Stephen Frears's offbeat road thriller has two hitmen driving a squealer across Spain. Terence Stamp is wonderfully calm, John Hurt is great, and the film is wry, philosophical and tense.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

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IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (11,653 votes)
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