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Beau Bridges, Charlton Heston, David Janssen, Gena Rowlands, Jack Klugman ...( see more  see more... ) , John Cassavetes , Martin Balsam , Walter Pidgeon

Unfairly dismissed by a number of critics, Two Minute Warning is an absorbing contemplation of the phenomenon of violence. Based on a novel by George LaFountaine, the story concerns an anonymous (and,...( read more  read more... ) until the very end, faceless) sniper perched above the scoreboard at a championship football game in Los Angeles. His lack of identity and unstated motivation is key to the film's air of cautionary fable, in which the killer's rage is one end of a continuum that includes many different kinds of violence among numerous characters: emotional withdrawal, police brutality, subtle racism, chips on various shoulders. Produced in 1976, the movie has all the hallmarks of the decade's vogue for disaster flicks: an ensemble cast, a web of story lines, and a lot of people contained in one place where something awful happens. But it is also something more: a successful exercise in plastic storytelling, a clever interweaving of a dozen discrete subplots with a mix of documentary and original action footage. The explosiveness of the football game itself becomes a refrain of ritualized mayhem in director Larry Peerce's patchwork film, but without beating us over the head with its metaphorical obviousness. Two Minute Warning may not be a great or classic work, but it is far more than the sum of its many parts and does leave a lasting impression. --Tom Keogh

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R, 136 min.

Directed by: Larry Peerce

Release Date: November 12, 1976

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DVD Release Date: December 15, 1998

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  • bradwest
    September 18, 2008
    bradwest
    Great variation on the disaster movie. Good thriller.
  • SFG71
    August 22, 2009
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  • rizzi2
    July 15, 2008
    rizzi2
    Excellent movie. Intelligent entertainment, without all the special effects.
  • thereeldeal
    August 22, 2007
    thereeldeal
    Always catch only the second half. Seems ok in that typical 70s cop movie way.
  • UnforgettableCharm
    March 20, 2007
    UnforgettableCharm
    The worst movie i've ever seen
  • CloudIsAMonkey
    November 12, 2006
    CloudIsAMonkey
    Two minutes? Think the movie is really just that long?
  • criterionmaster1
    October 16, 2006
    criterionmaster1
    The only reason I would see this is because John Cassavetes is in it.

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