As sexy as Turner's (Robert Redford) eyes are, and as nice as Stockholm Syndrome looks on Kathy (Faye Dunaway), it is difficult to get past what would be in today's day and age glaring, unforgivable plot devices. Did people in 1975 simply accept that a woman who is kidnapped at gunpoint, forced to drive to her home, and left tied to a toilet while her kidnapper steals her car would then, when the kidnapper returns, simply go ahead and make love to him? It would seem so. But seeing this movie for the first time in 2020 leaves me uncomfortable.
Other than that, the movie has a good plot, moves along at a good speed, and has a pleasantly funky 1970s soundtrack.
A CIA researcher uncovers something which, when discovered by higher-ups, gets his entire office killed (except for him, because he was literally out to lunch.) While trying to figure out what is going on, our idealistic hero kidnaps a random woman, and in trying to figure out whom to trust, almost gets himself killed.
If you can overlook that the kidnapping device could have been solved by him taking a taxi to a random hotel and checking in under a false name, and you like spy-thriller movies, this might be for you.
Other than that, the movie has a good plot, moves along at a good speed, and has a pleasantly funky 1970s soundtrack.
A CIA researcher uncovers something which, when discovered by higher-ups, gets his entire office killed (except for him, because he was literally out to lunch.) While trying to figure out what is going on, our idealistic hero kidnaps a random woman, and in trying to figure out whom to trust, almost gets himself killed.
If you can overlook that the kidnapping device could have been solved by him taking a taxi to a random hotel and checking in under a false name, and you like spy-thriller movies, this might be for you.