Sunday, February 28, 2010

The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

Adaptation of the Richard Connell story about a big game hunter who captures and hunts fellow humans on an island off the cost of Brazil. Film is kind of exposition heavy, so the actual hunt of Joel McCrea and Fay Wray takes up a disappointingly small percentage of screen time.. The whole movie is made however by Leslie Banks sinister, slightly over the top Russian Count (he does crazy eyes quite well). Satisfying at a mere 63 minutes, I recommend the colorized version which I think makes Fay Wray seem strangely more attractive then she usually does. A couple of good chase moments towards the end, especially the camera work during the charge through the swamp. Thumbs Up.

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