Marathon Man

Genres:

Thriller

Languages:

English | German | Czech

Reviews:

2 reviews

Format:

DVD

Staring

Director

John Schlesinger

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Is it safe?

James from Limerick, 02 Dec 2008

Espionage thriller: mild mannered New York jogger (Hoffman) gets ensnared in a lethal cat-and-mouse game between his brother (Scheider), and seriously physcopathic Nazi war-criminal Szell (Olivier). Diamonds are involved, as well as a suspect US Government agency. Dental torture, the most realistic garotting I've ever seen captured on film, and a really effective road-range related opening ensure that this one grips to the end.

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Marathon Man

Aidan from Dublin, 19 Nov 2007

Dull thriller

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What's it about....

In New York City, the brother of infamous Nazi war criminal Christian Szell (Laurence Olivier) is killed in a car accident. Shortly thereafter, members of a covert US government group called 'The Division' who are investigating the incident, begin to be murdered one by one. When Doc Levy (Roy Scheider), a 'Division' agent, is the latest to be attacked, his brother Babe (Dustin Hoffman) witnesses his death and unwittingly becomes the pawn in a deadly game in which former...

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