Review of Three Days of the Condor (1975) by Prasad P — 28 Aug 2010
A taut, heart-stopping thriller that actually serves to challenge the establishment and question the powers that be while delivering tight, visceral thrills. Director Sydney Pollack is on top form here, knowing exactly how and when to tighten the pacing, with Redford never better as a CIA agent unwittingly on the run from shadowy forces within the very government he works for.
The tone is ambivalent and paranoid in just the right doses, keeping its politics simmering at just the right temperature below the surface of its main narrative. Although the romantic subplot feels forced and false, Faye Dunaway is a fetching female lead and there is superb support from Cliff Robertson and Max Von Sydow.
But this is Pollack's show, and he delivers the goods with a superbly plotted, tightly paced, precisely orchestrated thriller with believable socio-political undertones and a true sense of its time.
This review of Three Days of the Condor (1975) was written by Prasad P on 28 Aug 2010.
Three Days of the Condor has generally received positive reviews.
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