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With regard to Sorcerer - astounding attention to detail. The dark humor that is worked into the tapestry is terrific. One of the best lines IMHO: "I've seen worse". thanks again for the reco Monet.

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This movie goes from Great to Amazing for me because of the ending. I'm guessing many people who watch this movie for the first time miss the ending and other scenes. If you are busy getting a drink or not concentrating you could easily miss when the one truck blows a tire and explodes! Anyways, I really enjoyed the movie and the ending as he was going insane while driving. The screen goes pitch black and I'm actually wondering if my TV or Player went on the blink lol!? The visual you get as he is about to collapse with that fire is impressive not to mention many of the visuals are spectacular and from my understanding real. No CGI, no models... real explosions. They hired a professional arson named the Torch to blow up that tree because they couldn't figure out how to do it in one explosion!

It could be very easy to miss this ending while he is getting paid off. I was sitting there upset as that bar scene was bothering me. I couldn't understand why they didn't end it when he collapsed at his destination? Many movies of that era and genre would of ended it right there which makes perfect sense. However, this director is on another level. First he gives you the four backstories and slowly develops their situation in a third world shithole. He runs you through a gauntlet of impossibilities and one man makes it out for a huge payday and a fresh start at life. Does he end it on that note? Hell No... he brings it full circle.

As he is lulling us to sleep with some dance scene he cuts out to the beat up taxi and of course the Mob gets out with the guy who sent him there in the first place! Perfect Music to intensify the situation. Music I have to watch as the credits roll just like when I watch Blade Runner (1982). That payoff was huge for me as it totally blindsided me. Love that feeling.

Did you catch the gunshot at the end?
It's around 1:23 of this video on youtube.

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Hi Monet, I did catch the gunshot at the end. If it was not a gunshot (I thought it probably was), we can only wonder how he would get out of this next conundrum (likely not, though he did have the entire town on his side). One of my favorite dark humor elements was the disappointment of the town police since they were losing one of their extortion victims as he now had the money,paperwork,townsfolk and oil company support to get out of Dodge - they were probably the only towns folk who were upset . One of the most amazing things about the movie was the intricate character development of the French Banker only to have him get blown up when the tire on the Sorcerer exploded leading to the crash which caused the nitro sticks to blow up and obliterate he and the other driver along with the Sorcerer truck. The big lesson I guess, is that if you skip town, don't let anyone know where you are going because that means someone else knows where you are (not that he had any choice given his limited resources and with the mob looking for him). Who knew that churches were owned and run by the mob ? Brilliant. Thank you for the dailymotion link of the predecessor movie.