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Seventies' Spy Thriller About Oil
This is a great action thriller, except for the scenes between Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway because they defy reality. The book "Six Days of the Condor" by James Grady is way better.

The film starts out very well. Condor slips out the back door (and leaves it open!) to make a food run at lunch time. When he returns, he finds everybody gunned down inside - his girlfriend too! Boy is he angry! He can't wait to find her killer.

But wait. . . he can wait! Oh yeah. He finds Faye Dunaway and they throw a private lust party, while trying to stay a step ahead of his girlfriend's killers. Finally, his girlfriend's killer catches up with him. Condor thinks he's a gonner.

But wait. . . the hitman, named Jobair, informs him that he's been hired to kill the boss instead of Condor. But he warns Condor that they will get around to killing him too. Condor somehow contains all his anger and revenge towards his girlfriend's killer and says "You seem to understand it all - what would you do?" Jobair says "Personally I prefer Europe". After chatting like newfound friends, Jobair gives back Condor's pistol. Condor doesn't shoot Jobair, instead he lets Jobair give a lift to the station.

Dumb scenes like this prevent this otherwise great action thriller from making a five.

to the writer of the review entitled "an especially prescient film"
The many toubled, undemocratic areas of Africa don't have leaders that have sworn to stop at nothing until the United States is destroyed. Whether or not he actually had the capability to do so, the leader of Iraq did so swear and he did lead the world to believe that he had such capability. But thanks for commenting.

As for the film, I know it won a couple Oscars and all, but I just didn't like it. I thought the editing was poor, that the scenes were long and often unnecessary. Although the story was good, a modern director would have put it together a lot better.

Should have been a sequel
This is a great movie with plenty of twists and turns. The only thing I think should have been done is the creation of a sequel and it could still be done now, especially now. The ending leaves you wondering with a sliver of doubt and that's why a sequel should be made. This is one of Robert Redoford's better movies and Fayle Dunway does a remarkable job. Max Von Sydow is cold and calculating. The rest of the cast blend in naturally. I've seen this movie so many times but the plot is so real and the chances of probability well done. The director did an excellent job of directing the actors. I recommend this movie and after growing up and working at a Drive-In theatre I have seen my share.

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