but surprisingly entertaining if you're in the right mood, and offers the once-in-a-lifetime casting coup of Liv Ullmann playing Bronson's romantic interest. Yes, that's Ingmar Bergman regular Liv Ullmann in a Charles Bronson film. Just to make the casting even more memorable, you also get a bearded James Mason in a beanie sporting an ahtrayjuss Suvvern axescent as the lead villain of the piece, Jean Topart dubbed by Bond regular Robert Rietty and the inevitable Jill Ireland as an annoying rich hippie chick. It's a simple past-catching-up-with-man-trying-to-make-a-fresh-start plot as Mason and his gang of cashiered army gangsters try to force him into ferrying them to a drug drop by threatening his family only for him to turn the tables, but it's made with brisk efficiency, has a couple of neat plot twists and a display of some impressive driving along dangerous mountain roads courtesy of Remy Julienne.
There are multiple public domain versions of this title available, but the UK PAL DVD from Cinema Club/2 Entertain is the one to go for, boasting the best transfer in 1.85:1 widescreen. The print does include the French title (de la Part des Copains) but has the English soundtrack. No extras, however.
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Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
James Mason
Liv Ullman
Jill Ireland
Charles Bronson
Creators:
Charles Bronson (Primary Contributor)
Liv Ullman (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Cinema Club
Manufacturer: Cinema Club
EAN: 5014138300692
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2004-09-06
Number of discs: 1
Audience rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 92 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)