Robert Shaw,
Bruce Dern,
Marthe Keller,
Fritz Weaver,
Steven Keats
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Bruce Dern is ideally cast as Lander, a crazed Vietnam veteran, in Black Sunday. Lander joins terrorists Dahlia (Marthe Keller) and Fasil (Bekim Fehmu) in a plot to create a bloodbath at the annual Su... read more
DVD Release Date: October 14, 2003
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Flixster Reviews (133)
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December 23, 2009Pretty damned tense and enjoyable, although it runs slow in some parts.
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April 2, 2009John Frankenheimer's thriller based on the novel by Thomas Harris, author of The Silence of the Lambs, about terrorists planning to cause mayhem at a Super Bowl football game. Maniacs on both sides of the law (Robert Shaw and Bruce Dern) explain their motives, but it's the violen... read more
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January 21, 2012John Frankenheimer's intelligent, thrilling film based on Thomas Harris's best selling novel, about an Isreali commando named Kabakov, played by the late Robert Shaw who delivers a brilliant performance, during a raid on a terrorist headquarters he discovers a plot by the Black S... read more
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May 31, 2008Shaw, Dern and Keller's collective performances keep the suspense building to a thrilling and believable conclusion. Edge of your seat tense ride.....enjoy!
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June 8, 2011Bruce Dern's justification speech about "flag wavers is quite true. The Superbowl; what an appropriate target.
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February 16, 2011A loquacious paranoiac (Bruce Dern) and a fanatical terrorist (Marthe Keller) join forces to commit mass murder on a grand scale. She wants to kill Americans to send an Islamic political message, he just wants to kill Americans. The terrorist has the oil money to fund an attac... read more
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August 30, 2009Though much fantasy of folklore
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August 25, 2006I loved the whole plot, terrorists plan to wipe out The Super Bowl! One man must stop them, Robery Shaw was one of my favorties actors in the film. This is a great suspense movie. It's really old but great story.
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June 8, 2006The best thriller ever! John Frankenheimer winds up the tension to the final frame. Great John Williams score.
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June 4, 2006My all-time favorite thriller. Terrifying and suspenseful, from the first frame to the last! John Frankenheimer's best film. Tense John Williams score.
Critic Reviews
June 4, 2007
Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com
August 22, 2004
Wesley Lovell, Apollo Guide
Since its protagonists are anti-heroic and its antagonists are admirable, it will be hard for audiences to identify with segments of the movie. Full Review
April 6, 2004
Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
What begins as a dark, uncompromising, character-driven thriller ends in histrionics. Full Review
February 22, 2004
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
It's not as campy as the Airport flicks, nor as thrilling as James Bond, but taken as a sort of combo between the two, you could certainly do a lot worse. Full Review
November 29, 2003
Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
One of the all-time great thrillers. It does not seem as far-fetched today as when it was originally released.
October 11, 2003
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
You simply haven't lived until you've seen the innocuous Good Year Blimp turned into an instrument of death. Full Review
June 29, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
No review available.
May 16, 2005
Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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