Australia Sam Neill d/ Roger Donaldson
Cautionary thriller which was very much of its time (1977). A right-wing government stages terrorist acts to justify importing mercenaries from the US...including Warren Oates as an over-the-top good ole boy. We follow a naif who gets sucked into the nightmare of the 'justice' system of a totalitarian state and spends the film on the run.
Some of this was dated and Neill is more effective as a pretty face than an actor but still this moved along with enough credibility and vigor to easily hold my attention.
Good thing it couldn't happen here.
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