Well it was bound to happen eventually. I was let down by a Hitchcock movie. I guess in all honesty this isn't really the first time. The first and only time I watched North by Northwest I was a little let down. I found the film to be overwrought and self important. I thought the performances were good, and the story was too long but it was a thriller. Of course Hitch handled the story well, but by that time in his career I think he was realizing that he had a reputation to live up to. A realization to fame can be the beginning of the dismantlization of the things that made a person famous in the first place. It is why baseball players don't talk to a pitcher when he is throwing a perfect game.
With Sabotage I fell like this is a movie built around to thrilling and dramatic scenes. One where a boy is sent on an errand to deliver some film reels. The other being a woman's revenge. Both of the eye catching and pulse throbbing scenes are at the end of the film. It is a short movie with a run time of about 75 minutes. But unfortunately there was not enough mystery in the first 2/3 of the movie to keep me interested.
The two scenes mentioned are great and if you can find them on YouTube I would recommend it. But there is not much reason to sit through the first hour in order to get to them. I give Sabotage ★★1/2.
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