Featured Audience Ratings

• Universal D

  
  Time after time the camera shows us people in precarious situations here only to pull back to reveal that everything just witnessed was an elaborate gag designed to please the director of a film ... even the ins and outs of personal relationships. Are our own lives so controlled? A… More
  Time after time the camera shows us people in precarious situations here only to pull back to reveal that everything just witnessed was an elaborate gag designed to please the director of a film ... even the ins and outs of personal relationships. Are our own lives so controlled? A paranoid drug-fueled delusion, mindlessly rambling at points, still interesting at points.

• Tim S

  
  An effing masterpiece from beginning to end. There is just no two ways about it. Peter O'Toole was right. "This film wasn't released, it escaped." An amazing piece of cinema and fantastic performances across the board.

• Byron B

  
  O'Toole always makes me feel uncomfortable. Again he is strange and creepy in this role. I thought I'd be more interested in the behind-the-scenes setting of this movie, but this type of film where you don't know what is real or if the main character is imagining some… More
  O'Toole always makes me feel uncomfortable. Again he is strange and creepy in this role. I thought I'd be more interested in the behind-the-scenes setting of this movie, but this type of film where you don't know what is real or if the main character is imagining some of it isn't my thing.

• Danny R

  
  A breathtaking, innovative and dazzlingly drama about a young fugitive named Cameron played by Steve Railsback in a brilliant performance who stumbles upon a movie set where he accidentally causes the death of of their stunt man during the filming of a scene; and is drafted as the new… More
  A breathtaking, innovative and dazzlingly drama about a young fugitive named Cameron played by Steve Railsback in a brilliant performance who stumbles upon a movie set where he accidentally causes the death of of their stunt man during the filming of a scene; and is drafted as the new stunt man by the obsessive megalomaniac director Eli Cross, played by the great Peter O' Toole who delivers a mesmerizing tour-de-force Oscar nominated performance. Cameron is plunged into a never-never land where nothing is quite what it seems, where real life and reel life continually collide, he begins to lose his grip on reality and now believes that Eli is going to kill him and try to capture his death on film, is illusion becoming reality? O' Toole has grand time playing the God-like charming dictatorial maniac who rules absolutely and he is sheer magic. The breakneck energy of this amazing film is do to Richard Rush's impeccable direction, there are terrific supporting performances by Barbara Hershey, Allen Goorwitz, Alex Rocco, Sharon Farrall, Phil Bruns, and Chuck Bail, An amusing score by Dominic Frontiere. A marvelously entertaining cinematic experience. Highly Recommended,.

• Alec B

  
  The satire about auteurism isn't always hitting its mark, but the narrative is inventive and the performances are engaging. What I really respect is Richard Rush's ability to keep the audience on their toes through the whole movie. You feel as though anything could happen… More
  The satire about auteurism isn't always hitting its mark, but the narrative is inventive and the performances are engaging. What I really respect is Richard Rush's ability to keep the audience on their toes through the whole movie. You feel as though anything could happen and almost every scene ends different than I could have predicted.

• Doctor S

  
  One of those movies that almost certainly requires more than one viewing, I was underwhlmed the first time through and there is no escaping that Steve Railsback simply is not a very good actor. His over-the-top antics present a roadblock to my ever taking that second trip.

• Anthony V

  
  A must see from the 80s. There is a reason this film has a cult following.

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