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Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: A provocative political thriller that is as troubling today as when it came out in 1970. Maybe more so. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: The movie survives beautifully both as an elegant thriller and as a study of the twisted infantilism that shapes the fanatic heart. Read more
Anthony Lane, New Yorker: Its portrait of a loner and his lusts comes up frighteningly fresh, and the whole conceit would collapse without the muscular, rousing presence of Gian Maria Volonte in the central role. Read more
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David Fear, Time Out: A paranoid police procedural, a perverse parable about the corrupting elements of power, and a candidate for the greatest predated Patriot Act movie ever ... Read more
Elliott Stein, Village Voice: A potent study of power as pathology. Read more