James Woods and Patricia Joyce are a couple of young people with a child who are enjoying a quiet Sunday when suddenly two friends of his from the war show up at his remote home.
Steve Railsback and Chico Martinez are the two friends. It seems Woods testimony sent both to prison for a while. They raped and killed innocent Vietnamese women and Woods didn't participate.
The tension slowly builds until the last 30 minutes of the film when all hell breaks loose. Woods and Railsback get into a violent fight after Railsback rapes Woods girlfriend. Joyce is also raped by Martinez and then both men drive off.
The lives of Woods and Joyce are destroyed after all of the violence and the movie ends abruptly. This is the kind of film that keeps you thinking andd leaves you with a very empty feeling like the win has been knocked out of you.
Directed by Elia Kazan, this is a film I would recommend to anyone who likes cinema. I had never heard of this film until Shout Factory/ Timeless turned this out a while back. It's a great movie that has disappeared between the cracks, an I am very glad it is here for all to see.
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