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southern comfort is a good movie,but we sense the fact that Walter Hill was just starting his career.and so his movie has all the little things that might irritate viewers. the characters are all a bit sketchy,and so we cannot really embrace their cause. apart from the little flaws, it's a good movie. it reminds me of an old john ford movie:"the lost patrol"; like this one,it tells the story of an army patrol that gets lost in a hostile territory(the bayou) and has its members killed one by one by some unseen enemy. the suspense is quite effective,the bayou background has a vietnamese style that immediately works on frightening people. the fact we don't see the enemy is also appealing,like in jaws for instance.the cajun people might not like the image of them the film conveys.
the Ry Cooder soundtrack is really good and accounts a great deal for the tension and atmosphere of the movie. the fact the soldiers haven't got a lot of ammunitions is a good idea,as they are left helpless when finally confronting the enemy.the moment when
Carver charges on them with nothing but his baionet is quite impressive. it's true the soldiers behave in the most insane way in the movie,but i think it's the way city slickers would behave if they were left stranded in the bayou with someone hunting them down. in short:an impressive second film from Walter Hill,that touched me more than deliverance.
southern comfort is a good movie,but we sense the fact that Walter Hill was just starting his career.and so his movie has all the little things that might irritate viewers. the characters are all a bit sketchy,and so we cannot really embrace their cause. apart from the little flaws, it's a good movie. it reminds me of an old john ford movie:"the lost patrol"; like this one,it tells the story of an army patrol that gets lost in a hostile territory(the bayou) and has its members killed one by one by some unseen enemy. the suspense is quite effective,the bayou background has a vietnamese style that immediately works on frightening people. the fact we don't see the enemy is also appealing,like in jaws for instance.the cajun people might not like the image of them the film conveys.
the Ry Cooder soundtrack is really good and accounts a great deal for the tension and atmosphere of the movie. the fact the soldiers haven't got a lot of ammunitions is a good idea,as they are left helpless when finally confronting the enemy.the moment when
Carver charges on them with nothing but his baionet is quite impressive. it's true the soldiers behave in the most insane way in the movie,but i think it's the way city slickers would behave if they were left stranded in the bayou with someone hunting them down. in short:an impressive second film from Walter Hill,that touched me more than deliverance.
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