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Deliverance (1972)
Four
men ride a wild river. A weekend turns into a nightmare.
Director: John Boorman; rated R for violence, language, rape
  Starring: Jon Voight,
Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Bill McKinney, James
Dickey, Billy Redden
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★★
- perfect
"Did you ever look out over
a lake, think about something buried underneath it?
Man, that's
about as buried as you can get." – Lewis Medlock
Why watch this?
It's a nail-biting journey down a dark river.
Plot Summary: Four
Atlanta businessmen embark on a canoeing trip down a remote
river in the Georgia wilderness before it's dammed and turned
into a lake. Their adventure quickly turns into a struggle for
survival when they encounter hostile locals intent on killing
them. As they navigate the perilous river, the men are forced to
do horrible things to survive.
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Dad's Preview:
I think everyone secretly fears running across nefarious
characters, in the woods, determined to cause senseless harm,
aka evil hillbillies. This film plays
out that "worst case scenario". Four men, out
for a week-end canoe trip in backwoods Georgia, encounter a band of moonshine-running
"locals" and they ain't friendly to strangers. It quickly escalates into a
war for survival. This film is tense, disturbing,
hyper-realistic, and exhausting. It pulls you in and will not
let you go. |
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Elmer
Enterprises; Warner Bros.
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