IMDb plot summary: The synthetic fuel production formula, invented by the Nazis at the end of World War II, is sought after by some who aim to sell it, and by others who wish to destroy it.
Directed by John G. Avildsen. Starring George C. Scott, Marlon Brando, Marthe Keller, and John Gielgud.
This is one of those movies where you spend most of your time trying to remember which lead led where and how the person who just showed up for 3 minutes and gave them another name to talk to is connected to the original person. A lot of films can get away with this by having those characters make strong impressions or by providing a strong thematic throughline to keep you on track, but this film doesn't offer either. It dances around a bunch of arcs, such as the relationship Scott's character has with his son, or the one he builds with the niece of one of the men he's investigating, but they're... not dropped so much as just forgotten. It feels like it is just complicated for the sake of being complicated, like that's what makes a movie good, but by the time it gets to the end not only have we lost track of who's who, we just don't care anymore.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Formula < One, Two, Three
The Formula < Horton Hears a Who
The Formula > VeggieTales: The Star of Christmas
The Formula > Captive State
The Formula < Arlington Road
The Formula < In the Company of Men
The Formula < Albatross
The Formula < Gilda
The Formula > VeggieTales: Sumo of the Opera
The Formula < Spaceballs
The Formula < Gone With the Wind
The Formula < Eddie the Eagle
Final spot: #2690 out of 3320, or 19%.
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