Duel (1971)

August 14

Spielberg's first full length movie. Made for TV. Interesting sums the movie up. Reminiscent of an Orson Scott Card short story called, "Highway Games." This time from the good guys perspective though. A guy going home is all of a sudden marked by a mad trucker. The trucker does all he can to scare the man out of his wits. The main character was annoying in a few parts. The kids on the bus made me want to punch the screen. Anyone watching this film and placing themselves in the main characters position will definitely empathize and just want the damn trucker dead. The movies ending is definitely a great touch to a good movie.

8.2/10.0