Review of Sadgati (1981) by Ray H — 01 Feb 2013

The backbone of "Full Metal Jacket"; backwoods, nothing-can-hurt-me fuck-all of "The Deer Hunter"; and the casual closeness and grownup shocks of "Stand by Me". 'Deliverance" has that maddening tick of multiple endings which only feel tacked on and unnecessary in what's otherwise a pulsing kegger of a movie that leans hard against worn story tactics of man against man, man against nature, and finally man against self -- in the face of once again disturbing the natural order of things, and having stared down the bottom of a gun's barrel more than once and lived through it.