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About the Movie
Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this international intrigue action thriller that takes place on the Swiss Alps. Hemlock, a retired professional assassin (Eastwood), who has turned toward the calmer pursuit of art collecting, is suddenly forced out of retirement to hunt a deadly double agent who murdered a close friend. The hunt takes Eastwood on a breathtaking journey up the Swiss Alps with a team of mountain climbers - one of whom is the man he seeks, though his identity is as yet unknown. The top-notch action film, based on the novel by Trevanian, features some of the most exciting mountain climbing sequences ever filmed.
Customer Reviews
This is actually classic Dirty Harry
Disagree with me or not, but I know iTunes crowds will at least hear me out. This film is classic Dirty Harry, perhaps best comparable to Magnum Force. and then bring in exaggerated amounts of Dirty Harry dialog in a spy context, and we have the Eiger Sanction. I'm an Eastwood fan all my life, and I can't resist this film. If you can set aside some of the more canned scenarios early in the film (the first sanction), the film is quite enjoyable through multiple viewings. Eastwood's incredibly deep, cutting, yet understated sarcasm is just too good to limit to one character, and I'm glad his career includes this Hemlock character.
Incredible movie, very faithful to the book by Trevanian
An edge of your seat all the way movie. Great acting, fantastic scenery, tension from start to surprising finish. You will remember this movie.
Eastwood at the top of his game
Eastwood directed himself in this taut thriller with very memorable characterizations, superb acting, a compelling script and great scenery. As a retired assassin who is now a university professor teaching art history, Hemlock is pulled out of retirement by the mysterious C2 organization and the albino head of the group Dragon to avenge the death of his former colleague codenamed Wormwood.
The weakness of the script is that it's contrived in many ways -- the plot that leads to getting Eastwood to climb the Eiger is fairly ridiculous, and some of the coincidences are equally problematic. That said, this is a highly entertaining motion picture, with spectacular mountain climbing scenes. The comparison with Hemlock being Dirty Harry-esque is an astute observation, he's constantly using one-line putdowns, giving the classic Eastwood squint and punching out obnoxious characters. A unique movie.
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- $14.99
- Genre: Action & Adventure
- Released: 1975
- © 1975 Universal Pictures, Inc. All Rights Reserved.