The domino conspiracy
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The domino conspiracy |
| Original title | The Domino Principle |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1977 |
| length | 84 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Stanley Kramer |
| script | Adam Kennedy |
| production | Stanley Kramer, Martin Starger |
| music | Billy Goldenberg |
| camera |
Fred J. Koenekamp , Ernest Laszlo |
| cut | John F. Burnett |
| occupation | |
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The Domino Conspiracy (Alternative title: The Domino Conspiracy , The Domino Principle ; Original Title: The Domino Principle ) is an American thriller by Stanley Kramer from 1977 . Adam Kennedy wrote the script based on his own novel The Domino Conspiracy .
action
Roy Tucker is a Vietnam War veteran and a skilled marksman. He is jailed for a murder. One day he is visited in prison by two unknown men who offer him that if he kills someone he can leave prison. In addition, Tucker is to receive 200,000 US dollars and a house in Spain and can finally see his wife again. He insists on taking his cellmate Spiventa with him to freedom. Not entirely unexpectedly, this is liquidated by his clients at the first opportunity. Tucker first agrees to the assassination attempt, but he changes his mind in freedom and misses the helicopter. The target person is still hit and collapses - as it turns out later, three assassins were commissioned with the attack independently of each other.
His planned escape to Rio de Janeiro does not materialize. Then the client take his wife hostage. Tucker overpowers and threatens one of the employers with the shards of a broken bottle, whereupon the leader Tagge enables him and his wife to travel to Costa Rica. At the airport, Tagge warns that it is possible that the man behind the attack would be nervous and order the murder of those involved. From his jet taking off, Tucker watches as Tagge's car is blown up, and he dies in the flames.
Tucker and his wife talk to each other on the plane and want to be more open with each other. In Costa Rica, his wife is run over on the street and in broad daylight. Tucker kills two men who come to murder him, including Spiventa, who was still alive and was part of the plot. In the final scene, Tucker is walking along the beach; his voiceover says he never learned to give up. You can see that he is in the sights of a precision rifle.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was an “ exciting, precisely staged action film with a star cast ”. It can be interpreted " in view of the American CIA as a political criticism ".
TimeOut magazine wrote that the plot was " lame " and that the " leaden " direction wasted most of the film's opportunities. Some scenes are clichéd, supporting actors like Richard Widmark and Mickey Rooney are " wasted ". The film doesn't create a thrill (" it simply fails to thrill ").
Arne Laser speaks of a " subject that has varied countless times " and, despite the " admittedly high-ranking cast ", of a " routine, rather strenuous acting crime thriller that is miles away from Kramer's better work ".
background
The film was in Los Angeles , in San Francisco , in Santa Monica , in San Quentin State Prison and in Puerto Vallarta ( Mexico turned).
Web links
- The Domino Principle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Domino Principle at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.rottentomatoes.com, accessed on July 25, 2007 ( Memento of the original from September 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Domino Plot in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on July 25, 2007
- ↑ TimeOut , accessed on July 25, 2007 ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Dirk Hauska in: Dirk Manthey, Jörg Altendorf, Willy Loderhose (eds.): Das große Film-Lexikon. All top films from A-Z . Second edition, revised and expanded new edition. Verlagsgruppe Milchstraße, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-89324-126-4 , p. 648 f .
- ↑ Filming locations for The Domino Principle, accessed July 25, 2007
