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Monday, September 13, 2010

Black Sunday: The Engine Is Always Cranked Up.

191 Movies has identified a word that we use for every film we list. It's "engine". What that basically means is that each of these movies gets watched time after time because they all have a great engine pushing them forward. From the first frame to the last fadeout - you can practically hear that engine. Black Sunday is an almost perfect example of a movie "engine" that just hums along. As this opening scene proves, this movie starts at full tilt and never stops. No matter how crazy the plot is - blimps and Super Bowls and terrorists and Israelis, you watch this movie time after time and you let yourself just enjoy the ride. Based on a great novel by Thomas Harris, the people behind Black Sunday (particularly director John Frankenheimer) make you suspend disbelief all the way through. It all feels pretty real, throughout the entire movie. We hope you'll check out more films that grab you as much as Black Sunday. They're listed at 191 Movies and we hope you'll pay a visit to enjoy finding more movies you'll have a great time watching many, many times.

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