This movie pales in comparison with the 1952 French version, "The Wages of Fear." It relies too heavily on special effects to tell the story rather than on human relationships, as one sees with the original. Since there is hardly any character development in "Sorcerer," it is impossible to develop any warmth or sympathy for the characters. Likewise, the characters never develop anything resembling a bond between them, as one sees in the original, and as one would expect to happen between people who must depend solely on one another to stay alive.
There is none of the existential philosophy of the human condition in "Sorcerer" that one finds all throughout the "The Wages of Fear." There is none of the compassion for the many permutations that a personality takes on in times of desperation. In "Sorcerer" we only see cartoonish machismo.
Very disappointing overall.
There is none of the existential philosophy of the human condition in "Sorcerer" that one finds all throughout the "The Wages of Fear." There is none of the compassion for the many permutations that a personality takes on in times of desperation. In "Sorcerer" we only see cartoonish machismo.
Very disappointing overall.